A weekend exchange between a national columnist and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has drawn the attention of Rep. Matt Soper, R-Delta, who pens commentary as “The Western Slope Statesman.”
Jeff Davis, director of Colorado Parks and Wildlife, walked into something of a wolf’s den on Saturday.
Ranchers press CWD officials for answers in daylong summit on wolves Read More »
A divided Colorado Parks and Wildlife commission on Thursday voted to allow for the lethal management of wolves under certain situations, a move that ranchers in Grand and Jackson counties have sought for months.
Wolves in Colorado can be hunted under specific conditions, says wildlife commission Read More »
Growing up on a ranch in northern Colorado, hard work was quickly rooted in Philip Anderson’s life. It’s a habit that he has carried ever since, and even more so now, as he operates a ranch and grapples with raising livestock while gray wolves roam the landscape.
‘It works’: Colorado’s wolf conflict coordinator, ranchers find common ground Read More »
Grand County ranchers say three calves were killed by wolves in the month since they were given $20,000 to hire a range rider to protect their cattle, and they’re demanding more action from Colorado Parks and Wildlife. But CPW says there’s not enough proof to confirm wolves transplanted to Colorado were responsible for more than one of the three dead calves found on May 11 and remains unwilling to kill the large predators, according to ranchers.
The state’s election office on Monday began proceedings against an advocate for wolves in Colorado over allegations of illegally lobbying during the 2024 session at the state Capitol.
Wolf advocates charged with illegal lobbying of lawmakers at state capitol Read More »
A dead gray wolf found in Larimer County last month was most likely killed by a mountain lion, according to information from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
Dead wolf in Colorado likely killed by mountain lion, officials say Read More »
Just a few hours after U.S. Fish and Wildlife biologists confirmed that one of the 10 gray wolves transplanted to Colorado in December was found dead in Larimer County, the state’s top wildlife official told ranchers he will not kill a wolf blamed for the death of four cows in Grand County because it is likely the mate to a wolf that appears to be denning.
The results of reintroduction of gray wolves into western areas of Colorado is drawing the ire of many Republican members of the State Legislature, several of whom earn a living from livestock.
A rancher in Elbert County, Colorado, contacted Colorado Parks and Wildlife after discovering a wolf-like animal in a legal coyote trap on April 3 on a ranch in eastern Colorado.
Gray wolf from Great Lakes population caught in coyote trap in Elbert County Read More »
