Entries by Carissa Winter

‘What’s going on is a calamity:’ Ranchers, lawmakers question Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s recent decisions on wolves

From Post Independent: Colorado ranchers and lawmakers have questioned how Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials are making decisions about wolves since the animals were reintroduced to the state starting in December. Concerns have peaked in recent months, however, as wildlife officials have gone outside of recommendations in the Wolf Restoration and Management Plan, and have […]

Colorado’s wolves are still moving throughout the state, depredating livestock

From KDVR Fox 31: DENVER (KDVR) — After an eventful month for Colorado’s voter-mandated gray wolf reintroduction program, Colorado Parks and Wildlife released a map showing watershed locations of the six collared gray wolves that have not been recaptured or killed. According to the new map, which shows the six wolves’ movement provided by GPS […]

No producers show for first Non-Lethal Wolf Conflict Reduction Training Meeting

From Steamboat Radio: The Colorado Department of Agriculture is hosting two meetings a month, primarily with agriculture producers, to answer questions they may have regarding how to handle encounters with wolves. It’s a collaborative effort with Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the CSU Extension Office, and Wildlife Services. There is a meeting today (Friday, Sept. 27) in Grand County. Click here for […]

Federal wildlife regulators investigating 3 wolf killings in Wisconsin

From Wisconsin Radio: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating three reported wolf killings in Wisconsin that have occurred within the last year, according to state wildlife regulators. The most recent incident involved a young man who shot and killed a gray wolf in northern Wisconsin on Saturday. Click here for the full story.

Swiss hunters get go-ahead for major wolf culls

From Reuters: GENEVA, Sept 26 (Reuters) – Switzerland gave five districts the go-ahead on Thursday to shoot wolves after reports of attacks on livestock, a move that will please many farmers but anger conservationists who say culls have gone too far. The government said it had allowed the killing of three entire packs in southwestern […]

Colorado has 8 remaining wolves in the wild. Here’s where they were in September.

From PostIndependent: Colorado Parks and Wildlife released a new map Wednesday, Sept. 25, tracking the movements of the eight remaining wolves in the wild. According to the most recent map, these wolves have continued to explore areas of Eagle, Summit, Grand, Jackson and Routt counties. While these are predominantly the same counties where the wolves roamed […]

The EU moves to loosen protections for wolves as their population grows

From ABC News: BRUSSELS — The European Union is moving toward backing plans to remove some of its protections for wolves on the continent as their population grows, in the latest political clash between farmers and environmentalists. Ambassadors of the 27 EU nations reached a qualified majority Wednesday to seek to loosen protection rules now enshrined in the […]