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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Colorado Parks and Wildlife working to euthanize at least another wolf from troubled Copper Creek pack
From 9News.com:
CPW staff has been trying to kill a wolf for several days, due to the pack repeatedly killing livestock, according to a letter obtained by 9NEWS Investigates.
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Colorado ranchers say state’s wolf recovery plan is ‘just a bunch of lies and half-truths’
From Coloradoan.com:
PITKIN COUNTY — Distrust of Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s implementation of the wolf recovery plan runs as deep as the Capital and Sopris creek drainages where longtime ranching neighbors Mike Cerveny and Brad Day run around 700 cattle combined.
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Taylor, The Mexican Gray Wolf, Is At Risk Of Being Captured After Crossing I-40 [New Mexico]
From WorldAnimalNews.com:
A young Mexican gray wolf named “Taylor” is once again at risk of being recaptured by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), sparking urgent calls from 35 conservation organizations to let him remain free. Taylor recently made the 150-mile journey back to the Mount Taylor area in New Mexico, where he had been previously trapped and removed in May.
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Women tracking wolves [in the Italian Alps and Yellowstone]
From BBC.com:
Two women from Italy and the US tell Datshiane Navanayagam about following the movements of growing wolf packs in Yellowstone National Park and the Italian Alps.
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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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