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The wolves are coming to Colorado, and the state has stockpiled explosives and deterrents. How are ranchers preparing?
Colorado's ranching community, bracing for the reintroduction of wolves to the state as soon as this month, is weighing methods to protect livelihoods from the carnivore while facing new stresses.
How should we manage the drying Colorado River? Here’s what’s at stake in negotiations for its long-term future
An announcement last week of a short-term Colorado River management plan gives those working on the next batch of long-term plans for the river a breather, experts said. Now, those...
Nearly 40 years later, one of Colorado’s longest-running Superfund sites still has no radioactive waste cleanup plan
Nearly 40 years after federal regulators designated a former uranium mill near Cañon City as a Superfund site and mandated its cleanup, there is still no plan for how to...
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“Wolverines really need Colorado”: Federal decision looms over another reintroduction plan
Wolverines — also called "mountain devils" and "skunk bears" — could be the next large mammal reintroduced in Colorado after wildlife officials implement the voter-mandated reintroduction of wolves by the...
8 Colorado lakes suspected of toxic algae blooms. Here’s why it’s getting worse.
Colorado's lakes serve as a needed respite during sweltering summer days, but as the days become warmer the state's lakes are becoming more susceptible to toxic blooms of algae.
How wildfires are threatening Colorado water supplies — and costing lots of money
The Colorado River this spring ran high, fast and so full of sediment pushed downstream from wildfire burn scars that the water treatment plant in Hot Sulphur Springs couldn't keep...
Colorado’s drought is back after only a short reprieve
Colorado's reprieve from drought lasted two whole weeks as warm temperatures and little precipitation have put the southwest corner of the state back to dry conditions.
Another Western state says it won’t send wolves to Colorado, citing “enormous price” of managing the species
Idaho will not provide wolves for Colorado's reintroduction efforts, citing federal regulation and disagreements about how wolves should be managed.
The crawfish you’ve been eating in Colorado could be illegal
Wildlife officials issued cease and desist orders to distributors and embarked on a statewide education campaign to stop people from bringing crawfish into Colorado.
Colorado is drought-free for the first time since 2019
The U.S. Drought Monitor on Thursday issued its most recent map showing a lack of drought in all regions of Colorado. The week prior, a small swath of the southeast...
After fatal shooting outside a Jewish school, a Denver paramedic finds a spiritual home
Justin Hovey had treated thousands of patients in his 12 years as a paramedic. But that night he sat alone in the ambulance bay and cried for 18-year-old Shmuel Silverberg....
3 years after Colorado’s landmark police accountability bill, what’s changed? And has push for further reform slowed?
Lawmakers who worked on the bill praised it as instrumental in reforming policing in Colorado while serving as a foundation for subsequent policy changes. Law enforcement leaders, meanwhile, contend the...
Less-qualified men re-hired by Colorado’s state court system instead of longtime female employees, lawsuit alleges
Two longtime female employees in Colorado's court system were given fewer opportunities than their less-qualified and less-experienced male colleagues, according to a lawsuit the women filed Thursday.