Gray Wolf
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Wolf Education Series: Part 3

Friday, July 16, 2021 - 12:00am
Saturday, July 17, 2021 - 12:00am
Sunday, July 18, 2021 - 12:00am
Monday, July 19, 2021 - 12:00am
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 - 12:00am
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 - 12:00am
Thursday, July 22, 2021 - 12:00am
Friday, July 23, 2021 - 12:00am
Saturday, July 24, 2021 - 12:00am
Sunday, July 25, 2021 - 12:00am
Monday, July 26, 2021 - 12:00am
  • Virtual Event -- Access Info Below
Wolf-Livestock Damage Minimization and Compensation

Colorado Parks & Wildlife is hosting a series of education sessions dedicated to the gray wolf reintroduction program. This is the third in the series, recorded on June 16, 2021. Learn about how states like Montana work with agricultural producers to prevent and reduce wolf depredation on livestock and how producers are compensated for losses. 

Speakers:

  • Luke Hoffman, CPW Game Damage Coordinator

  • Nathan Lance, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Wolf Management Specialist

  • George Edwards, Executive Director of the Montana Livestock Loss Board 

In November 2020, Colorado voters passed Proposition 114, a ballot initiative to introduce gray wolves on the Western Slope. Colorado is part of the gray wolf’s native range, but wolves were eradicated from the state by the 1940s. Over the past decade, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service restored gray wolves into Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico and Arizona. Individual wolves, and most recently a group of wolves in Moffat County, have been periodically migrating into Colorado. Now, by voter mandate, wolves will be reintroduced to Colorado no later than December 31, 2023.

As the Colorado Parks & Wildlife Commission works to develop a plan to robust, adaptive management plan to reintroduce wolves in Colorado, they are holding statewide hearings about scientific, economic, and social considerations and hosting education sessions like these.

Want to learn more about Colorado wolf reintroduction?

Colorado Parks & Wildlife staff have worked across areas of expertise, scientific backgrounds and partner agencies to prepare this FAQ page in response to significant public outreach. This page will be updated and expanded as the agency works through the reintroduction and public involvement process.
 

 

Bud's Watch Parties

During this time while we're staying safer at home, Bud Werner Memorial Library is organizing special opportunities to share films you might have seen in Library Hall. Instead, we're watching them online, virtually together at home. The library hopes that you'll enjoy streaming these inspired films, and come together for community conversations to share the experiences.