Good Question: Does Rehabbing Bears Work?
Colorado wildlife officials and a private wildlife foundation have been working together for years to rehabilitate orphaned bear cubs, and their projected success rate is pretty impressive.
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Colorado wildlife officials and a private wildlife foundation have been working together for years to rehabilitate orphaned bear cubs, and their projected success rate is pretty impressive.
Colorado is coming out of one of its driest winters ever. That's sending desperate bears into backyards and homes looking for food.
A woman was mauled by a bear outside her home in Trinidad Friday evening. Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokesman Randy Hampton described the incident on the CBS4 Morning News Monday.
A black bear who gained fame in a picture that captured him falling from a tree in Boulder has died.
Wild birds have been flocking to the Denver Tech Center and the turkeys are responsible for ruffling a few feathers.
Researchers will track the movements of dozens of urban coyotes in three Denver-area counties in hopes of learning more about their behavior.
Temperatures rising into the 70s in some areas are bringing some of Colorado's black bears out of hibernation early.
State wildlife biologists say hunters in Colorado last year harvested about 43,400 elk, down about 9.5 percent from 2010.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials are seeking anglers' help in protecting fisheries from being stocked with species that don't belong there.
Pitkin County is holding a meeting in Basalt to discuss recommendations on winter closures on federal lands.
The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission has unanimously approved a final plan to implement a merger of Colorado State Parks and the state Division of Wildlife.
A longtime U.S. Forest Service employee has been chosen as the new regional forester for the Rocky Mountain region.
Once an adult bobcat finds a home, it generally stays in that area, but more than three dozen bobcats are doing something unusual by taking some long trips.
The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission has authorized negotiations with Anadarko Petroleum Corp. to allow for energy development at St. Vrain State Park near Longmont, with some restrictions.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists have transplanted 15 more desert bighorn sheep in the Dolores River canyon in western Colorado to help boost a population there.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife says it has $1.7 million in matching grants available to support projects that would benefit fishing, shooting ranges or motorized boating.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife authorities issued 22 citations and inspected about 180 vehicles during a wildlife check on Interstate 70 in November.
The artist Christo will be allowed to drape huge pieces of fabric over the Arkansas River in Colorado, Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced on Monday.
Colorado wildlife authorities say the state's small moose population faces a frustrating threat: sloppy hunters who think they're aiming at elk.
A controversial alabaster mine sitting dormant south of Carbondale could be back in business, depending on a looming decision by the U.S. Forest Service weighing the mine's impact on bighorn sheep.
Colorado officials say the state has tight regulations in place to prevent the escape of exotic animals.
Colorado wildlife officers have tranquilized a mountain lion found in a tree on the University of Colorado campus in Boulder.
Three Douglas County men have been given stiff fines after they were caught reselling Colorado big-game licenses on Craigslist.
Bonny Lake State Park is closing Sunday and sending almost all of its water to Kansas and Nebraska.
There are plenty of people nervous about coyotes around the Anthem neighborhood in Broomfield.
NWS Boulder said temperatures at Denver International Airport hit 68 degrees just before 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. The normal temperature for Feb. 15 is 45 degrees, and the previous heat record was 67 degrees in 2017.
Multiple fire departments are working to put out a fire that broke out in a community in Silver Plume on Sunday afternoon.
Police in the Denver metro area are warning drivers that obscuring their license plates to avoid paying tolls could cost them more in the long run.
The AdventHealth Transplant Institute at Porter is participating in a national voucher system that allows living donors to give a kidney now and help a loved one receive one later.
At Brookdale Meridian Englewood, residents gathered to celebrate Valentine's Day with music, dancing, and heartfelt moments. Among them were Syl and Margaret Walorski, a couple whose love story has spanned seven decades.
NWS Boulder said temperatures at Denver International Airport hit 68 degrees just before 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. The normal temperature for Feb. 15 is 45 degrees, and the previous heat record was 67 degrees in 2017.
Multiple fire departments are working to put out a fire that broke out in a community in Silver Plume on Sunday afternoon.
Police in the Denver metro area are warning drivers that obscuring their license plates to avoid paying tolls could cost them more in the long run.
The AdventHealth Transplant Institute at Porter is participating in a national voucher system that allows living donors to give a kidney now and help a loved one receive one later.
At Brookdale Meridian Englewood, residents gathered to celebrate Valentine's Day with music, dancing, and heartfelt moments. Among them were Syl and Margaret Walorski, a couple whose love story has spanned seven decades.
