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Wolves on the move in Colorado, but still haven’t crossed I-70
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Wolves on the move in Colorado, but still haven’t crossed I-70

By Spencer McKee | Colorado Politics Colorado Parks and Wildlife has released their monthly account of where the state's wolves have been detected, with the data coming from tracking collars on eight animals. Their recently published map shows what watershed areas wolves have been in at some point between May 21 and June 25. Overall, the range of the wolves over the past month was mostly similar to that of the month prior. Two key changes are that wolves appear to have moved to the northern side of Granby opposed to being closer to Winter Park and that wolves appear to be moving closer to a wider stretch of Interstate 70. With that I-70-related shift in mind, it's crucial to note that wolves have yet to cross I-70 to the south, despite some of the watershed areas displayed on t...
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A new rule aids ranchers in killing wolves attacking their livestock at night
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A new rule aids ranchers in killing wolves attacking their livestock at night

By Tracy Ross | The Colorado Sun Colorado Parks and Wildlife will allow ranchers to use artificial light to aid in killing wolves caught in the act of attacking their livestock at night.  The change follows a 6-4 vote by the Parks and Wildlife commission at its meeting on June 13. The ruling is significant because wolves generally attack at night, yet ranchers have been unable to shoot them due to a statute that prevents hunters from shooting at an animal after dark and using artificial light.  Currently, livestock owners are allowed to use night vision technology to conduct hazing that doesn’t harm or kill a wolf. They’re also allowed to kill a wolf they catch it attacking livestock in daylight. The new rules gives them added support after dealing with wolv...
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Colorado wildlife officials confirm Grand County wolves have reproduced
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Colorado wildlife officials confirm Grand County wolves have reproduced

By The Colorado Sun At least one pup has been born to a pair of wolves transplanted to Colorado from Oregon in December. Colorado Parks and Wildlife on Thursday evening said a gray wolf pup was spotted on June 18 in Grand County but said it is likely as many as five more were born. Biologists tracking location data noted in early April that a female’s collar had stopped uploading GPS coordinates, but then resumed sending data later in the month. This led the biologists to believe she was likely in a den. Though CPW did not release a photo or video footage of the pup, a news release said biologists had observed the area where the female’s collar was transmitting from the air and ground, using remote cameras and public reports. The biologists will continue to observe the denning ...
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Rep. Soper: Gov. Polis dismissive of real concerns toward wolf depredation on Western Slope
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Rep. Soper: Gov. Polis dismissive of real concerns toward wolf depredation on Western Slope

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice 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." Soper took exception to the tone in which the governor responded to Helen Raleigh, a senior contributor at The Federalist and who had written a piece for the Wall Street Journal titled "Jared Polis’s Wolves Are Moving In on Denver". Raleigh, an immigrant from China, is a Colorado resident. "Colorado Gov. Jared Polis recently signed a bill to reintroduce the vicious weasel known as the wolverine to the state," Raleigh wrote on Twitter/X. "What could go wrong? Plenty, if Colorado’s recent experience reintroducing the gray wolf is anything to go by." Western Sl...
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Ranchers press CWD officials for answers in daylong summit on wolves
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Ranchers press CWD officials for answers in daylong summit on wolves

By Marianne Goodland | Colorado Politics Jeff Davis, director of Colorado Parks and Wildlife, walked into something of a wolf's den on Saturday. Nearly 100 people — ranchers, state and local elected officials, conflict resolution specialists, nonprofit staffers from pro-wolf groups, outfitters, media and representatives of the wildlife agency — traveled to the ranch of Don and Kim Gittleson, just north of Walden, to talk about the issue that has consumed people's energies particularly after the state officially introduced wolves in December. The Gittleson's ranch and Jackson County have been ground zero for attacks on livestock and working cattle dogs. In four years, the state  wildlife agency reported that 23 cattle, sheep and working dogs have been killed or ...
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Wolves in Colorado can be hunted under specific conditions, says wildlife commission
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Wolves in Colorado can be hunted under specific conditions, says wildlife commission

By Marianne Goodland | Colorado Springs Gazette 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. The commission approved, 6-4, a staff recommendation allowing several permits, including the lethal taking of chronically depredating wolves — those that have demonstrated repeated killing and harassment of livestock or working dogs. The vote was greeted with applause from dozens of ranchers, many of whom testified to the harms caused by two wolves, in particular, in Grand County. These two wolves are believed to be responsible for killing or injuring at least seven cattle, mostly calves, during calving season in April. R...
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‘It works’: Colorado’s wolf conflict coordinator, ranchers find common ground
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‘It works’: Colorado’s wolf conflict coordinator, ranchers find common ground

By Stephanie Butzer | Denver 7 News 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. That has been an ongoing adjustment for years in Colorado's Jackson County and North Park area after wolves trekked south from Wyoming. This came well before the controversial, but voter-mandated December 2023 reintroduction of 10 wolves in Grand and Summit counties. The addition of more wolves has raised concerns for ranchers in north-central Colorado and beyond. READ THE FULL STORY AT DENVER 7 NEWS
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In Colorado’s nonlethal wolf deterrent game, its Wolves 3, Cows 0 in one county, and ranchers aren’t pleased
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In Colorado’s nonlethal wolf deterrent game, its Wolves 3, Cows 0 in one county, and ranchers aren’t pleased

By Tracy Ross | Colorado Sun 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 stockgrowers wrote yet another angry letter to CPW director Jeff Davis requesting wolf No. 2309 and wolf No. 2312 be removed from the Williams Fork River Basin. Their request, dated May 23, references a rule in the Colorado Wolf Restoration Plan that lays out certain conditions under which a w...
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Wolf advocates charged with illegal lobbying of lawmakers at state capitol
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Wolf advocates charged with illegal lobbying of lawmakers at state capitol

By Marianne Goodland | Colorado Politics 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.  Initially, a second individual was also accused of illegal lobbying, but that complaint has been dismissed. The complaints, filed in March by John Williams, who operates Colorado Wolf Tracker, claimed Stephen Capra and his organization, Bold Visions Conservation, lobbied multiple legislators on behalf of a paying client, all without registering and without disclosing the client’s identity as required by law.  READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS
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Dead wolf in Colorado likely killed by mountain lion, officials say
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Dead wolf in Colorado likely killed by mountain lion, officials say

By Marianne Goodland | Colorado Politics 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. "The initial necropsy report conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on the deceased gray wolf found in Larimer County on April 18, 2024 finds that the cause of death is trauma, consistent with predation. Although not definitive, the puncture wounds in the skull are consistent with those typically inflicted by a mountain lion," the agency said. Meanwhile, another yearling at the ranch of Conway Farrell in Grand County has been killed by a wolf, according to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife wolf depredation report. READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS
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