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Fair Shake for the Rattler

by Erin Marie Furtak

Jul 01, 2026
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It’s rattlesnake season again.

On the Front Range in late March, the reptiles emerge from their winter burrows to warm themselves in the early spring sunshine. The season lasts through early fall, when nights dip below freezing and the snakes return underground.

As a child living in the last row of houses on South Table Mountain in Golden, I was made awar…

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