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Colorado on the hook for $1 million in costs to pay for wolves’ livestock kills

Colorado on the hook for $1 million in costs to pay for wolves’ livestock kills

Updated 4 days ago

After paying more than $700,000 in March to ranchers for livestock lost to wolves, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission is poised to approve two...

Colorado wildlife commission shake-up: 2 nominees withdraw before full Senate vote

Colorado wildlife commission shake-up: 2 nominees withdraw before full Senate vote

Updated 2 weeks ago

Two days after a Senate committee voted against confirming two of Gov. Jared Polis’ appointees to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission, both men withdrew...

Colorado panel rejects 2 of 3 Polis appointees to wildlife body

Colorado panel rejects 2 of 3 Polis appointees to wildlife body

Updated 3 weeks ago

A contentious hearing Wednesday saw two out of three of Gov. Jared Polis’ picks for the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission rejected by a panel...

Governor’s wildlife commission picks face pushback ahead of Colorado Senate hearing

Governor’s wildlife commission picks face pushback ahead of Colorado Senate hearing

Updated 3 weeks ago

Colorado’s largest coalition of hunters, anglers, and wildlife conservation groups is urging state lawmakers to reject two of Gov. Jared Polis’ latest nominees to the...

Colorado halts wolf releases for 2026 as federal pressure mounts

Colorado halts wolf releases for 2026 as federal pressure mounts

Updated 4 months ago

Colorado Parks and Wildlife, facing mounting criticism from the Trump administration over its management of the wolf reintroduction program, announced Wednesday they will not bring...

Colorado wildlife officials report first wolf death of 2026 as mortality count reaches 13

Colorado wildlife officials report first wolf death of 2026 as mortality count reaches 13

Updated 4 months ago

Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced late Monday that another British Columbia female gray wolf, known as 2504-BC, was found dead in northwest Colorado on Friday....

Former Colorado wildlife director heads to Wyoming

Former Colorado wildlife director heads to Wyoming

Updated 4 months ago

Jeff Davis, the former director of Colorado Parks and Wildlife who oversaw the introduction of wolves in Colorado, is headed to Wyoming, where he will...

U.S. Fish & Wildlife threatens to terminate Colorado’s authority to manage wolves

U.S. Fish & Wildlife threatens to terminate Colorado’s authority to manage wolves

Updated 4 months ago

With no apparent plan in place to bring in more wolves to Colorado for 2026, Colorado Parks and Wildlife may have an even bigger problem....

Washington state leaders rip Colorado over ‘failing’ wolf reintroduction program

Washington state leaders rip Colorado over ‘failing’ wolf reintroduction program

Updated 6 months ago

Washington’s Fish and Wildlife Commission on Saturday said “no, not now” to sending wolves to Colorado, after a hearing in which the state’s residents vigorously...

Another translocated wolf dies in Colorado, bringing total to 12

Another translocated wolf dies in Colorado, bringing total to 12

Updated 6 months ago

Wildlife officials on Friday morning announced that another British Columbia wolf, a female with the tag 2506, died in southwest Colorado. Officials said necropsy will...

Trump taps ex-N.M. congressman to head BLM

Trump taps ex-N.M. congressman to head BLM

Updated 6 months ago

Steve Pearce, a former Republican congressman from New Mexico and, until last December, the chair of the New Mexico Republican Party, is the latest nominee...

US Fish and Wildlife Services tells Colorado: No more wolves from Canada, Alaska

US Fish and Wildlife Services tells Colorado: No more wolves from Canada, Alaska

Updated 7 months ago

Efforts by Colorado Parks and Wildlife to bring in more wolves from Canada later this year may have hit a snag after the U.S. Fish...

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