colorado parks and wildlife
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US Fish and Wildlife Services tells Colorado: No more wolves from Canada, Alaska
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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 & Wildlife Service told the state it may not do so. In an Oct. 10 letter, Brian Nesvik, director of USFWS, told Gov. Jared Polis and Jeff Davis, director of…
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Colorado River near Grand Junction infested with zebra mussels, state officials report
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Colorado now has five bodies of water, including a stretch of the Colorado River from east of Grand Junction to the Utah border, that are showing zebra mussel infestations. The state has battled the invasive species successfully for years. In 2021, the state celebrated three years of negative testing for zebra and quagga mussels and…
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Montezuma County judge says ‘imperfect decisions’ do not justify disciplinary authorities’ ‘overreach’
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A Montezuma County judge responded on Monday to the allegations of misconduct against him, arguing any poor decisions he may have made did not justify his removal from office and further insisting he did not lie to disciplinary officials. In early September, the Colorado Commission on Judicial Discipline accused County Court Judge Ian J. MacLaren…
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Uncollared wolf believed responsible for Livestock deaths shot by CPW
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The summer Elk Fire that burned more than 14,000 acres, mainly in Rio Blanco County, was more than just a problem for firefighters and area residents. It also hindered efforts by staff from Colorado Parks and Wildlife to kill an uncollared wolf that was believed to be responsible for at least three attacks on lambs…
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Cloning: The latest in black-footed ferret recovery in Colorado and beyond
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For years, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers have driven out to the eastern plains in the middle of the night, a predator’s hunting hours, in hopes of spotting a pair of green, gleaming eyes. Officers are expected to do just that sometime next year, out on a sweeping ranch near Lamar. This is where they…
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Advance Colorado’s Michael Fields is ‘very encouraged’ by election results
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With three citizen initiatives on the ballot this election and two more that were withdrawn following a special legislative session over the summer, Advance Colorado has had a busy year. The organization, which describes itself as “focused on reversing radical policies that are harming the state and restoring common sense values and principles in Colorado,”…
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife to get more wolves from Canada
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With no state in the American West willing to give Colorado access to wolves, Colorado Parks and Wildlife has now gone international. The state agency announced Friday that the next set of wolves to be brought to Colorado will come from British Columbia. Meanwhile, an association of livestock growers asked wildlife officials to be more…
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Male wolf dies after Colorado Parks and Wildlife captures pack suspected of killing livestock
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State officials announced Monday they have captured a pair of mating gray wolves and their four pups but, the male of the pack died from an infection unrelated to the trapping operation. Known as the Copper Creek pack, the wolves were to be relocated to a “large, secure enclosure with limited human interaction,” according to…
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With new wolf pup — or pups — Colorado wildlife director insists on non-lethal response to livestock killings
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The chief of Colorado Parks & Wildlife insisted that “non-lethal” means of managing wolves that kill livestock is crucial especially now that the two wolves brought to Colorado have a pup. “And we believe that there are more pups within the recently named pack,” Jeff Davis said in a round of letters in June with…
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Colorado wolves kill 4 more cattle in Grand County, increasing livestock losses
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Four more cattle have been killed this week by wolves in Grand County. With the recent attacks, a total of six animals have been killed in April during what is considered to be the heart of calving season. The other two livestock, both calves, were killed in Grand and Jackson counties. Grand County Commissioner Merrit…
