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Colorado ranching groups file petition to pause more wolf reintroductions until depredations are addressed
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Colorado ranching groups file petition to pause more wolf reintroductions until depredations are addressed

By Stephanie Butzer | NBC 5 News More than two dozen organizations that represent agriculture and livestock producers in Colorado have filed a petition to delay future gray wolf reintroductions until depredations are addressed and mitigation tactics are fully implemented. The Colorado Cattlemen's Association, based in Lakewood, announced the petition, which is addressed to the CPW (Colorado Parks and Wildlife) Commission, on Monday. In addition to that association, the other petitioners include Middle Park Stockgrowers Association, Colorado Farm Bureau, Club 20, and Colorado Wool Growers Association. Local livestock and stockgrowers associations from across the state also joined the petition. READ THE FULL STORY AT NBC 5 NEWS
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Who is in charge? Colorado lawmakers press wildlife officials about wolves
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Who is in charge? Colorado lawmakers press wildlife officials about wolves

By Marianne Goodland | Colorado Politics Colorado's lawmakers on Wednesday pressed wildlife officials about the state's wolf reintroduction production, including pointed questions from a legislator about who exactly is making decisions and to what extent the governor's office is influencing actions.  More specifically, Sen. Dylan Robert, D-Eagle, asked who's running the show at Colorado Parks and Wildlife — the agency or the governor. "Can the public trust that (decisions) are being managed exclusively by the experts, biologists, scientists and you as appointed head of the department?" Roberts asked. "Can the public trust you have the ultimate decision-making authority, or are there other people weighing in here?"  READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS
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Source for more Colorado wolves: State secures a new source location for the second round of reintroductions
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Source for more Colorado wolves: State secures a new source location for the second round of reintroductions

By Stephanie Butzer | Denver7 News After a previous agreement fell through, Colorado has secured a source location for the second round of gray wolf reintroductions, which will begin this winter. Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) announced on Friday that it had reached an agreement with the British Columbia Ministry of Water, Lands and Resource Stewardship in Canada. Between December 2024 and March 2025, up to 15 wolves will be captured from the Canadian province and translocated to Colorado. "We are grateful to the B.C. Ministry of Water, Lands and Resource Stewardship for working with our agency on this critical next step in reintroducing gray wolves in the state," said CPW Director Jeff Davis in a press release. "Their willingness and ability to work with another jurisdiction t...
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Colorado ranchers ask U.S Fish and Wildlife to intervene, take control of wolf reintroduction program
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Colorado ranchers ask U.S Fish and Wildlife to intervene, take control of wolf reintroduction program

By Marianne Goodland | Colorado Politics Ranchers who have lost dozens of livestock to wolves no longer have confidence in Colorado Parks and Wildlife and are now asking the federal government to intervene. On Aug. 28, Don Gittleson of Jackson County and Conway Farrell of Grand County and their families wrote to regional officials with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, asking them to take control over decision-making regarding program to reintroduce wolves in Colorado. While Colorado Parks and Wildlife manages Colorado's wolves, under the wolf restoration plan and the 10(j) rule issued by U.S. Fish & Wildlife, the federal agency still maintains primary oversight. READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS
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Three wolf pups caught on video confirmed to be part of Grand County pack
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Three wolf pups caught on video confirmed to be part of Grand County pack

By Tracy Ross | The Colorado Sun Colorado’s first introduced wolf pack has three confirmed puppies with at least one weighing in the 30- to 40-pound range.    The news comes after Mike Usalavage posted a video on social media Aug. 17 of the lanky pups playing in a rain puddle and wrestling on a dirt road in an undisclosed location. A few minutes into the video, Usalavage’s passenger says he spots the mother, which CPW confirms was with them.  Two small dogs sitting inside the vehicle begin to whine and bark as they watch the gray-and-white pups splashing in the water. But the wolves appear completely unaware of the vehicle and its passengers or at least unbothered by it.  READ THE FULL STORY AT THE COLORADO SUN
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Livestock producers write letter again asking CPW, Polis to kill depredating wolves
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Livestock producers write letter again asking CPW, Polis to kill depredating wolves

