{"id":1861,"date":"2026-06-22T18:04:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T18:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1861"},"modified":"2026-06-22T18:04:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T18:04:03","slug":"aggressive-bear-activity-shuts-down-jefferson-county-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1861","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Aggressive bear activity\u2019 shuts down Jefferson County park"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><strong>Getting your Trinity Audio player ready&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A popular hiking and biking area near Golden was closed Monday morning because of \u201caggressive bear activity\u201d in the area, according to Jefferson County officials.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1859\">Colorado wildfires: Pueblo County fire burns several homes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jefferson County Parks and Open Space announced the closure of Apex Park shortly before 6:15 a.m. Monday. The park will reopen \u201cwhen it is safe to do so,\u201d county officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The nearly 800-acre Jefferson County park offers more than 10 miles of trails in Colorado\u2019s foothills, including several that venture up Lookout Mountain, according to county officials.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado Parks and Wildlife is monitoring the bear situation, Jefferson County officials said, but no additional details about the \u201caggressive\u201d activity were available on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1857\">1 dies in overnight house fire in southwest Aurora<\/a><\/p>\n<p>State wildlife officials said last month that bear sightings are likely to increase in the Denver metro amid Colorado\u2019s ongoing drought, which can deplete the animals\u2019 natural food sources. When resources disappear in the wild, bears venture into human-populated areas in search of food.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBears have to eat, and they normally would be eating things like berries, cherries, nuts \u2014 things they can find in the wild,\u201d Colorado Parks and Wildlife Public Information Officer Kara Van Hoose said in May. \u201cWhen you have drought that\u2019s affecting the bounty of all of these, \u2026 the easiest food sources are things like human trash, bird feeders, pet food.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story and may be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Get more Colorado news by signing up for our daily Your Morning Dozen email newsletter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1855\">Aurora tees up $264 million project package for fire stations, libraries. 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