Colorado. Parks and Wildlife

Colorado Trail Explorer a comprehensive online statewide trail map. It includes more than 39,000 miles of trails managed by more than 225 jurisdictions across the state. It ranges from paths managed by towns and counties to hiking, bicycling or motorized trails running through state parks and federal lands.

Bat populations in the western portion of the US are threatened by the rapid westward expansion of White-nose Syndrome (WNS), a disease implicated in the loss of over a million bats since 2006. Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd), the fungus believed responsible for WNS, has been confirmed in southeastern Wyoming, south central Kansas, western Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle, potentially placing at least 13 of the 18 bat species native to Colorado...

Fish are an important part of a healthy diet. They are a lean, low-calorie source of protein. However, some fish may contain chemicals that could pose health risks (EPA). The Water Quality Control Division (WQCD), in conjuction with Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), and CDPHE Disease Control and Environmental Epidemiology Division (DCEED), conducts an on-going study aimed at investigating the presence of certain contaminants (such as mercury, arsenic...

The Western Slope Wildlife Prioritization Study (WSWPS) emerged from a commitment to increased collaboration between CDOT and Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) to address wildlife conflicts on roads. The study's objective involved identifying wildlife highway conflict areas where targeted mitigation could have the greatest impact on reducing WVCs. To meet this objective, the mule deer and elk to make cross-highway movements, particularly during migration...

Reintroducing wolverines to historically occupied, suitable habitat could function as a major proactive step toward improving wolverine status and genetic diversity in the contiguous United States. Discussions about the possibility of wolverine reintroduction into Colorado were initiated during 2009 after lynx reintroduction efforts there were declared successful and an individual male wolverine was radio-tracked as it moved into the state becoming...