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Bring Butterflies Your Way

Imagine being in your backyard on a warm, sunny afternoon surrounded by colorful, fluttering butterflies and sweet-smelling flowers. Now...

Bring Butterflies Your Way

Moose: Not-So-Close Encounters

As my husband and I ambled along a hiking trail last summer, two people heading the opposite direction excitedly...

Moose: Not-So-Close Encounters

Bees in the High Plains

Bees are very important animals (yes, animals) that contribute to the natural ecosystems around us. Colorado has more than...

Bees in the High Plains

Cooper’s Hawks: Little Birds, Beware!

The bird feeders have been busy all morning, then, suddenly, they’re empty of life. Nothing! Then you notice a...

Cooper’s Hawks: Little Birds, Beware!

Beloved Butterfly Trail

Spring is on its way and tiny flowers will be showing their blossoms soon. Then the butterflies will return....

Beloved Butterfly Trail

Raptors in Winter

Benjamin Franklin had a disdain for bald eagles, declaring the species “a bird of bad moral character… and a...

Raptors in Winter

Frogs: The Other Springtime Singers

The life zones in Boulder County foster high diversity in wildlife. A spring walk in the evening or a...

Frogs: The Other Springtime Singers

Back from the Brink—Close to the Edge

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) created in the 1970s addresses an alarming loss of biodiversity. The ESA’s primary goal...

Back from the Brink—Close to the Edge

Elk and Vegetation: the First Year

You last heard about the department’s efforts to reduce the elk population at the Ron Stewart Preserve at Rabbit...

Elk and Vegetation: the First Year

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