From DenverGazette.com:
The latest campaign finance reports for Colorado Advocates for Smart Wolf Policy, which aims to place an initiative banning more wolves on the 2026 ballot, indicate that fundraising remains a challenge.
In the last three months, the committee raised less than $10,000, according to TRACER, the secretary of state’s campaign finance database. The committee spent $18,729 during the same time period, almost all of which was allocated to consultants.
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Colorado wolf reintroduction initiative struggles with fundraising
From DenverGazette.com:
The latest campaign finance reports for Colorado Advocates for Smart Wolf Policy, which aims to place an initiative banning more wolves on the 2026 ballot, indicate that fundraising remains a challenge.
In the last three months, the committee raised less than $10,000, according to TRACER, the secretary of state’s campaign finance database. The committee spent $18,729 during the same time period, almost all of which was allocated to consultants.
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Colorado agency recommends denial of ranchers’ wolf depredation claims totaling $135,000
From Yahoo.com:
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is recommending the denial of two wolf compensation claims for depredating livestock totaling nearly $135,000, setting up what likely will be a lively Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission meeting.
The agency’s recommendation appeared on the agenda for the July 17-18 Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission meeting at the Grand Junction Convention Center. A wolf update is also on the agenda.
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Wolf pups at Ely [Minnesota] center acclimate to people while helping advance scientific research
From MPRNews.org:
Early one morning last week, before visitors arrived at the International Wolf Center in Ely, staff members released two small, black, fuzzy wolf pups into a fenced outdoor yard — the site of an unusual science experiment.
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No new Isle Royale wolf, moose estimates will be released this year after survey plane issue
From MLive.com:
ISLE ROYALE, MI – How many new litters of wolf pups were born on Isle Royale in the last year? And are moose numbers continuing to decline in this national park wilderness? We won’t have those answers this year. The longtime Wolf and Moose Study group said it was unable to do its winter flyovers that collect that data because of an unexpected issue with the survey flights.
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Wyoming wildlife managers to discuss wolf, cougar hunting Wednesday
From Jackson Hole News & Guide:
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission will discuss hunting seasons for wolves and cougars at a Wednesday meeting in Casper.
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‘The proof is in the pupping’: 3 new wolf packs have formed in northwest Colorado
From KUNC.org:
Colorado’s wolf population grew this spring with the formation of three new packs.
The state designated the new wolf families as the One Ear Pack in Jackson County, the King Mountain Pack in Routt County and the Three Creeks Pack in Rio Blanco county.
They join the Copper Creek pack, which formed in Grand County last year.
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Crow Wing County [Minnesota] agrees to USDA request for wolf control, research
From BrainerdDispatch.com:
Crow Wing County commissioners agreed to a request by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to allow its staff to access county-owned lands to “address issues involving wolves, coyotes and beavers.”
Board members approved an agreement Tuesday, July 8.
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NRDC v. U.S. Department of the Interior et al. (Gray Wolf Delisting)
From NRDC.org:
The gray wolf is an iconic keystone species that was nearly decimated in the United States by widespread predator control programs and habitat and prey loss. While wolves have begun to make a comeback since receiving Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections in the 1970s, they are still a long way from recovered. And yet, over the last two decades, the federal government has made repeated, failed attempts to prematurely strip wolves of protections and remove them from the list of endangered species.
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[Arizona] Lawmaker sparks fierce controversy with proposed bill impacting wolves in US: ‘Would cause a massacre’
From Newsbreak.com:
A newly proposed bill would remove the Mexican gray wolf from the federal endangered species list. If approved, the bill would reverse years of protection and recovery efforts for this vulnerable species.
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife commission won’t direct agency to remove controversial wolf pack
From KUNC.org:
Colorado Parks and Wildlife commissioners during a special meeting on Monday declined to direct the agency to kill or relocate a reintroduced gray wolf pack that has caused controversy in Pitkin County.
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