Colorado Parks and Wildlife says the rebounding elk population in northwestern Colorado has prompted a proposal to increase the big game licenses for the season.

"Continuing non-essential commercial exploitation and an already stressed system is wrong." Lawmakers advance historic ban on controversial hunting practice: 'Sets off alarm bells' first appeared on ...

Colorado hunters and fishers can now apply for new opportunities as Colorado Parks and Wildlife opens up applications for its 2026 big game draw and for fishing licenses.

Elk herds in northwest Colorado between Meeker and Steamboat Springs have rebounded after a punishing winter in 2022-23 decimated some of the state’s largest herds. With the recovery, Colorado Parks ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife will explore a potential ban on the commercial sale of fur after over five hours of debate at its Wednesday commissioner meeting about how the agency should manage ...

The Colorado 2025 wildfire season consumed more than 230,000 acres of forests, sagebrush and grassland areas, which will affect the hunting seasons. Colorado's big game hunting season started on Sept.

The 2024 hunting seasons have begun, and hunters are gearing up for exciting adventures. However, hunters aren’t the only ones rushing to the outdoors this fall to enjoy everything Colorado has to ...

Once hunted to near-extinction and brought back from the brink, bison are protected as wildlife in some parts of the United States, but their legal status varies by state and land ownership, with some ...

Colorado is a hunting paradise. The state is home to 10 big game species that are found anywhere from the sprawling plains filled with sagebrush to the lush cottonwood river bottoms to the majestic ...

It has only been two days since the federal government shut down, and a select number of hunters in southeastern Colorado are already feeling the pinch. Officials with Colorado Parks and Wildlife ...

Before she was big enough to carry a gun, Melissa Johnson would follow her father through the grasslands surrounding Trinchera, the rural southeast Colorado community where her family has hunted for ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Soaring interest in Colorado’s big-game hunting seasons — for animals like deer, elk and bear — far outpaces the number of licenses that state wildlife ...