By Heather Willard | Fox 31 News Some of Colorado’s livestock producers have renewed their plea to Colorado Parks and Wildlife: Kill the wolves in Grand and Jackson counties that have killed ranchers’ cattle. Several groups wrote letters this week to CPW officials and Gov. Jared Polis asking that the known wolves depredating Colorado ranches be lethally removed. Depredations occur when a predator “plunders” or preys upon a farmer’s crop. In Grand and Jackson counties, wolves were depredating sheep and cattle. Ranchers first asked for the wolves to be lethally removed in April. There were six depredation events recorded by CPW in April alone, involving four calves and four cattle. Two claims were received, and one was paid out for $1,514 for one calf killed by the reintro...
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Wolves from Washington a no-go because Colorado failed to agree on concerns of Southern Utes
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Wolves from Washington a no-go because Colorado failed to agree on concerns of Southern Utes

By Tracy Ross | The Colorado Sun A Native American tribe in Washington that promised 15 wolves to Colorado has rescinded its offer saying the state has not honored concerns of the Southern Ute Tribe involving wolf reintroduction.  Since soon after Colorado voters approved reintroducing wolves west of the Continental Divide, the Southern Ute Tribe has been trying to get Colorado Parks and Wildlife to acknowledge the tribe’s sovereignty in managing wolves on its land under an agreement covering hunting and fishing in the southwestern corner of the state.  But the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Nation says a lack of agreement between the Southern Utes and the state is a deal-breaker. On June 6, Jarred-Michael Erickson, chairman of the Colville Business Counci...
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Enough with beef, wolves feast on lamb in latest depredation, CPW officials say
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Enough with beef, wolves feast on lamb in latest depredation, CPW officials say

By Meg Soyars Van Hauen | Craig Press Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirmed that eight sheep in Grand County were killed by wolves. The agency updated its Gray Wolf Depredation Report webpage on Wednesday. According to the webpage, the depredations occurred on Sunday, and the investigation is still in progress. This is the 14th wolf depredation incident confirmed in Colorado since reintroduction. On Sunday, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials responded to another possible wolf depredation in Grand County. Two sheep were involved — a lamb and a ewe.  “The field investigation, which included a necropsy, found injuries consistent with wolf depredation,” stated Parks and Wildlife in an email. “… This is still an ongoing investigation.” READ THE FULL STORY AT THE CRAIG PRESS...
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Rumor control, wolf pup update detailed with monthly wolf activity map from CPW
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Rumor control, wolf pup update detailed with monthly wolf activity map from CPW

By Elliott Wenzler  | Craig Daily Press Colorado’s collared wolves largely remained in Routt, Grand, Summit and Jackson counties and somewhat withdrew from some areas like Eagle County over the past month, according to a map released by Colorado Parks and Wildlife Wednesday.  The map, posted on the agency’s website, uses Colorado watershed boundaries to indicate where wolves have been detected and reflects movements from June 25 through July 23. It is updated on the fourth Wednesday of every month. State officials have released the maps monthly since January after reintroducing 10 wolves in Grand and Summit counties in December. In its update Wednesday, Parks and Wildlife also addressed rumors on social media that claim the agency’s tracking planes ar...
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As wolves have ravaged livestock, ‘Born To Be Wild’ plates devoted to them has raised over $300,000
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As wolves have ravaged livestock, ‘Born To Be Wild’ plates devoted to them has raised over $300,000

By Piper Russell | Out There Colorado In just six months, Colorado's new 'Born To Be Wild' license plates have raised $312,800 to help protect livestock and wolves. According to a press release from the Rocky Mountain Wolf Project, the revenue from the license plates goes directly to Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) to exclusively fund non-lethal tools and strategies to reduce conflict between wolves and livestock. The non-lethal conflict mitigation tools and techniques include the use of fladry fences, repellent lights, non-lethal munitions, and other visual and auditory deterrents that keep wolves away from livestock. Funding from the license plates also goes to range riders to monitor livestock and deter wolf-livestock conflicts and for trained livestock guardian dog...
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