By Shannon Lukens.
Photo courtesy Don Gittleson.
More wolves may be on the move in Jackson County. It was discussed at a meeting over the weekend. Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologist Libbie Miller says seven wolves were reported in one day, in different parts of the county, on Nov. 25, but they can’t confirm if they are the same.
Don Gittleson thinks there are some new wolves other than the pack that was killing his livestock last year at this time. Two visited his ranch at 2:29 a.m. Monday, and came right up to the game camera on the property.
“They came by a couple nights ago in the middle of the night. My son caught them on the camera. One wolf in the picture does not look like the male that was around before, at least not to me. It looks like this is probably a new wolf. I’ve turned this in to CPW so I’m sure they’re going to be trying to look at it too. They other one, I don’t know. I know when I saw the tracks that night, the tracks I looked at was definitely not the male breeding wolf that was here.”
CPW depends on sightings of wolves, from the public. Here again is Libbie Miller.
“One of the ways that we monitor wolf activity across the state is through public reports, public sightings. And the bottom line is that you folks spend way more time out on the landscape than we do. And it can be something as simple as you happen to be driving home on Highway 40 over Rabbit Ears Pass and you happen to see what you believe is a wolf. Please take the time to get onto the online form and report that sighting. Because if you don’t report it, we won’t know that it was observed.”
That form is on the Colorado Parks and Wildlife website. Search for the Wolf Sighting Form. CPW asks that you report from a computer as the form is not mobile friendly.
Craig Police has their new DARE truck. DARE stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education. The fifth grade DARE students were asked to submit a design for the truck to School Resource Officer Ryan Hampton. The winning design was from Aneth Mena Romo.
It took about six months to get the new Dodge Ram from Victory Motors and another 30 days to get the design wrap put on.
The new DARE Truck will be revealed and dedicated at 3:30 p.m. this Thursday, at Craig Middle School. Romo will do the unveiling. Her name is also on the tailgate. Everyone is invited. Look for the truck and Craig Police in the northwest parking lot at the school next to the auditorium.
The Vaccine Mobile Bus is headed to Steamboat Springs. It will be at The Ponds on Walton Pond Circle on Thursday, in the Walmart parking lot on Friday, and back at The Ponds on Sunday. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Vaccines are free. You don’t need ID or insurance. Just walk on in.
The Christy Sports at the base of Steamboat Resort has undergone a complete transformation and remodel. Gary Montes de Oca is the Chief Development Officer for Christy Sports.
“We’ve been part of the Steamboat community for 50 years. We’re celebrating our 50 year anniversary this year. It’s really important for us to have been able to enhance both the guest and the team member experience for this community.”
Rentals are on the lower level, clothes and accessories are on the main level, and the top level has ski hardgoods and repairs, including a Jupiter fully automated ski and snowboard waxing machine from Wintersteiger that staff says can wax probably 80 skis an hour.
For the KRAI Time, Temp, and Weather Hotline, call 970-824-1918.