US EditionMarch brings big movements for Colorado’s collared gray wolves
- During the period of Feb. 25 to March 25, Colorado's collared gray wolves exhibited increased movement across the state, particularly in watersheds across Pitkin, Garfield, Rio Blanco, Routt, Jackson, Grand, Pitkin, Eagle, Clear Creek, Park, Gunnison, Chaffee, and Summit counties, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife's latest watershed map.
- This expansive exploration occurred against the backdrop of ongoing efforts to manage the wolf reintroduction program, initiated after Colorado voters passed Proposition 114 in 2020, which mandated additional state funding.
- The increased movement coincided with wolf breeding season, with 27 collared wolves in Colorado, including 21 from British Columbia and Oregon, four Copper Creek Pack pups, and two that entered from Wyoming in 2021, while one wolf traveled into north-central Wyoming in March and was killed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services.
- State Senator Dylan Roberts noted the legislature is paying attention to how wolf reintroduction is going, as evidenced by a footnote in the proposed 2025 budget stipulating that $2.1 million appropriated to Parks and Wildlife for the wolf program should not be spent on future reintroductions unless preventative measures are implemented to assist livestock owners in preventing and resolving conflicts with wolves.
- While Parks and Wildlife has been working to implement preventative measures, including range riders and site assessments, agricultural and livestock groups, represented by Tim Ritschard of the Middle Park Stockgrowers Association, have expressed concerns that implementation is incomplete and that more time is needed to address issues such as carcass management and communication with local producers, potentially jeopardizing future funding if the footnote's items are not honored.
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Denver Post
Map: Where Colorado’s wolves traveled in March as they expand territory. Will pups come soon?
Colorado wolves continue to roam the state's northwest corner and central mountains, the state's map shows, as wildlife officials watch for signs new pups might be born.
At least one of Colorado's wolves explored a new county in the past 30 days, CPW's map shows
DENVER Data from collars on Colorado's gray wolves shows that at least one of the animals has explored a new county in the past 30 days, according to a map released by Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) on Wednesday.For the first time since the wolf reintroduction efforts began in December 2023, a collared wolf has been recorded in west Clear Creek County. It is not known how long the animal (or animals) stayed in the county, if it is still there…
Vail Daily
‘Colorado is still not ready’: Budget request seeks to minimize wolf-wildlife conflict as livestock ranchers push for more support
Through a footnote in the proposed budget, state lawmakers are making it clear that they want Colorado Parks and Wildlife to focus energy on mitigating conflict between wolves and livestock before more wolves are released. In a March 21 memo, the state’s Joint Budget Committee issued a budget footnote for the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, which oversees Parks and Wildlife. The footnote stipulates that the $2.1 million appropriated …
Illegal wolf killings continue in Oregon, the latest near Sisters - Columbia Insight
Reward money for finding poachers is increasing, as well. For the recent killing the bounty is over $30,000 A Metolius wolf trots past a trail camera in Jefferson County. The Metolius wolves spend most of their time in Jefferson County, adjacent to Deschutes County, where the latest killing took place. Photo: ODFW By Kendra Chamberlain. March 27, 2025. Federal and state wildlife agencies and conservation groups are all pitching in to find out wh…
Wolves Ranged into 14 Colorado Counties Even as Petition to Halt Reintroduction Advances
Colorado’s reintroduced wolves are covering more territory each month, and March saw some of their biggest movements to date. At the same time, a citizen-led petition to halt the state’s wolf reintroduction program cleared its first hurdle Friday, when its final language was submitted to the secretary of state. The latest wolf activity map, released by Colorado Parks and Wildlife yesterday, shows the state’s collared wolves exploring watersheds …
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