Lynx

CPW website species profile: Lynx

Lynx 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, a year after the state listed the lynx as endangered. In 1997, Colorado Parks and Wildlife undertook what was to become one of North America’s most high-profile carnivore reintroductions to date. Four years after the last lynx was released into the state in 2006, CPW deemed the initial lynx introduction effort a success. Research has now focused towards determining and maintaining the long-term success of the reintroduction. Learn more about lynx and Colorado’s successful lynx reintroduction in our  Lynx Fact Sheet. Or, learn how to identify a lynx and report a lynx sighting. 

Lynx Research Projects:

• Evaluating Options to Monitor Canada Lynx Reintroduction in Colorado
• Mammal and Breeding Bird Response to Bark Beetle Outbreaks