By Shannon Lukens.
Two of the reintroduced, collared wolves from Oregon moved from west Routt County into eastern Moffat County last week.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife has confirmed it and said CPW staff is in contact with livestock owners and members of the agriculture community who are in the area where they have collar data from those two wolves.
Mike Camblin is the Northwest Colorado Board Rep for Colorado Cattlemen’s Association and owns Camblin Livestock in Maybell. He says CPW called him Sunday.
“They just wanted to let us know that there was wolves in Moffat County and that they would keep us updated. However, they did call Moffat County Cattlemen’s on Saturday and Moffat County Cattlemen’s told me before CPW told me.”
Ten wolves were captured in Oregon and then taken to Colorado where they were released in Grand and Summit counties in mid-December as part of the state’s voter mandated wolf reintroduction program.
Here’s Moffat County rancher Mike Camblin again.
“And I think that they are actually headed towards home and I’d love to see them just keep going northwest, just head right on out of the state. But time will tell, I suppose on that.”
CPW says data points from the GPS collars are collected every four hours and downloaded every 16 hours, and that can be affected by terrain and weather. There is a CPW Wolf Tracking Map, updated monthly, but it doesn’t have specifics. The next update should be Feb. 28.
CPW also asks that you report it on the Wolf Sighting Form on their website if you ever think you see a wolf, or wolf tracks.
A new program to help Colorado renters is in place. it’s to help with the large number of evictions. The first round of applications for the Temporary Rental Assistant Grant are being accepted through Tuesday, Feb. 20.
Temporary Rental Assistance Grant Pre-Application Form
From The Colorado Sun — New $30M Colorado rental assistance program launches this week to stem unprecedented number of evictions
Two new automated cardiopulmonary resuscitation devices are now being used by Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue. It’s a LUCAS CPR device that helps deliver uninterrupted high-quality chest compressions to adult cardiac arrest patients. It can provide hands-free CPR during transport in an ambulance. The devices cost about $37,000 and were made possible by two grants. The first from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment’s Emergency Medical and Trauma Services branch, and the second from the Yampa Valley Medical Center Foundation’s Community Health Benefit Fund. Each unit has been placed in a frontline ambulance to aid with cardiac arrest calls.
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS FIRE RESCUE RECEIVES TWO NEW LUCAS CPR DEVICES
Applications for the grant cycle for the Yampa River Fund start today. Groups that benefit the Yampa River can apply for some of the $210,000 available. The deadline to apply is April 1. Apply through YampaRiverFund.org
Projects that are prioritized for funding will:
- Enhance water security for communities, agriculture, the economy and the natural environment in the Yampa Valley.
- Support a healthy, flowing river and enhance critical low flows through water leases from reservoirs.
- Maintain or improve river function through a holistic approach to restoration of riparian and/or in-channel habitat.
In Colorado State Wrestling, Meeker has THREE State Wrestling Champions.
Judd Harvey stays undefeated and defends his state title for the third time in 215-2A.
Buzz Clatterbaugh is now state champion in 190-2A. Cade Blunt takes the title of state champion as a junior, at 175-2A.
Head Coach JC Watt heads into retirement with the Meeker Cowboys as 2A State Champions.
Other results have Larhae Whaley of Soroco and Noah Leblanc of Meeker finishing 3rd.
Isaac Valencia of Rifle is 4th. 5th place finishes go Kaiden Martinez of Moffat County and Blake Terryberry of West Grand. Zach Hedmon of Moffat County is 6th.
Check out what’s happening in the Yampa Valley on the Community Calendar on our website.
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