Led ByChad Bishop
Study AreaUncompahgre Plateau
Project StatusCompleted, 2005
Research Objectives
To evaluate the importance of habitat quality on mule deer population dynamics.
To determine management priorities to reverse mule deer…
CPW website species profile: Mule Deer
Mule deerpopulations in Colorado have shown dramatic fluctuations since the 1960s. Beginning in the 1990s, some western Colorado mule deer herds demonstrated the most recent decline. As such, CPW focused…
CPW website species profile: LynxLynx populations in Colorado plummeted in the late 1800s and early 1900s for various reasons, including general predator poisoning and unregulated trapping. The last known lynx was illegally trapped near Vail in 1974,…
Led ByJake Ivan
Study AreaStatewide
Project StatusCompleted
Research Objective: To determine how bark beetle outbreaks have impacted breeding birds and mammals in Colorado.
Wildlife Cameras
As part of a project to learn about the impacts of bark…
Led ByJake Ivan
Study AreaStatewide
Project StatusOngoing
Research Objectives
To evaluate options to monitor the long-term success of lynx reintroduction efforts.
Project Description
In 1997, Colorado Parks and Wildlife began a large-scale…
Led ByHeather E. Johnson in collaboration withJerry Apker, John Broderick, Stacy Lischke,Patt Dorsey (all CPW), Stewart Breck (National Wildlife Research Center), Jon Beckmann (Wildlife Conservation Society), and Ken Wilson (Colorado State…