AP — A Colorado man used a chainsaw to fight off a mountain lion that attacked him during a camping trip with his wife and two toddlers in northwestern Wyoming.
The adult male lion, described as emaciated and showing other signs of starvation, was later killed by wildlife officials after it attacked a dog brought in [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Colorado’s big game season structure, Division of Wildlife budget projections and an update on Rocky Mountain National Park’s elk culling effort headline the agenda for the Colorado Wildlife Commission’s February workshop in Denver.
The workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Feb. 5 in the Hunter Education Building at Division of Wildlife [...]

The Colorado Division of Wildlife recently completed its annual search for lynx kittens. For the second year in a row no kittens were found.
Researchers believe that the lack of lynx reproduction during the last two years could be related to a decline in the snowshoe hare population. Snowshoe hares are the [...]

It is illegal to obtain a mountain lion license or hunt lions without a mountain lion education certificate issued by the Division of Wildlife, attesting successful completion of the DOW’s certified lion education and identification course. Hunters must carry the certificate while hunting lions. Information about the course is available at Mountain Lion Education and [...]

As a new natural gas drilling project is set to begin in the Garfield Creek State Wildlife area, officials of the Colorado Division of Wildlife say it is difficult to determine the effects of drilling on wildlife. In one area which has had drilling for about 10 years, the Bosque del Oso Wildlife Area, DOW [...]

Big game managers for the Colorado Division of Wildlife have scheduled two meetings in southwest Colorado to discuss mountain lion hunting, population estimates and harvest management.
These meetings are aimed at mountain lion hunters. General lion information will not be discussed.

Mountain lion hunters are invited to ask questions and discuss issues with DOW staff.
The first meeting [...]

In a unique, new partnership, users of 10th Mountain Division Hut Association huts can now help the Colorado Division of Wildlife identify and record lynx tracks in snow.
For the 2007-2008 winter season, each of the 30 backcountry huts in the 10th Mountain System has a new lynx kit, including a five-page laminated guide [...]

The National Science Foundation awarded Colorado State University scientists a $2.3 million grant to study how habitat fragmentation in parts of the United States influences the transmission of diseases among bobcats, pumas and domestic cats. This work will ultimately help scientists in the future identify how urbanization influences the dynamics of infectious disease among wildlife [...]