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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT WOLVES FROM OREGON SELECTED FOR REINTRODUCTION
Colorado will reintroduce wolves back to the state by the end of the year. Earlier this month, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) announced in a press release that up to 10 wolves will come from Oregon. Here are some quick facts on the reintroduction process: • It’s been nearly 80 years since wolves roamed freely in the Centennial State after they were extirpated by shooting, trapping and poisoning in the mid-1940s, but a voter-approved ballot initiative (Proposition 114) in 2020 mandated reintroduction of the species by Dec. 31, 2023. CPW identified six congregating wolves in 2020 and 2021, but the agency says this doesn’t present a definitive number in the state. • The final wolf restoration and management plan was approved in May this year, with the goal of maintaining a “viable, self-sustaining wolf population in Colorado, while concurrently working to minimize wolfrelated conflicts with domestic animals, other wildlife and people.” • Over the next three to five years, 30-50 wolves will be relocated to the center of the state (west of the Continental Divide and a minimum of 60 miles from bordering state lines). When wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in the mid-1990s, the canines moved an average of 50 miles from their release points in the following months. • Wolves are apex predators known to influence the way prey species use their landscape, like how or when they feed, which could have hyper-local and nuanced impacts on the broader ecosystem.
Saturday October 21 Pearl Street Mall 11 am – 1 pm Los Bohemios (Latin jazz band) 2:00 – 3:30 pm Sing-along Singing songs from The Beatles to Taylor Swift
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NEW CLIMBING GYM IN LONGMONT
The Climbing Collective is strengthening its foothold in east Boulder County with the Oct. 19 opening of a new 24,000-square-foot facility in Longmont. • The gym, located at 115 Pinnacle St., will feature walls for lead and top rope climbing with auto belays, along with bouldering. Other features include a youth climbing zone, taproom, fitness equipment, yoga studio and sauna. It is replacing the current gym on 33 S. Pratt Parkway. • The new space will also have outdoor climbing walls, including a certified Olympic speed wall and one for dry tooling, a method using iceclimbing equipment to scale surfaces without ice. The outdoor area will be dual-purposed as an event center for music and community festivals. • Outside of Longmont, The Climbing Collective has gyms in Loveland and Greeley.
BOULDER WEEKLY
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OCTOBER 19, 2023
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