Lizards scamper and scurry across the cement trails, dodging oncoming cyclists.
Mule deer, often with fawns in the fall, can be seen munching on shrubs and grass while keeping a close on eye on passersby.
Mallard ducks and ducklings take their daily swim in the cool waters of the river, while a crane uses its long legs to wade in shallow waters along the river s banks.
All this can be seen at just one location in Southern Colorado.
Colorado is home to some of North America’s most amazing wildlife. From black bears to Sandhill cranes to bull snakes, Southern Colorado is home to a wealth of beautiful creatures.
This is the fifty-sixth in a series of articles from the staff of the Nature & Wildlife Discovery Center that will provide resources, ideas, and suggestions for families during the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch for future articles with outdoor activity ideas for students and families. The public can help the nonprofit NWDC get through this challenging time by making a donation at https://hikeandlearn.org/donate/. Join NWDC for guided hikes and other exciting nature programs listed here: https://hikeandlearn.org/programs-and-events/.
One of the most crucial environmental concerns is reducing the amount of heat-trapping carbon in our planet’s atmosphere. But what is carbon? How did it get into our atmosphere, and why is the level of atmospheric carbon increasing? Why is this such a great concern to the well-being of life on Earth as we know it?
Article Text: This is the fifty-fifth in a series of articles from the staff of the Nature & Wildlife Discovery Center. Join NWDC for their upcoming Earth Day Challenge happening on Saturday, April 24th at the River Campus in Pueblo – registration is now open here: https://hikeandlearn.secure.retreat.guru/program/2021-earth-day-challenge/.
This is not another Earth Day article about recycling, planting trees, picking up trash, composting, eating less meat, or taking shorter showers. These things are all important and have a positive impact on our future most certainly, but I am sure you can find those suggestions everywhere else today. Those topics, while not necessarily old-fashioned, are uninteresting, predictable, and becoming tritely familiar as Earth Day fare. As important as doing these are, things are also, quite frankly, not often entirely in our hands. Many of our social systems, urban settings, and habitual ways of life are not set up to make such options possible.
CPW Rescues Owlets Again Following Second Fall from Nest
After their fall on April 1, firefighters carefully placed the two owlets back in their nest, located at the top of a very tall tree. It was expected that the owlets would remain in the nest for another 30 to 35 days, but nature had other plans.
The next morning, the magpie nest that the owlets were laying in broke apart, sending them to the ground for the second time.
Because they were left without a nest, and in very close proximity to I-25, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers decided the best course of action was to take the owlets to Nature and Wildlife Discovery Center s raptor campus in Pueblo. At this location, the owlets will be out of danger s way.
By Louise Glen Published: 10:30, 15 March 2021
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Four projects in the Highlands and Islands will share a £2.6 million European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) award.
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, Scotlandâs Wildlife Discovery Centre will receive £980,000 for new visitor facilities at the Highland Wildlife Park near Kincraig, to showcase the richness and diversity of native wildlife.
The Highland Wildlife Park is one of four projects in the Highlands and Islands will share a £2.6 million European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) award to promote the outstanding scenery, wildlife and culture of the Highlands and Islands, the cabinet secretary for rural economy and tourism, Fergus Ewing, announced today.