By Shannon Lukens.
The size of the One Ear Pack of wolves in Jackson County is four adults and at least six pups. That’s according to the rancher at the property, Adam VanValkenburg, who says he was told by the local Colorado Parks and Wildlife agents Wednesday.
“Being that there’s a potential pack of ten next to all of our cows and stuff, and especially up on the mountain that can be hard to get to, yes, it’s kind of nerve-wracking.”
VanValkenburg says they’ll continue with non-lethal mitigation, including range riders.
“Definitely going to get nervous later this fall and winter when they to to start teaching their pups how to kill. They kill stuff, and that’s going to be a lot of wolves on the landscape.”
VanValkenburg says the adults in the pack are two females from Oregon and the two original father-son wolves that were first in Jackson County. Those two wolves were involved with multiple livestock and dog depredations when they were a pack of eight (one breeding pair and six pups). They are wolf numbers 2101 and 2301, pictured above. Those Jackson County depredations were from December 2021 through June 2024.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife did confirm that there are at least six pups in the pack. And they released a video.
VIDEO of the One Ear Pack, courtesy Colorado Parks and Wildlife
- CPW Website: Confirmed Gray Wolf Depredation Information
- CPW Website — Tracking Collared Wolf Activity
Hear an update on the Yampa Valley Regional Transportation Authority on Thursday. The first meeting is at 12:30 p.m. at the Yampa Building in the City of Craig, at 775 Yampa Ave. Then a second meeting is at 3 p.m. Thursday, July 31, at the Yampa Valley Community Foundation Community Room, at 348 Oak Street. The City of Steamboat Springs and Routt County is working with the City of Craig and towns of Hayden, Oak Creek, and Yampa to create a Regional Transportation authority to support local residents and the workforce with transportation needs across the region.
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Yampa Valley Electric has a planned outage at 11 p.m. Thursday, July 31 until about 2 a.m. August 1. The outage will impact 1,441 people from County Shop Road and County Road 52 east of Hayden and everything in between. Yampa Valley Electric is replacing equipment in the substation that was damaged by a raccoon incident last month.
The 2025 Free Summer Concert is tonight at Howelsen Hill Amphitheatre. The band is Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country, with special guests Bonfire Dub. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. Walk, bus, or bike to the show and come hungry and thirsty as there are plenty of food and drink trucks and vendors.
More on the Story — 2025 Steamboat Free Summer Concert Series
The Hayden Market is in Town Park, which is at the 3rd Street Park, from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday evenings. Tonight is Chalk the Walk, to decorate the 3rd Street Sidewalks. Live Music is from Brian Ghirardelli.
The Great Colorado Payback of unclaimed property in the state has just about reached the $80 million mark, for this fiscal year. The division has paid more than 86,000 claims returning over $338 million over the past five years and $789 million since the program was launched in 1987. You can check to see if your family members and friends are owed money by going to GreatCOPayback.com There are actually websites of unclaimed property like this set up by the treasurer’s offices in each state. The Great Colorado Payback currently holds over $2 billion in unclaimed property owed to more than 15 million individuals and entities.
- More on the Story — Does Colorado owe you money? Here’s how to find if you’re on the list for Unclaimed Property
- Jan. 31, 2024 — Check the Colorado Unclaimed Property List to see if you’re on it
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