A fast-moving wildfire in Rio Blanco County will keep state wildlife officers from tracking and killing a wolf blamed for killing two lambs and a ewe.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirmed three predation events, on July 20 and 22 and Aug. 2, and an investigation found the situation meets the agency’s definition of chronic depredation.
“Under normal circumstances this situation would warrant lethal removal operations in the area, however, the allotments where the depredations occurred are under evacuation due to the Elk Fire,” Colorado Park and Wildlife officials said in a statement Tuesday. “As such CPW’s primary concerns are the safety of staff deployed to the area and safety of the community.”
Since July 20, CPW has been coordinating with producers and local woolgrowers’ associations and has provided a “around-the-clock” range rider, the agency said. The producer whose animals were killed also used nonlethal methods to haze the wolves away.
The wolf is uncollared.
The gray wolves brought to Colorado since voters approved reintroduction in 2020, a litter born last year in Grand County and a pair believed to have migrated from Wyoming are collared and tracked by CPW.
Wildlife officers will continue to “monitor the situation,” CPW said, and work with emergency services to prioritize human safety and minimize the loss of livestock.
“This is a truly unprecedented set of circumstances and my thoughts are with the firefighters and the emergency responders who are working to minimize damage in Rio Blanco County, as well as the producers and CPW’s staff,” Jeff Davis, CPW’s director said in a statement.
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