Proverbial Lone Wolf Spotted in Northern Colorado

[HikeforTurns]

Proverbial Lone Wolf Spotted in Northern Colorado

http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia...lfSighting.wmv

I hope this trend continues.

LONG LIVE WOLVES

[Mybad!]

If that is a real wolf that is incredible and great! Hopefully it can stay alive in a state where you are issued a 30-30 in some parts along with your DL. Stay out of sight dude!!

Shit, I didn't even notice your avatar.

[tknox]

Looks like he is close to a ranch somewhere, hope he can stay out of sight and out of trouble or he'll be gone soon.

[Creeker]

That would be a lot radder if it was a clip of a proverbial lone wolf attacking a yeti.

[danadog]

3/3/2006
Division of Wildlife
Probable Wolf Sighting along Colorado Wyoming Border



The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) is reminding residents to quickly report any potential wolf sightings. Though a majority of the sightings are coyotes, dogs, or other animals, a recent report in north-central Colorado's North Park area appears to have some merit.

On Feb. 16, district wildlife managers with the DOW were able to capture brief video of a suspected wolf. The DOW was able to observe the animal because a landowner quickly reported seeing it about 10 miles south of the Colorado-Wyoming border north of the community of Walden. Biologists and wolf specialists who have examined the video say the animal seen on tape looks and behaves like a wolf.

"There's really no way to be absolutely sure just by looking at an animal, and even genetic testing isn�t 100% reliable� said Gary Skiba, Senior Wildlife Conservation Biologist and DOW coordinator for the state's Wolf Management Working Group.

The animal on the video tape had no visible tags or collars. Such indicators could more easily link the animal to federal efforts to reintroduce the northern gray wolf in Yellowstone National Park. Many offspring wolves lack any markings, but so do wolf-dog hybrids that could also be in the wild.

Reports from southern Wyoming indicate that this same animal was spotted approximately eight miles north of the border several days before and after the North Park video was filmed. It is possible that the animal is searching to establish territory or looking for a mate along the Colorado-Wyoming border.

Whether the North Park animal is a wolf or a hybrid, and whether it stayed in Colorado, doesn't affect the way the state handles wolves that migrate into Colorado. Wolves are currently managed under federal law due to their status as an endangered species. The Colorado Wildlife Commission adopted a comprehensive plan for migrating wolves in 2005, but it will only take effect when the wolf is removed from federal protection.

DOW began wolf management planning with a series of public meetings around the state in March 2004. These meetings were designed to identify issues the public felt should be addressed when developing a wolf management plan. The wolf working group was appointed in the late spring of 2004. The group (four livestock producers, four wildlife advocates, two sportsmen, two county commissioners, and two professional wildlife biologists) was given the difficult task of coming to an agreement on how the DOW should manage wolves that migrate into Colorado from recovery areas in the northern Rockies or Arizona and New Mexico. The State of Colorado has no plans to reintroduce wolves, so the plan only focuses on migratory wolves that might enter the state.

Initially the group operated under the expectation that management of migrating wolves would be turned over to the state at any time, however a federal judge ruled in January 2005 that US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) rulemaking regarding distinct population segments was in violation of the Endangered Species Act. The judge's ruling keeps management of all wolves under the control of the USFWS. Discussions continue about the possible transfer of management of wolves from federal wildlife officials to states. When state management is approved, the Colorado Wolf Management Plan will be implemented.

Highlights of the state management plan include:



* Wolves should be allowed to live without boundaries in suitable habitat in Colorado.

* Wolf populations will be carefully monitored.

* Voluntary non-lethal methods should be used to prevent wolves from causing damage.

* Livestock producers should be compensated when wolves kill or injure livestock and herding and guard dogs.

* Research will be an important component of wolf management.

* Funding for wolf management should come from sources other than hunting licenses.

* Wildlife managers may control predators if they are inhibiting management of other wildlife populations as directed by a species management plan.

* Wolf-dog hybrids should not be released into the wild.



"It's important that everyone understand that, for now, wolves remain under the protection of the Endangered Species Act," Skiba concluded. "Federal protections of all wolves continue to be in effect."

To learn more about wolves in Colorado and the Wolf Working Group, go to:
http://wildlife.state.co.us/Wildlife...s/GrayWolf.htm

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Division of Wildlife

[stonedhero]

im pretty sure i have killed a few wolves/coyotes/mixes on my uncles ranch in central Texas

they all look the same to me (DONT FUCK WITH MY COWS)

[refried]

I've killed a few cows on this ranch that have fucked with my wolf mix, boy are they good to eat.

[Cono Este]

I had a wolf/coyote mix on my property a couple of weeks ago. Too big to a coyote. It was awesome. Big development behind me just got approved, sucks, where will he go?

[assgasorgrass]

sucks, where will he go?

Where he can eat.

[Mybad!]

im pretty sure i have killed a few wolves/coyotes/mixes on my uncles ranch in central Texas

they all look the same to me (DONT FUCK WITH MY COWS)

Don't fuck with your cows because you are the fucking them! The US needs more goddam cows huh.

[ill-advised strategy]

That would be a lot radder if it was a clip of a proverbial lone wolf attacking a yeti.

I've hung out with wolf pups before. They liked me.

[ill-advised strategy]

im pretty sure i have killed a few wolves/coyotes/mixes on my uncles ranch in central Texas

they all look the same to me (DONT FUCK WITH MY COWS)

you continue to prove that you're an ignorant jackass with no business posting here

why don't you find a nice goatroping/snowmobiling type message board.



edit: grrr. don't you know a healthy cow can kick wolves away? and that's on the infintesimal chance that a wolf is causing a healthy cow any trouble in the first place. (DON'T FUCK WITH MY COWS)???-

you hick fucktard!


If you were bright enough to realize it, you'd grasp the idea that wolves take out the sick and weak so you don't have to spend your time and money dealing with vets and antibiotics ect...There's so few people involved with ranching with any kind of attachment to or ability to relate to the natural environment they're working with that this ignorance has become the ranching norm. I've spent enough time around ranchers (young and old) in NM to know that there wasn't always this disconnect between ranchers and nature. If you and your hick fucktard uncle had spent a little more time learning from the land and a little less time figuring out what tires to put on your F350 and which country station you like best you'd have figured out how wolves and coyotes can easily exist in symbiosis with cattle, actually positively contributing to the long term health of your herd.