Rancher claims for livestock killed by wolves have greatly exceeded the state's budgeted compensation funds. Federal officials have previously threatened to take over wolf management from Colorado ...
An environmental nonprofit wants Colorado Parks and Wildlife to have stricter rules guiding when wolves responsible for repeated livestock attacks can be killed. The Center for Biological Diversity ...
Colorado Parks and Wildlife failed in its latest attempt to locate and kill an uncollared wolf in Rio Blanco County responsible for repeated attacks on livestock. The wildlife agency announced on ...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has opened up a public comment period for a narrow part of Colorado’s experimental wolf population permit. The federal agency is not proposing any changes to the ...
The total compensation to ranchers for wolf-related losses in 2025 is expected to exceed $1 million. Colorado's annual budget for wolf depredation claims is $350,000, with the excess covered by other ...
Colorado’s wolf compensation costs have surpassed $1.07 million in 2025 alone, far exceeding state budget estimates.