Tag: Us Fish Wildlife Service
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Former Colorado wildlife director heads to Wyoming
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Jeff Davis, the former director of Colorado Parks and Wildlife who oversaw the introduction of wolves in Colorado, is headed to Wyoming, where he will take on a new job as deputy director for that state’s game and fish agency. The Polis administration replaced Davis as head of Colorado Parks and Wildlife after Washington’s wildlife…
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U.S. Fish & Wildlife threatens to terminate Colorado’s authority to manage wolves
With no apparent plan in place to bring in more wolves to Colorado for 2026, Colorado Parks and Wildlife may have an even bigger problem. A Dec. 18 letter from Brian Nesvik, director of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), threatens to terminate the state’s authority to manage wolves unless certain conditions are met.…
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Another translocated wolf dies in Colorado, bringing total to 12
Wildlife officials on Friday morning announced that another British Columbia wolf, a female with the tag 2506, died in southwest Colorado. Officials said necropsy will be performed by U.S. Fish & Wildlife. The Colorado Parks and Wildlife did not identify the wolf’s exact location, but southwestern Colorado is home to both the Ute Mountain Ute…
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US Fish and Wildlife Services tells Colorado: No more wolves from Canada, Alaska
Efforts by Colorado Parks and Wildlife to bring in more wolves from Canada later this year may have hit a snag after the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service told the state it may not do so. In an Oct. 10 letter, Brian Nesvik, director of USFWS, told Gov. Jared Polis and Jeff Davis, director of…