Bears

• Locations: News By Dyana Furmansky Published Oct. 27, 2021

  PSSWF helps bear cubs hibernate

  CPW agents place one of three tranquilized cubs in a den prepared for them in southeast Colorado, January 2019. CPW transported the animals from a licensed rehabilitation facility for reintroduction to the wild. Photos By Mike DelliVeneri, courtesy of CPW.

  It’s the time of year again when bears are supposed to go into hibernation. Sometimes the long journey back to what should come naturally for them starts in Silt, at the Pauline S. Schneegas Wildlife Foundation (PSSWF). Director Nanci Limbach, who named PSSWF for her wildlife-loving grandmother, is… read more →

• Locations: News By Raleigh Burleigh Published Jun. 23, 2021

  Colorado coalition aims to protect bears

  "Flowerpor Cub" is a source of inspiration for the Colorado Bear Coalition. The cub survived last summer's Cameron Peak Fire, the largest recorded wildfire in Colorado's history, and was rehabilitated over winter by CPW. Photo by Chuck Clausen at McC Ranch in Loveland.

  One can imagine that for a hungry bear, emerging from hibernation or preparing to sleep for the winter, the temptations of civilization are difficult to resist. With human populations burgeoning in the West, urban sprawl encroaches increasingly into bear country, resulting in more frequent interactions.

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