Tag: wolves
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Wolves and recreation in Colorado: Should you be worried?
Rob Edward was scrolling Facebook early this month when he came by a reported image of one of Colorado’s new, collared wolves. It seemed credible to him, said to be taken by a rancher around Grand County, where officials released some of the first 10 wolves to be tracked in the state’s reintroduction effort. Edward,…
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Wolves and recreation in Colorado: Should you be worried? (copy)
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Rob Edward was scrolling Facebook early this month when he came by a reported image of one of Colorado’s new, collared wolves. It seemed credible to him, said to be taken by a rancher around Grand County, where officials released some of the first 10 wolves to be tracked in the state’s reintroduction effort. Edward,…
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Colorado voters spoke, but ranchers remain wary of wolf reintroduction
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When Colorado voters approved the reintroduction of gray wolves in 2020, livestock owners were promised fair compensation for damages and deaths to their animals caused by wolves. But if Colorado mirrors the experiences of livestock owners in states like Idaho and Washington, ranchers around the…
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Stop the Wolf in Colorado adds Rocky Mountain Farmers Union
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Add the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union to those who don’t want wolves reintroduced to Colorado. The 20,000-member organization has joined the Colorado Stop the Wolf Coalition campaign against Initiative 107 on the 2020 ballot. “Colorado embraces the economic and cultural value of livestock ranching, and the forced introduction…
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Wolves allegedly spotted roaming in two Colorado counties
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save According to Colorado Parks and Wildlife, two wolf sighting investigations are currently underway in Colorado. One wolf was reportedly spotted in Jackson County, found in northern Colorado along the Wyoming state line, and the other wolf was reportedly spotted in Grand County, which is located…
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IN RESPONSE | Bringing back wolves can restore balance to Colorado’s Rockies
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The last wolf was killed in Colorado in the 1940s. As a result, over the following 70-plus years, the balance that nature had settled on, through millions of years of evolution, has been thrown off. It is one of the key challenges, along with climate…