Wolves

Nearly $350,000 will be paid out to Colorado ranchers whose livestock were killed or harmed by wolves last year. It’s key part of the state’s wolf reintroduction program, and KUNC investigative reporter Scott Franz has been looking into it. We'll hear from Scott on reimbursing ranchers when wolves kill their livestock, today on In the NoCo.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife says 15 more wolves are now in the state as part of the revitalization effort for the species. The animals were released in Eagle and Pitkin Counties.

If approved, the claims would deplete the Wolf Depredation Compensation Fund and force the agency to dip into the state’s general fund. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Tracy Ross and then read The Colorado Sun story at the link below.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and local wolf advocates are now offering rewards for tips that help identify and prosecute the person who shot the wolf.

A new MOU between the State of Colorado and the Southern Ute Indian Tribe creates additional guidelines and communication between Tribal leaders and CPW.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is asking a federal appeals court to reinstate a rule that removed gray wolves from Endangered Species Act protections.

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The patriarch of the West Slope’s Copper Creek Pack, the first formed since reintroduction, died last week just days after officers captured the animal with plans to move the family to prevent livestock attacks. Parks and Wildlife said Monday the wolf had a severe leg injury and was in poor health before he was captured.

Wildlife agencies are trying to capture and relocate the first pack of wolves that formed under Colorado's ambitious wolf reintroduction program. The move comes after the animals repeatedly attacked livestock and marks an early stumble in the first year of the voter-driven reintroduction. The bid to capture them goes against Colorado's wolf management plan that was adopted last year.

According to a new study, many researchers in western national parks fail to factor in the historic impact of gray wolves. Losing the species led to big spikes in elk and deer populations, which have overgrazed entire ecosystems.