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Evaluating Options to Monitor Canada Lynx Reintroduction in Colorado
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…
Mammal and Breeding Bird Response to Bark Beetle Outbreaks
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…
Lynx
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,…
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…
Impact of Habitat Quality on Mule Deer Reproduction and Survival
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…
Wildlife Response to Bark Beetles
Since 1996, millions of acres of Colorado forests have fallen victim to bark beetle infestations. This unusual epidemic has prompted CPW to focus research efforts on how wildlife are responding to these outbreaks.
Bark Beetle Research…
Snowshoe Hare
CPW website species information: Snowshoe HareUnderstanding and monitoring snowshoeharedensity in Colorado is important because hares comprise 70% of the diet of the state-endangered, federally threatened Canada lynx. Forest management is an…
Influence of Forest Management on Snowshoe Hare Density in Lodgepole and Spruce-fir Systems in Colorado
Led ByJake Ivan
Study AreaUSFS land in Colorado
Project StatusOngoing
Research Objectives
To assess impacts of common forest management techniques on snowshoe hare density in both lodgepole pine and spruce-fir systems in Colorado.
Project…
Black Bear
CPW website species profile: Black bear
Black bears are the largest carnivores in the state. Due to environmental changes and residential expansion, encounters and conflict between humans and black bears are increasing in Colorado and across the…