CPW SW Region (@CPW

CPW SW Region

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CPW SW Region

@CPW_SW

Wildlife Offices: Durango, Gunnison, Monte Vista, Montrose State Parks: Crawford, Lone Mesa, Mancos, Navajo, Paonia, Ridgway, Sweitzer Lake #LiveLifeOutside

Durango, CO

Joined June 2016

CPW SW Region
@CPW_SW
Apr 22, 2024
😺 Who is ready for a wildlife rescue story? Been excited to share this one all weekend, and now seems like as good of a time as any to pounce onto your timeline. Check out these two yearling mountian lions that couldn’t get out of the spillway Friday at Vallecito Reservoir…
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@CPW_SW
Oct 18, 2024
🐻 We thought we had seen really fat Durango bears before. But this one takes the cake. It also probably ate the cake. Every cake.
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@CPW_SW
Jul 2, 2024
Last week, a Pagosa Springs family went out to sit on their back deck and soon heard loud huffing and moaning underneath their feet. Alarmed, they called CPW as they thought it might be a bear or other injured animal. When we showed up, we found a very large bear.
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@CPW_SW
Apr 22, 2024
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After everyone backed off and it took time to regroup, the young lion ran off in the same direction as its sibling. We thank Beck and Canterbury for delaying the dam release and reporting this to give CPW a chance to rescue them. What a Friday night!
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@CPW_SW
Jul 2, 2024
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After the grueling process, the big bear was relocated to ideal bear habitat, far from humans to give it the best chance at success where it will find abundant natural foods. Watch as District Wildlife Manager Nate Martinez releases it.
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@CPW_SW
Oct 10, 2024
🦉 What’s better than one Great Horned Owl wildlife rehab success story?? That’s right, it’s TWO! Lock in, a thread is coming. 🧵
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@CPW_SW
Nov 3, 2022
Hey @OKWildlifeDept, are we doing this right? Some Colorado wildlife spotted getting in the spirit of #GarWeek 😉
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@CPW_SW
Apr 22, 2024
Replying to @CPW_SW
And here was the moment Smith released the second lion from the catch pole once it was over the concrete wall. This is when it ran underneath the truck...
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@CPW_SW
Jul 2, 2023
Croc spotted at Sweitzer Lake State Park 👀👀👀 Be careful on the water this weekend folks!
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@CPW_SW
Apr 22, 2024
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Here are some better videos of the rope work wildlife officer Ty Smith used to move these lions around and get them free of the spillway and in better positions for rescue.
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@CPW_SW
Sep 19, 2024
Got a wildlife rehab success story we’ve been following all summer that we are thrilled to share with everyone today! Check out this peregrine falcon from the Mancos area!
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@CPW_SW
Apr 22, 2024
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With the lion interested in the rope, CPW staff were also able to use a catch pole and all together we lifted the lion over the concrete wall and quickly released it. However, the lion decided to hide under a truck for a few minutes….
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@CPW_SW
Apr 22, 2024
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District Wildlife Manager Ty Smith wasn’t sure if he would have to dart the mountain lions or if they would come out another way. He was provided a rope and dangled it in front of the kittens to see if by chance they’d grab onto it and he could lift it out. One of them did!
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@CPW_SW
Apr 22, 2024
Replying to @CPW_SW
Pine River Irrigation District Dam Tender Mike Canterbury was about to release water from Vallecito Reservoir down the spillway when he noticed the two young mountain lions. He quickly called CPW, and wildlife officer Ty Smith responded. Note the high walls of the spillway.
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