Colorado. Parks and Wildlife
2) Bird and mammal inventory of the Rio Blanco Lake State Wildlife Area, Rio Blanco County, Colorado
Author
Series
Technical publication volume no. 63
Publisher
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
This report summarizes the results of a comprehensive inventory of birds and mammals on the Rio Blanco Lake State Wildlife Area (RBL-SWA) located in Rio Blanco County, Colorado. We used a variety of field methods to inventory birds and mammals on the RBL-SWA between January 2017 and December 2021. We confirmed the presence of 241 vertebrate species (195 birds, 38 mammals, 6 reptiles, and 2 amphibians) on the RBL-SWA.We believe the diversity of habitat...
Publisher
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists did a field count of boreal toads, a state endangered species. Each toad caught was check for the chytrid fungus, which attacks amphibians by destroying their skin, disrupting their immune systems and causing heart failure as a way to assess the health of the boreal toad population. The biologists collect the toads eggs to be hatched to restock in locations in southwest Colorado to reestablish the population...
Author
Series
Technical publication volume no. 60
Publisher
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Land development and increased demand for outdoor recreational opportunities continue to impact wildlife habitat and are placing increased pressure on local wildlife populations. Land managers and other decision makers in Eagle County are interested in finding ways to incorporate wildlife habitat conservation into land use decisions and policies that are consistent with the desires of the county's residents.
Author
Series
Technical publication volume no. 62
Publisher
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Continued geographic expansion of known chronic wasting disease (CWD) distribution and the growing severity of infection rates in some affected cervid populations has renewed calls for sustainable intervention strategies. The vast majority of effective management actions currently rely on hunting participation and modifications to license setting to reduce infection rates in affected cervid populations.
Publisher
Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Tarantulas belong to the arachnid (spider) family. Five species of tarantulas call Colorado home found in the southern part of the state particularly around La Junta. By better understanding spiders, we can appreciate the balance they maintain for ecosystems and the benefits they provide for human medicine and scientific research. Conservation starts small.
14) Bat week
Publisher
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Attaching tiny transmitters to brown bats to find where they roost during the day at Castlewood Canyon State Park. Discussion of bat behavior including echolocation and roosting habits.
Publisher
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists did a field survey of boreal toads, a state endangered species, at Zimmerman Lake, Larimer County, CO. Each toad caught was check for the chytrid fungus, which attacks amphibians by destroying their skin, disrupting their immune systems and causing heart failure as a way to assess the health of the boreal toad population. The biologists collect the toads eggs to be hatched to restock in locations other locations...
16) In her nature
Publisher
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Donnelle Johnson and Lisa Thompson talk about the enjoyment they get from hunting. How to
Publisher
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Pub. Date
2015-
Language
English
Description
This guide is intended for those of you who drive buses, vans or shuttle vehicles for commercial companies with Special Use Agreements (SUA's) within the Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area (AHRA). Its purpose is to familiarize drivers with those sites utilized by commercial companies so that you will be aware of the rules and configurations of those sites.
Publisher
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Black-footed ferret, a keystone species, release after an intense breeding program to bring the species back from the brink of extinction. Landowners who allow the ferrets to be released on their land make releases possible. As the ferrets hunt prairie dogs, releasing the ferrets help bring the grassland system back into harmony.
Publisher
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The unique migratory colony of Brazilian free tailed bats at the Orient Mine in the San Luis Valley. Bats were captured and tested for the fungal infections especially white-nose syndrome that is killing millions of bats in the U.S.
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