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Conservation Corner: Colorado Wolf Introduction Process Needs Your Input

With Proposition 114 narrowly passing in November, you may be asking “how can I make a difference at this point?” NOW is your opportunity to help hold the State accountable to following through on the actual language of the ballot initiative. Per the ballot initiative, the State is required to,[Read More…]

January 9, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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AGNC submits CORA about potential “fast-track” of wolves

RBC | Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado (AGNC) has submitted a Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) request to determine if the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission and the Governor’s office are planning to “fast-track” the reintroduction of wolves into the state. In an opinion piece on Colorado Politics (https://www.coloradopolitics.com/opinion/opinion-wolf-initiative-will-come-back-to-bite-us/article), AGNC[Read More…]

January 8, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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Letter to the Editor: November 12, 2020

Thanks for supporting Haunted House fundraiser Dear Editor: Meeker’s VFW Auxiliary would like to thank everyone who came and supported the Haunted House fundraiser! The money raised will go towards our two high school senior scholarships that we award yearly. A big thanks to everyone that helped make the house[Read More…]

November 17, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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CPW preps for wolf reintroduction

RBC | On Nov. 3, 2020, Coloradans voted to pass Proposition #114 – The Restoration of Gray Wolves, a measure directing the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission to develop a plan to reintroduce gray wolves west of the Continental Divide. With this decision, the planning process for reintroduction will begin.[Read More…]

November 16, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Farm Bureau raises $68K to oppose wolves

[responsivevoice voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Listen to this”] Rio Blanco County Farm Bureau is pleased to announce that the Colorado Farm Bureau Federation has matched $34,000 raised at our local Feb. 22 Dance Without Wolves event for a total of $68,000 to Coloradoans Protecting Wildlife (CPW). Dance Without Wolves was a[Read More…]

May 24, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times 4 comments

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Another wolf sighting in Moffat County

RBC | According to a press release from Colorado Parks and Wildlife released on Tuesday, a group of wolves has again been verified in Moffat County. It is likely that the latest sighting is the same pack previously seen in that area.

March 10, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Letter to the Editor: Wolves will impact us all

Dear Editor: DON’T DANCE WITH WOLVES. This sounds like a really fun party coming up on Feb. 22. There is going to be steak and fixings, live music, a great auction and much more but I’m not certain that all the folks in Rio Blanco County who read the Herald[Read More…]

February 16, 2020 by Niki Turner 1 comment

Wyoming wolf sighted in Jackson County

RBC I A wolf recently sighted and photographed in Jackson County, Colorado, was confirmed by Wyoming Game and Fish to be a dispersing male gray wolf from Wyoming.

July 11, 2019 by Niki Turner 12 comments

Opinion

Opinion: Wolf introduction poses a serious risk for Western Colo.

RBC | Wolf introduction into Western Colorado public lands (forests, wilderness, BLM) and vicariously into privately owned adjacent lands poses a serious and lethal risk for wildlife, domestic livestock, and to human health and safety. Rocky Mountain Wolf Project advocates assert that populating Western Colorado with an initial 500 Canadian wolves[Read More…]

February 3, 2019 by Special to the Herald Times 1 comment

More attention needs to be paid to predator problem

RBC | Led by President Angelo “Butch” Theos, the Rio Blanco County Wool Growers (RBCWG) held their annual predator control program review on Dec. 15. According to RBCWG secretary-treasurer, Connie Theos, this event is intended to consider the financing and efficacy of their predator control program including the determination of[Read More…]

January 6, 2018 by Reed Kelley Comments are Disabled