Colorado Parks & Wildlife agents rescued an ewe bighorn that had fallen through the Taylor River near Gunnison.

Like the majority of Colorado’s big game species, the success of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep is up against habitat loss and disturbances, a changing climate and growing recreation and human pressure.

A Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep had a life-saving rescue that ewe know could have become a nightmare.

In early December, Colorado Parks and Wildlife will begin its annual flight surveys for deer, elk, and bighorn sheep on the Western Slope. The flights — conducted by helicopters and fixed-wing ...

Cody Hinkley spent much of his youth outdoors. His childhood memories are full of adventures — exploring the wilderness, building forts and admiring the wildlife that shared his Garfield County home.

The summit, marked with patches of new snow, was quiet as he scanned the grassy slopes and rocky ridgelines for Colorado’s once-threatened state mammal. Below, about 60 more biologists, wildlife ...