Ask most people who don't live on or near the Great Plains of Colorado what types of wildlife live there, and you will probably get responses such as "I don't know", "deer?", or, the slightly more appropriate "prairie dogs, right?". The true answer to this question, however, is a subject worthy of a Ph.D. dissertation. Before European settlers moved west, the Great Plains could be compared with the African Serengeti in terms of its diversity of wildlife. Though threatened by ranching, wildlife management practices, hunting, and other factors, an amazing array of wildlife still exists to this day on the Great Plains.
Fresh Tracks, SPLT's large piece of land in the South East of Colorado, serves as a wildlife sanctuary to the many endangered and threatened animals (and plants) found there. Below are logbook records kept by Nicole Rosmarino, and others, detailing their experiences on Fresh Tracks and the wildlife seen there. You can choose from either the unabridged version of the logbook, detailing sighting, observations and experiences in more detail, or just a reference table of the wildlife sightings on and around Fresh Tracks.
Unabridged versions available:
- July 2010
- June 2010
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- January 2010
- November - December 2009
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