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CPW asks all state residents to remove attractants, reduce bear conflicts during the fall

DENVER — Colorado Parks and Wildlife received 3,614 bear reports from April 1 through Oct. 1, 2022, an increase from the 3,155 reports over the same timeframe the previous year. That number is growing as bears are now in hyperphagia, the period when they are preparing to den for winter and spend up to 20 hours a day on the hunt for 20,000 or more daily calories.

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Report: Colorado’s crime rate down from last year, but still above pre-pandemic levels

Colorado’s crime rate so far this year is down from last year, but still above pre-pandemic levels, a new report by the Common Sense Institute says. The state’s monthly crime rate average through June 2022 is 530 crimes per 100,000 residents, down from 583.7 last year, according to the think tank’s report.

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