Gunnison CPW Meeting

[Slugz]

Wolf planning and public comment meeting.

 

[MallardSX2]

Lord have mercy.

 

[GringoBling]

I watched a bit of it yesterday. I see that they will pay up to $8k for livestock killed by wolves. But, my BIL says that they don't actually have the funds in place and there is not a source for funding yet. I read a separate report that says ranchers should use their own funds in advance to set up mitigating barriers/protection in order to receive the highest allocation of funds for damage.

I've extensively read about all of the purported "benefits" of wolf reintroductions, most of them coming from essentially a test lab environment in Yellowstone where there is no hunting, no ranching, no human destruction of habitat, etc. Elk #s have dropped drastically everywhere they've been reintroduced. The argument is the surviving herd is stronger and more resilient. And there's more beavers and willows...

It just seems like a horrible idea all around for the western slope. But, I'm all for reintroduction into the Denver, Boulder, and Springs area.

 

[Coveyleader]

You should have heard the guy talking about how good the soil will be.

 

[Slugz]

You should have heard the guy talking about how good the soil will be.

Yeah. I about fell out of my chair on that one.

 

[arock]

I watched a bit of it yesterday. I see that they will pay up to $8k for livestock killed by wolves. But, my BIL says that they don't actually have the funds in place and there is not a source for funding yet. I read a separate report that says ranchers should use their own funds in advance to set up mitigating barriers/protection in order to receive the highest allocation of funds for damage.

I've extensively read about all of the purported "benefits" of wolf reintroductions, most of them coming from essentially a test lab environment in Yellowstone where there is no hunting, no ranching, no human destruction of habitat, etc. Elk #s have dropped drastically everywhere they've been reintroduced. The argument is the surviving herd is stronger and more resilient. And there's more beavers and willows...

It just seems like a horrible idea all around for the western slope. But, I'm all for reintroduction into the Denver, Boulder, and Springs area.

If I recall correctly - the report itself says that they don't have a source of funding for the project.

 

[Foldem]

I think the ag producers, outfitters, and wildlife conservation groups did a great job of using science based facts and not emotion to provide input on the plan. They also outnumbered the wolf advocates significantly. Let's make sure we show up for the Denver meeting. I'd guess it will be a little more contentious.

 

[sneaky]

They'll avoid paying for any wolf kills of livestock like they do in all of the other wolf states. They'll send out a govt guy, he'll say it was killed by a large canine but results are inconclusive for wolves. Then the rancher will have a dead animal and zero compensation. Just part of the playbook.

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[cnelk]

Here’s a good read

Politics undermines Colorado wolf plan | PODIUM

It has been a long 18 months of volunteer work on the Wolf Stakeholders Advisory Group. Each of the members faced terribly difficult compromises in developing our collective recommendations to

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