From KUNC.org:
As Colorado’s gray wolf population increases with four new groups of pups, the reintroduced animals continue to stick to familiar watersheds across the Western Slope.
In the latest map from Colorado Parks and Wildlife — which shows activity between June 24 and July 22 — the wolves were active in watersheds across many northwest counties, including Eagle, Pitkin, Garfield, Routt, Jackson, Moffat, Rio Blanco, Summit and Grand counties.
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Meet a Colorado Range Rider – Shelby Neiberger
From SteamboatRadio.com:
Range Riders have been employed throughout Colorado to help with non-lethal mitigation of wolves. Colorado Parks and Wildlife has ten range riders. The Colorado Department of Agriculture employs three range riders, one of whom is Shelby Neiberger, who grew up in Rangely. She is 30 years old.
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Idaho Department of Fish and Game revises and increases 2023 wolf population estimate
From NewsFromTheStates:
As Idaho changes to a totally new method for counting wolves, officials with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game have increased the state’s 2023 wolf population estimate they reported publicly last year.
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Where Colorado’s collared gray wolves were in July
From KUNC.org:
As Colorado’s gray wolf population increases with four new groups of pups, the reintroduced animals continue to stick to familiar watersheds across the Western Slope.
In the latest map from Colorado Parks and Wildlife — which shows activity between June 24 and July 22 — the wolves were active in watersheds across many northwest counties, including Eagle, Pitkin, Garfield, Routt, Jackson, Moffat, Rio Blanco, Summit and Grand counties.
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Rural Reckoning | Wolves prey on relationship between Polis and rural Colorado
From ColoradoPolitics.com:
While the COVID-19 pandemic became the defining issue of Gov. Jared Polis’ first term, the reintroduction of wolves on the Western Slope is likely to cement his legacy — however history ultimately judges his time in the executive office — in his final four years, particularly for rural residents.
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Colorado Suspends Trapping After a Wolf Tripped a Coyote Trap at a Livestock Operation and Died
From OutdoorLife.com:
Colorado has implemented a statewide suspension on the issue of 30-day trapping permits. The decision coincides with the Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s announcement that a female gray wolf died in May “due to an apparent secondary trauma from a lawful foothold trap used for coyote control.”
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Secret recording sparks fears of dishonesty within Colorado’s wolf program
From Yahoo.com:
A secretly recorded cellphone conversation between ranchers and a Colorado Parks and Wildlife wolf depredation investigator exposed how agency investigations receive top-down influence to alter the number of confirmed wolf depredations.
The Coloradoan on July 20 was provided a copy of the nearly 20-minute recording by Merrilee Ellis of Coberly Creek Ranch that included a conversation between her husband, Mike Neelis; son-in-law, Adam Edwards; and state wildlife damage specialist Rhea Ebel-Childs on April 23.
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Months of Trail-Cam Footage in Remote [Minnesota] Wilderness, See Highlights
From Outdoors.com:
The Voyageurs Wolf Project is dedicated to better understanding the ecology of wolves in the greater Voyageurs National Park ecosystem of Minnesota. The organization uses trail-cam footage to study wildlife like wolves, bears, and more in the remote wilderness, where humans rarely go. Voyageurs Wolf Project recently shared a video on YouTube that shows a mash-up of 10 months’ worth of footage from their trail cameras, and there are some real treats.
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Conservation group asks federal judge to order stronger protections for NC red wolves
From NewsObserver.com:
A national conservation group asked a federal judge Wednesday for stronger protections to keep the red wolf population in Eastern North Carolina from becoming extinct. It’s the latest legal move in a years-long effort to force the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, which reintroduced red wolves to North Carolina in 1987 and manages the animals across a five-county area, to do everything it can to help the species survive and recover.
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Legal foothold trap in northwestern Colorado killed wolf released in January
From ColoradoSun.com:
Legal foothold trap in northwestern Colorado killed wolf released in January.
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Mountain lion killed wolf in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado wildlife agency says
From YahooNews.com:
A mountain lion was the apparent cause of death of a Colorado reintroduced wolf in Rocky Mountain National Park, while another reintroduced wolf died from injuries suffered after being caught in a lawful leghold trap, according to state wildlife officials.
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