Ranching

More gray wolves are on the ground on the Western Slope. Colorado Parks and Wildlife completed the second round of wolf releases over the weekend. This time, they came from Canada.

Daniel Curry is a range rider. He spends weeks in the backcountry of eastern Washington — in fine weather and foul — with only his trusted horse, following the herd and making sure he remains a buffer between cow and wolf… and wolf and rancher. Curry will be in Carbondale tonight (11/21) to talk about his work to keep the carnivore on the landscape. Here’s part of his conversation with KDNK’s Amy Hadden Marsh, beginning with why he became a range rider.

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Earlier this month, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission awarded a livestock depredation claim to a multi-state commercial ranching company… against recommendations from its own staff.

Farm and ranch lands across the West face many threats – like inflation and outside development. But the federal government is working with agricultural producers to preserve open space and the benefits it provides.

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Livestock producers in the Mountain West have been hit hard by this winter’s weather. That’s why Nevada, Colorado, Wyoming and Utah have asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture for relief.

KDNK's Hattison Rensberry interviews several residents of the wolf reintroduction zone while at the Wolf Reintroduction Draft plan meeting on February 7th.

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Colorado Parks and Wildlife held its third education session about Gray Wolf reintroduction on June 16, focused on wolf-livestock damange minimization and…