Colorado officials will present plan to cull mountain lions

Colorado Parks and Wildlife plans to cull mountain lions to help mule deer populations.

The Journal

Chuck Anderson, Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s mammal research leader, will lead a presentation on CPW’s three-year plan to increase the mule deer population in two regions of Colorado by killing the number of mountain lions and bears.

This three-year project was initiated in 2008 to address mule deer/energy development interactions and to identify improved approaches for development planning and evaluate habitat treatments as mitigation option to benefit mule deer.

The plan would allow for the removal of as many as 15 lions and 25 bears a year from the Roan Plateau, in northwestern Colorado. The plan would be in force for three years to see if it boosts fawn survival rates.

The meeting will be from 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, at the Ridgway Community Center/Town Hall, 201 N. Railroad St. The public is invited.

The event is organized by Northern San Juan Broadband, a chapter of the Great Old Broads for Wilderness. For more information, contact northernsanjuanbroadband@gmail.com.

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