/tags/elk Elk en-US Copyright �ʹ���ַ/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 16:16:32 GMT /news/2025-04-22/forest-service-changes-to-rabbit-ears-pass-mountain-bike-project-have-wildlife-advocates-hopping-mad “They have betrayed the public trust and poisoned the well,” says a wildlife advocate after the Forest Service dropped a planned wildlife study as part of the Mad Rabbit singletrack trails project. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun editor David Krause and then read The Colorado Sun story at the link below. Tue, 22 Apr 2025 16:16:32 GMT /news/2025-04-22/forest-service-changes-to-rabbit-ears-pass-mountain-bike-project-have-wildlife-advocates-hopping-mad Jason Blevins, The Colorado Sun /news/2024-06-13/state-wildlife-officials-working-to-increase-awareness-after-series-of-elk-attacks Elk attacks have been on the rise in Colorado in recent weeks. Two of the attacks involved small children just outside Rocky Mountain National Park. The attacks have prompted state wildlife officials to increase awareness around aggressive elk and advise tourists and residents about how to stay safe. The Colorado Sun Editor Lance Benzel joined �ʹ���ַ's Michael Lyle, Jr. to get more on this story. Thu, 13 Jun 2024 18:05:51 GMT /news/2024-06-13/state-wildlife-officials-working-to-increase-awareness-after-series-of-elk-attacks Lance Benzel, The Colorado Sun /regional-news/2022-10-18/pew-bugle-calls-on-westerners-to-help-migrating-ungulates The Pew Charitable Trusts published a report calling on policy-makers and landowners to help animals migrate across the West. That report also highlights the latest science on animals like mule deer, elk and pronghorn. Tue, 18 Oct 2022 14:25:00 GMT /regional-news/2022-10-18/pew-bugle-calls-on-westerners-to-help-migrating-ungulates Madelyn Beck /regional-news/2022-09-20/colorado-continues-to-partner-with-hunters-in-an-effort-to-contain-chronic-wasting-disease As Colorado's big-game rifle season approaches, state wildlife officials are ramping up monitoring of chronic wasting disease, which continues to spread in deer and elk populations around the state. Tue, 20 Sep 2022 22:21:42 GMT /regional-news/2022-09-20/colorado-continues-to-partner-with-hunters-in-an-effort-to-contain-chronic-wasting-disease Emma VandenEinde /2020-09-16/one-of-natures-most-amazing-spectacles-all-you-need-to-know-about-elk-rut Elk bugling is one of the classic sounds of autumn in the Colorado mountains. It’s part of an elaborate annual ritual called the elk rut — the sound of elk bulls cruising for a date. Many nature enthusiasts head into the mountains during the elk rut to catch a glimpse of the spectacle. September is high elk rut season, which coincides with the autumn equinox. Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s big game manager, Andy Holland, joined Colorado Edition to talk all things elk rut. Wed, 16 Sep 2020 22:40:56 GMT /2020-09-16/one-of-natures-most-amazing-spectacles-all-you-need-to-know-about-elk-rut Colorado Edition /environment/2019-12-19/how-might-wolves-in-colorado-affect-chronic-wasting-disease Colorado's poised to put the question of wolf reintroduction on the November ballot. One unanswered question is how the predators might affect the spread… Thu, 19 Dec 2019 22:21:51 GMT /environment/2019-12-19/how-might-wolves-in-colorado-affect-chronic-wasting-disease Rae Ellen Bichell /environment/2019-10-02/unlucky-elk-gets-antlers-ensnared-in-netting An elk with netting tangled in its antlers has caught the attention of Estes Park residents and social media. But local wildlife officials are hesitant to… Wed, 02 Oct 2019 21:47:25 GMT /environment/2019-10-02/unlucky-elk-gets-antlers-ensnared-in-netting �ʹ���ַ Newsroom /science/2019-04-23/bent-out-of-shape-part-2-an-animal-epidemic-goes-global The question of where chronic wasting disease came from reopened in the spring of 2016.Roy Andersen was monitoring reindeer in Norway. He’s a research… Tue, 23 Apr 2019 11:00:00 GMT /science/2019-04-23/bent-out-of-shape-part-2-an-animal-epidemic-goes-global Rae Ellen Bichell /science/2019-04-22/bent-out-of-shape-part-1-a-mysterious-animal-epidemic Heather Swanson and Ryan Prioreschi monitor wildlife with the City of Boulder. They're standing in knee-high golden grass on a slope where the Rocky… Mon, 22 Apr 2019 16:47:42 GMT /science/2019-04-22/bent-out-of-shape-part-1-a-mysterious-animal-epidemic Rae Ellen Bichell /science/2019-04-08/bent-out-of-shape-could-a-mysterious-animal-epidemic-become-the-next-mad-cow Chronic wasting disease is crippling deer populations in the Mountain West, around the country and in bordering Canadian provinces. It's not a bacterium… Tue, 09 Apr 2019 00:04:08 GMT /science/2019-04-08/bent-out-of-shape-could-a-mysterious-animal-epidemic-become-the-next-mad-cow Rae Ellen Bichell