To support the management of Colorado’s wildlife resources, the Mammals Research section acquires and produces research information for the Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW). Scientific-based original research is conducted that advances the profession’s and agency’s collective knowledge about wildlife species, their habitats, and their future management. Contemporary research projects and issues span the size of mammals in Colorado, ranging from the tiny Preble’s meadow jumping mouse to cougars to moose.
The Mammals Research section conducts projects utilizing appropriate scientific experimental designs, techniques and analyses with the goal of providing objective, reliable, pertinent and cutting-edge knowledge. The intention is to anticipate knowledge needed to manage wildlife species in a constantly changing and confining human-dominated environment and use that vision to help guide the research program. Part of the research program’s responsibility is to push the envelope of developing and applying new research information to the management of mammals and their related plant and animal species.