This decision comes after Denver Mayor Mike Johnston's decision to extend the contract for the Flock Safety camera program caused tension between the mayor and the Denver City Council.
Jenn Nawarda, a landscape contractor of "This Old House," came to CBS News Colorado's studio to offer landscaping tips and learn what she can about landscaping practices in Colorado.
The group says they want to to make therapy and other mental health services more accessible for communities that have historically faced barriers to care.
The man was sentenced to 20 years in prison after the store's owners estimated the value of losses around $2 million.
One day before the deadline, states in the Upper Colorado River Basin reached consensus on how to manage water rights and dwindling resources moving forward, but the Lower Basin states rejected the plan as unfair.
Mikaela Shiffrin, who is the winningest athlete on the World Cup circuit, has now failed to win a medal in eight straight Olympic events since the 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang.
The U.S. kept pace with also-unbeaten Canada for the top seed in the Olympic men's hockey tournament.
It is Jordan Stolz's second gold medal of the 2026 Winter Games, breaking a world record.
The U.S. women's curling team was surprised to learn that their defeat of Canada marked an Olympic first.
Kendall Coyne Schofield scored twice and top-seeded United States routed Olympic host Italy 6-0 in a lopsided, festive and sometimes chippy women's hockey quarterfinal at the Milan Cortina Games.
Mikaela Shiffrin, who is the winningest athlete on the World Cup circuit, has now failed to win a medal in eight straight Olympic events since the 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang.
Casey Wasserman, the chair of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee, says he is selling his eponymous talent agency in the wake of the release of emails between himself and Ghislaine Maxwell.
The U.S. kept pace with also-unbeaten Canada for the top seed in the Olympic men's hockey tournament.
Tom Barrack, a top U.S. diplomat and longtime friend of President Trump, networked and socialized with Epstein for years, CBS News found.
It is Jordan Stolz's second gold medal of the 2026 Winter Games, breaking a world record.
Casey Wasserman, the chair of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee, says he is selling his eponymous talent agency in the wake of the release of emails between himself and Ghislaine Maxwell.
On Saturday, the office of Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced that the city is accepting bids for license plate reader services.
Tom Barrack, a top U.S. diplomat and longtime friend of President Trump, networked and socialized with Epstein for years, CBS News found.
It's the second time in as many weeks that government funding has lapsed as Democrats and the White House remain at an impasse over immigration enforcement policies.
Democratic state Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet is leaving the Colorado State Capitol to confront and combat antisemitism full-time.
The AdventHealth Transplant Institute at Porter is participating in a national voucher system that allows living donors to give a kidney now and help a loved one receive one later.
The University of Colorado Cancer Center at CU Anschutz has been selected by the National Cancer Institute as one of just eight hubs nationwide to evaluate new multi‑cancer detection blood tests, part of a national pilot called the Vanguard Study.
Lydia Howerton of Good Eaters showed how easy it is to bake her gluten-free zucchini brownies.
In Colorado, it's not yet clear exactly how much funding will be cut for public health services, but organizations like the Colorado Health Network are bracing for impact.
The Food and Drug Administration is refusing to consider Moderna's application for a new flu vaccine made with mRNA technology, the company said.
Prediction markets are taking bets this Valentine's Day that celebrity relationships can thrive — or break apart.
As construction on the East Colfax Bus Rapid Transit project moves closer to Aurora, business owners and neighbors along the corridor say they are bracing for short-term disruption while holding onto hope for long-term revival.
Amazon's Ring unit touted a "search party" service in its Super Bowl ad, but one critic called the app a "surveillance nightmare."
Inflation came in below economists' forecasts and slowed from December's 2.7% annual rate.
A Denver bar called Mecca Sports Bar has been under investigation for prostitution for several years. It's coming to light now because the city's Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection requested a hearing for the bar about their liquor license and dance cabaret license. Both are in limbo.ore arrests have been made.
A Denver judge this week ordered an area pastor, Tilo Lopez, to pay a family $311,000 in restitution after Lopez was criminally prosecuted in connection with a construction project he said he would do for the family.
The filing comes months after a judge ordered the company to pay more than $116 million for its role in the 2021 death of 6-year-old Wongel Estifanos.
Denver drivers continue to be impacted by a change in how parking tickets are disputed. That system changed in September, when the city eliminated the ability to dispute parking tickets online.
Former Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen, who retired as chief in 2022, plans to announce next week that he is running for a seat on Denver City Council.
Colorado parents are raising concerns after a dispute between their school district and its water provider put the school's future firefighting water supply in question.