Pro-wolf group advocates reintroduction

Associated Press
DENVER - The state should develop a plan to reintroduce wolves or it will be a century before they roam in Colorado again, wolf advocates say.
They say a plan similar to the one created to restore the Canada lynx population, which has been successful, should be launched.
So far the state’s Wolf Management Working Group [...]

Debate over wolf reintroduction continues

The Craig Daily Press
By Brandon Johansson
Advocates say they might work outside the Division of Wildlife’s wolf working group to bring wolves back to Colorado.
But some local ranchers and the Moffat County commissioners oppose working outside the DOW to get wolves reintroduced in the state.
In May, the Colorado Wildlife Commission approved the working group’s recommendations for [...]

Wolf advocates pressing for animals’ return

Supporters point to polls in urging state to foster plan
By Gary Gerhardt, Rocky Mountain News
Wolf advocates say they are not willing to wait 100 years for the animals to return to Colorado on their own and will begin pushing the state to find a way to bring them back.
They want the state Division of Wildlife [...]

Feds Killed 2.7 ‘Nuisance’ Animals in ‘04

Guardian Unlimited (United Kingdom)
Friday September 9, 2005 10:01 PM

By LIBBY QUAID
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government killed more than 2.7 million “nuisance” animals last year, including wild turkeys and chickens, black bears, coyotes and wolves, but primarily starlings, troublemaking birds that destroy crops and contaminate livestock feed.
They were killed [...]

Mountain Lion Program to be Presented Next Week

The Mountain Mail
Thursday, September 08, 2005

The West’s red-rock canyon country, rugged foothills and piñon-covered mesas provide critical habitat to mountain lions (Puma concolor).
A highly charismatic species, mountain lions (commonly known as pumas, cougars, or panthers) are an icon of the Southern Rockies. Sleekly built and majestic, mountain lions evoke mythic associations connected to the divine.
These [...]