Past, Present and Future of Wolves: Living with Wolves

Learn to coexist with gray wolves in Colorado and the methods that Colorado Parks & Wildlife (CPW) employs to manage potential human and wildlife conflicts while balancing efforts to sustain healthy gray wolf and wildlife in Colorado.
As gray wolves become a part of Colorado’s landscape once again, learn about this species and Colorado’s reintroduction process that aims to balance priorities for both wolves and people. Join CPW to explore the past, present and future of wolves in Colorado in this four-part series geared towards grades K-12. For more on the gray wolf reintroduction in Colorado:
cpw.state.co.us/wolves

[@stanjensen3712]

Wolves make great looking rugs! I need another!😂

[@louiselasiter648]

Wolves are gorgeous animals magnificent ❤

[@madebydoug]

Im just glad we dont have any wolves in Utah they identify as coyotes when they cross the boarder

[@user-ds9eq8zx2n]

I hope y’all didn’t use any Pittman-Robertson money on this stunt

[@russellheifort5054]

Hope Denver is ready to have wolves down town

[@gladegoodrich2297]

Probably not a good idea letting city people decide outdoor policies. Should New Yorkers tell Iowans how to grow corn? 🙄

[@shadewolf0075]

Sorry you don’t get to have a easier time hunting overpopulated deer and elk in the future or have to invest in guard dogs for your ranch thanks to a missing part of the ecosystem being reintroduced

[@dantenicolais8863]

We know your hands were tied on the release, but please stop wasting our time with propaganda pretending this is going to work out. Just document the failure authentically so we can start another 100 years of careful conservation over sooner than later.

[@samuel-nq6he]

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[@rickhamann7922]

They’ll go out of their way to kill dogs

[@scotttheobald4468]

Ya great idea not two day after realsment they killed a cow

[@HuntFishColo]

CPW - I sincerely appreciate all you do; but the reintroduction of wolves funded by my license dollars - which reduces my hunting opportunities is something I strongly disagree with

[@daveruaneCO]

Except you are wrong. Wolf reintroduction is funded by taxpayer funds. Your license dollars will still fund law enforcement, printing of hunting regs, trout chow, hatchery operations, and other budget line items directly related to hunting and fishing. Indeed, those funds seem to be just “self-funded recreation” rather than anything that Aldo Leopold would consider “conservation”…

[@lawabidingcitizen6377]

​@@daveruaneCOI don't want my tax dollars going to a wolf species that was never here in the first place

[@daveruaneCO]

@@lawabidingcitizen6377 The "wrong species" myth has been proven wrong so many times...

[@lawabidingcitizen6377]

@@daveruaneCO we had timber wolf's not artic greys

[@lawabidingcitizen6377]

@@daveruaneCO so what we have is an invasive species.

[@user-bh1gd7zr3q]

Hunters should not fear that wolves will negatively impact elk hunting. There are more wolves in the Northern Rockies states today than before wolves were restored there in 1995. Idaho has had hunter harvests of over 20,000 elk for 9 years in a row. Wolves will, in fact, improve the health of Colorado elk herds by slowing the spread of CWD. That's basic science of the effect of pursuit predators. To respect and value wildlife, is to respect and value ALL wildlife.

[@lawabidingcitizen6377]

Liar. They have completely destroyed the deer herds in Minnesota.

[@user-bh1gd7zr3q]

I wasn't talking about deer in Minnesota. I'm referring to statistics reported by the Fish and Game agencies of the states of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho.@@lawabidingcitizen6377

[@bill2908]

@@lawabidingcitizen6377that’s just not true, if you look at hunter success rate it’s actually positively correlated with high wolf populations because hunters are more successful when there is more deer and wolf populations are higher when there is more deer

[@lawabidingcitizen6377]

Where are the dear in Minnesota than? Wolves are killers they kill for the fun of it than leave the carcasses to rot. They also have parasites in their feces that spreads to other animals this isn't good for the ecosystem.

[@martymcflyer8487]

It's hard to imagine 200 wolves having a big negative impact on 250k elk. Not sure why CPW doesn't mention that wolves will reduce CWD more effectively than hunting pressure.

[@Randy_Savage_ohyeah]

This will be an economic DISASTER for CPW and many small CO towns. It wont be right away but in 15-20 years the impact will be real. Colorado's highly restrictive trapping laws will ensure Wolves will not be able to be managed. I also predict several court injunctions once reinteoduction goals are obtained and State management is about to take over. This too will cost CPW millions in legal costs and by the time State management is achieved we will be 10x or more past the original goal.

[@shadewolf0075]

Yellowstone national park has benefited greatly from wolves being reintroduced and they’re pretty strict on hunting and trapping, so far they’re not overwhelming the ecosystem their in fact they made it thrive again since now beavers can get the food they needed for winter without the elk eating it unsustainably and red foxes have recovered from the coyotes being put in check by the wolves. The only thing they are going to affect are less experienced and less skilled big game hunters and ranchers too stubborn to train livestock guardian dogs and invest in other non lethal means of deterring predators

[@Randy_Savage_ohyeah]

@@shadewolf0075 how many times will this same BS claim be posted!? Please provide the scientific study that supports your claim…. You can’t, and you won’t. Case closed, you’re full of shiz.

[@YoutubeNeoconskeepcensoringme]

​@@shadewolf0075because you can't hunt in Yellowstone 😂!!!

[@shadewolf0075]

@@TH-camNeoconskeepcensoringme like hunters will actually hunt elk in the numbers actually needed to have a healthy ecosystem

[@YoutubeNeoconskeepcensoringme]

@@shadewolf0075 they do, and ranchers outfit to supplement their income!!!

[@Freedom_Aint_Comfort]

Damn wolves got more respect and rights than we do. 🤦

[@lipslidemyrail]

They've been around longer. #truenative

[@dhand34]

Tell that to Cody Robert’s

[@user-ne2gf8yu5h]

They will probably go to Wyoming to find their own kind.

[@YoutubeNeoconskeepcensoringme]

Good, an out of state wolf license is only $187!!! 😂

[@YoutubeNeoconskeepcensoringme]

Shame on Colorado Parks and Wildlife!!!

[@jakesvideos8204]

Well guess our deer and elk herds in utah will take a toll, I doubt Colorado will help the utah farmers who lose livestock. Pathetic. I will aim for the collar if I see one on my land. What a joke!

[@shadewolf0075]

Well hope you enjoy jail and the fines for killing a protected animal because you’re too lazy to invest in a livestock guardian dog

[@danielduncan8689]

CPW, thanks for all that you do to manage wild game here in Colorado. I know this ballot box biology was not your choice, but is now your responsibility to implement. How about take it a step further and release the wolves in the counties that voted for it. I’m sure the Front Range will enjoy their new fuzzy friends in their local parks and open spaces.

[@novicereloader]

Put them right in downtown Denver.

[@YoutubeNeoconskeepcensoringme]

It's irresponsible to not have a management plan for wolves!!! Shows you what a joke CPW is

[@Tea4Texas]

My money will not go to Colorado ever again. I will never spend a cent in that state again. National Disgrace!

[@dhand34]

Thank you, we don’t need your chump change

[@mikehunt5850]

“YeAh GuYs LeTs AlL gO sIt In ThE mIdDle Of I-25 AnD tRy To GeT cArS tO StOp ☝️🤓”. is the equivalent to this reintroduction. why pay all this money to defend our livestock when we could’ve just NOT ADDED THE PROBLEM IN THE FIRST PLACE🤯. “but but but our natural ecosystem😖”. “but but but the wolves are so pwetty ☹️😖”.