Tag: jeff davis
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Laura Clellan named sole finalist for Colorado Parks and Wildlife director
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The Department of Natural Resources announced Monday that Laura Clellan, who is currently serving as acting director of Colorado Parks and Wildlife, is the only finalist for the job. Clellan has been acting director of CPW since Nov. 25, when she replaced Jeff Davis, who served as the agency’s director for just over two years.…
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EDITORIAL: Colorado’s wolf experiment has run its course
When the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service threatened to terminate Colorado’s ability to oversee the reintroduction of gray wolves last month, it was the latest in a string of setbacks for the misbegotten, beleaguered project. As The Gazette reported, a Dec. 18 letter from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Brian Nesvik to Colorado…
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EDITORIAL: Another sign wolf reintroduction needs to halt
Five years after Coloradans voted by a razor-thin margin to reintroduce wolves to Colorado, they are right to look at the job state officials and agencies have done and ponder whether this a dog that just doesn’t hunt. Amid criticism from pro-wolf advocates and anti-reintroduction ranchers alike, is it past time for a moratorium? The…
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Outgoing CPW director Jeff Davis lands new role, same salary amid Colorado hiring freeze
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Jeff Davis, who resigned as director of Colorado Parks and Wildlife late last month, will continue to receive the same salary in his new role as a senior policy adviser to the Department of Natural Resources, according to the department. Davis will still make $186,470 annually. Davis chose to step down, rather than be fired,…
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Jeff Davis out as head of Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Mere days after being turned down by Washington’s Department of Fish and Wildlife for wolves, Jeff Davis, who has led Colorado Parks and Wildlife since May 2023, is out. An announcement from the Colorado Department of Natural Resources said Davis has stepped down and is moving to a new role in the executive director’s office…
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Washington state leaders rip Colorado over ‘failing’ wolf reintroduction program
Washington’s Fish and Wildlife Commission on Saturday said “no, not now” to sending wolves to Colorado, after a hearing in which the state’s residents vigorously argued against it. The commission voted, 8-1, to send a letter to Colorado stating that it would not approve the request while Washington wolves remain listed as endangered. Should that…
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife to get more wolves from Canada
With no state in the American West willing to give Colorado access to wolves, Colorado Parks and Wildlife has now gone international. The state agency announced Friday that the next set of wolves to be brought to Colorado will come from British Columbia. Meanwhile, an association of livestock growers asked wildlife officials to be more…
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife rejects pleas from ranchers to kill wolves attacking livestock
Colorado Parks and Wildlife on Tuesday told ranchers no “lethal” help is coming on the heels of wolves killing at least four yearlings in 72 hours last week. The state agency’s decision was backed by Gov. Jared Polis, who supports the wolf management program. Colorado Parks and Wildlife has been hit with an onslaught of…
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As Colorado wildlife agency claims it is not to blame for wolf kills, ranchers threaten future partnerships
Even as officials of the Colorado Parks and Wildlife insist the recent killing of a calf by wolf is not their fault, the relationship with ranchers has soured to the point private landowners have begun considering to restrict state access to their properties, potentially jeopardizing programs that rely on the latter’s help. Notably, private landowners…