Western Wildlife

Preparations are beginning in Colorado to reintroduce another predator to the wild, and some prominent critics of wolves are behind the effort to bring back the wolverine.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.

The Cattle Creek Confluence Coalition hosted a meeting to inform opponents of a large proposed development in the Roaring Fork Valley about the scope and impacts of Harvest Roaring Fork. Marilyn Gleason attended the January 6 meeting and brings this.

Delia Malone is an ecologist who works with Roaring Fork Audubon and Colorado Wild. She and Marilyn discuss Colorado Parks and Wildlife's plan for better coexistence with beavers, high rates of mortality among reintroduced gray wolves, and whether the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could take control of the wolf project from CPW.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.

Bear and human interactions are dangerous for everyone involved. The danger to humans is clear, and bears can be euthanized for digging in dumpsters and venturing into neighborhoods. Every year Colorado Parks and Wildlife records bear-human incidents from the first of January to December, and this year there’s been a spike across the state.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.