Are you interested in hunting or fishing in Northwest Colorado? Perhaps you are looking to observe some of our fantastic wildlife. Wish you had a local Northwest Colorado contact to help you find the places to go?
Contact the Craig Sportsmans Information Center, located in the Moffat County Visitors Center. The staff can help you plan [...]

Wildlife officers with the Colorado Division of Wildlife are searching for a bear involved in an attack Thursday night in Aspen. A man living in the Meadowood Drive area off Castle Creek on the west side of Aspen was attacked in his home by a bear shortly after 8 p.m.
The victim is undergoing treatment [...]

New wildlife fence on I-70
GYPSUM — Double D Construction LLC is installing a $1.89 million wildlife fence along Interstate 70 between Gypsum and Dowd Junction. Work will include removing an old fence where necessary and installing a new fence between mile marker 140 and mile marker 173. Traffic will periodically be reduce to one [...]

The Colorado Division of Wildlife is investigating a bear attack that injured an Aspen homeowner in her home Monday night. DOW officials are currently attempting to capture the bear in order to euthanize it.
“A person certainly has a right to feel safe in their own home,” said Perry Will, DOW Area Wildlife Manager. “This was [...]

The Colorado Division of Wildlife is assisting the Ouray County Sheriff’s Department and the Ouray County Coroner in investigating the Aug. 7 death of a 74-year-old woman. A visitor to the house observed the woman’s body outside the home. Responding deputies found evidence at the scene that suggested that a bear or bears had consumed [...]

Memorial Day Weekend marks the traditional start to the camping season, and the Colorado Division of Wildlife reminds campers to be “bear aware” when enjoying the outdoors. Campers should keep their campsites clean to avoid attracting bears, or other wildlife.
Bears go into campgrounds because food is often available around tents, camp trailers, and dumpsters. [...]

The Colorado Division of Wildlife is hosting a series of public meetings in northwest Colorado to get input on big game hunting season structure for the 2010-2014 hunting seasons. The meetings, which are being held throughout the state, are part of the public input process for the agency’s five year big game season structure.
The [...]

Autumn is when black bears become more active, setting the stage for an increase in bear sightings and possibly encounters.

The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) reminds residents and visitors that bears are searching for food to prepare for the denning season, which begins in early to mid-November. From now until then, bears will look for [...]

A La Plata County resident has pleaded guilty to harassment of wildlife and has been ordered to pay about $1,000 in fines and court costs. The charge is related to an incident in September 2007 in which two bears were shot and killed north of Bayfield.

The Colorado Division of Wildlife reminds residents and property owners [...]

Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) wildlife managers are asking residents and vacationers to take extra care to avoid attracting hungry bears to homes, cabins, campgrounds and picnic areas.

The amount of natural food for bears is very localized in Colorado. In some higher elevations, plants got a late start because the snow cover was late to [...]