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Parks and Wildlife: Be ‘bear aware’; couple in tent ‘attacked’ near Colorado Springs

Golden Eagle Campgrounds — EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is looking for a young bear that jumped on top of a tent where a couple was camping earlier this week.
It happened at Golden Eagle Campground off Colorado Highway 115, near Fort Carson.

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Colorado wildlife officials warn residents as bears awake from winter slumber

DURANGO — Colorado wildlife officials are warning residents to take precautions as bears begin to wake up from their winter slumber.

The Durango Herald reported bears usually start emerging from their dens during the first weeks of April. But Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokesman Joe Lewandowski says wildlife officials mark April 15 as the day bear activity is typically expected to pick up.

He says male bears are usually the first to start stirring around. Female bears, especially those nursing cubs, tend to stay in their dens a few weeks longer to conserve energy and wait until there are more available food sources in the forest.