DENVER (CBS4)– Activists are working at the grass-roots level to change public opinion as they hope to eventually reintroduce packs of wolves into four regions of Colorado wilderness. “Wolves will not get here on their own. Yes, we’ve had three or four wander in over the past few decades, but they have not been able to find or establish a pack,” said Delia Malone, the Colorado Sierra Club Wildlife Team Chair. Malone has been giving talks around Colorado and is planning more in 2018. Most of her presentation is centered on the success of wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone National Park. “In eating elk, which is their primary pray, wolves make eco systems healthier,” said Malone. “When the elk are moved out of the stream areas, the willow can recover, the beaver can come back, songbirds come back, the fish can come back. So, wolves initiate this cascade of events that improve biodiversity.” reintroducing wolves 6pkg frame 0 Wolf Reintroduction Debate Heats Up In Colorado. “Yellowstone cannot be the argument for bringing wolves to Colorado. There’s no need for a trophic cascade,” said Steve Lohr, an outdoorsman. “It’s nonsensical to say this West Slope, or Middle Park or North Park or for that matter the whole Great Basin is comparable to Yellowstone National Park. It’s not.” Lohr attended one of Malone’s presentations and says businesses will be effected if wolf packs return to Colorado. “Wolves create a serious drain on some economies that are important to Colorado. If you’re a wool grower and you’re losing sheep, the obvious loss is there. If you’re a cattleman, the obvious loss is there. It there are no more hunting opportunities there’s a huge loss,” Lohr said. Malone says states like Montana and Wyoming have set up programs to give ranchers payments if livestock are killed and says the loss of sheep or cattle has been minimal...
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It being the Christmas Season, I'm feeling particularly philanthropic and am more than willing to share the wolf with Colorado.
This is truly a situation where it is better to give than receive.
I'm thinking the introduction should be somewhere around soapweed's place. Merry Christmas!
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Sir: Your generosity is without equal. We will however require equal numbers of your Mexican wolves and their equally peaceful northern brethren for ummmmm say ....diversity's sake. Perhaps if time constraints are an issue in gathering and shipping your export wolf allotment to us before Christmas, we would be willing to accept a bag of leprosy as an alternative gift! soapweed
Mr Dubois: Seriously sir, words are hollow in describing how much we appreciate your efforts in dredging up all the useful info that you post here on your website.
With your physical limitations, your efforts are spectacular. You enrich us, the readers, daily. Thank you.
May you and your family be blessed in this season of gratefulness and faith.
soapweed
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