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A blur of fur caught my eye in the forest. Just as I looked over, something tawny scooted behind a tree and perched on a log. I walked softly ahead, hoping to catch a glimpse of whatever it was. It couldn’t be very big — a moose, deer, or elk…
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The hot topic on NextDoor had a single subject line — “Bear.” Living in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado means living with wildlife. Perhaps no single animal symbolizes the wild in wilderness more than bears. Only black bears call Colorado home, as Grizzly Bears were hunted to extinction early in…
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A Strange Interaction As I came back from my lunch, I took my familiar position staffing the information desk. Five minutes later, a family walked in — mom, dad, a younger daughter and son. They looked to the be the typical midwestern family visiting Rocky Mountain National Park for the…
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A fleeting glimpse of black caught my eye. I glanced over into the woods, and spotted the tufts of black fur jutting up from the ears, as the Abert’s Squirrel stopped for just a moment to nibble. Clutching a pine cone in its paws, before I could stop to take…
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