Too many pronghorn? Too few?
Pronghorn graze on the Colorado plains. Courtesy of Michael Seraphin and Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Do you think there too many or too few pronghorn in southeast Colorado?
Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists want to know. To find out, the agency is holding public meetings about pronghorn population management in Limon, Walsenburg and La Junta.
Specifically, biologists would like public input about the pronghorn populations in portions of Cheyenne, Elbert, El Paso, Huerfano, Kit Carson, Las Animas, Lincoln, Otero and Pueblo counties, according to an agency news release.
The following three pronghorn management plans will be discussed: Data Analysis Units (DAU) PH-6, which includes Game Management Units (GMU) 112, 113, 114 and 115; DAU PH-7, which includes GMUs 128, 129, 133, 134, 135, 140, 141, 142 and 147; and DAU PH-8 which includes GMUs 110, 111,118, 119, 123 and 124.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife would like input from landowners, livestock operators, hunters, homeowners and recreationists to assist in formulating the 10-year pronghorn management plans. The discussion will focus on controlling pronghorn population through hunting.
To aid the public in discussion, several management alternatives will be presented at the public meetings. The alternatives generally include increasing or decreasing overall herd size and male-female ratios, they also may include a status quo option. The benefits and drawbacks to each alternative will be presented at the meetings.
The meetings:
Feb. 21, 6 p.m.
La Junta Senior Center
114 E. 2nd St.
La Junta, CO.
Feb. 23, 6 p.m.
Lathrop State Park Visitor’s Center
70 County Road 502
Walsenburg, CO
March 2, 6 p.m.
Limon Community Center
477 D Ave.
Limon, CO
If you cannot attend these meetings but would like to provide input about pronghorn management in these areas, you may contact Julie Stiver, CPW biologist in Colorado Springs at 719-227-5225 or
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; or Allen Vitt, CPW biologist in Pueblo at 719-561-5306 or
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For more information on pronghorn in Colorado, visit Parks and Wildlife's species profile page.
To learn more about pronghorn hunting in Colorado, please read Parks and Wildlife's Big Game Regulations.
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