Colorado wolves

[TOGIE]

@Oak

what's the status on hb1243? I see third senate reading passed no amendments online. that should be it then right? passed and now law? closing in on the end of the session so i figure.

edit: and yeah to wllms point, it'll be interesting to see how this plays out wih the ballot measure. my hope is that if nothing else it really eases up on the difficulty of the process.

 

[Oak]

@Oak

what's the status on hb1243? I see third senate reading passed no amendments online. that should be it then right? passed and now law? closing in on the end of the session so i figure.

Just waiting for the Governor's signature.

 

[nrpate05]

It can't be! A certain Montana senator/wildlife biologist (Mike Phillips) told me this couldn't happen because there was a line of Wyomites ready to gun down any wolf that got past the trophy zone!

Curious if this will impact Prop 114, especially if the population grows in the next year or so... I suspect it won't have any impact.

Pretty cool to see how life finds a way.

 

[TOGIE]

It can't be! A certain Montana senator/wildlife biologist (Mike Phillips) told me this couldn't happen because there was a line of Wyomites ready to gun down any wolf that got past the trophy zone!

Curious if this will impact Prop 114, especially if the population grows in the next year or so... I suspect it won't have any impact.

Pretty cool to see how life finds a way.

you'd think it's further impossible after the amount of moffat county ranchers that said they'd "take matters into their own hands"

 

[Oak]

Colorado wildlife manager investigated for meddling with wolf reintroduction

 

[TheJason]

He reported his supervisor, the supervisor was placed on leave for a few months, and our client was assured by the state that either the supervisor would be removed, or he would be reassigned to another position so he would not have to work under the same person he reported afterwards,” he said. “Neither of those things happened. The state substantiated the allegations and then did nothing.

Good example of why it’s so difficult to hold people accountable in government positions.

 

[Sytes]

State investigators found “some” of the alleged offenses occurred, but officials this week wouldn’t specify.

Would be curious if "some" were petty to the point the actions fit their table of offenses direction.
They were "reassured"... typical bs. They would require it in writing...

 

[tjones]

Crappy elk hunt hunters will blame the wolf for the elk they didn’t kill, and would have never killed.
Good elk hunters will continue to kill elk every year.

Barstool hunters will SSS wolves.

nothing new

 

[jlmatthew]

Was visiting with friends in Craig over the weekend. We all agreed the wolf introduction in the NW will be interesting. Landowners make piles of cash with elk & deer hunting through outfitters, vouchers, trespass fee's and aren't likely to give that cash up easily. A former DOW director told me how hard it was to get wildlife crimes prosecuted as well in Moffat county where introduction is to take place.

It will be interesting

 

[Bluffgruff]

I had forgotten that it's spelled "wolves" and not "woofs".

Any Moffat ranchers offering wolf tours yet?

 

[Deleted member 28227]

I had forgotten that it's spelled "wolves" and not "woofs".

Any Moffat ranchers offering wolf tours yet?

Talk about sitting on a goldmine.

Bet you could charge $500 a seat for a tour.

 

[trb]

Talk about sitting on a goldmine.

Bet you could charge $500 a seat for a tour.

"And right here you're lookin at the grave of WR-108..."

 

[Ben Lamb]

"And right here you're lookin at the grave of WR-108..."

 

[Zach]

Colorado wildlife manager investigated for meddling with wolf reintroduction

Looking forward to the next meeting Tuchton and Romatzke are on together.

"Paws on the ground" will be the rally cry.

 

[Wind Gypsy]

Colorado learns wolf is female and showing 'potential denning behavior' with male wolf

Colorado wildlife officials have identified a collared wolf that's been living in Colorado since 2019 as a female.

www.thedenverchannel.com

"CPW staffers pulled genetic information on F1084, learning that she had been mislabeled as a male wolf."

Had to "pull genetic information" to determine she was a female..

 

[marksjeep]

CPW Regional Manager out for meddling...kerfuffle..

https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/rom...cle_59e5a5e2-0f27-11ec-a981-8baa07ad93fb.html

 

[BoulderBulls]

Interesting article thanks for sharing

 

[Zach]

CPW Regional Manager out for meddling...kerfuffle..

https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/rom...cle_59e5a5e2-0f27-11ec-a981-8baa07ad93fb.html

PR move. Had to pull him.

 

[one ate E grain]

The shift of Romatzke to "special assignment" sounds kind of like Joe Pickett being reassigned as special assistant to governor Rulon of Wyoming in the C J Box stories.

Polis did appoint some real strange commission members, and I thought Dan Gibbs was supposed to be the little dose of reality to help Polis on things outdoorsy. Sounds like a mess.