Cartoonist Drew Litton imagines wolves waiting — patiently? — as Colorado irons out the terms of their reintroduction.
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Carman: Face it Colorado, no matter how wolves are reintroduced, there will be blood
The margin was only 1%, but the outcome was dramatic. Voters, mostly from the Front Range, endorsed Proposition 114 to reintroduce wolves in Colorado beginning in 2023. The campaigns on both sides were heated. Then, once the votes were tallied and the measure squeaked by, most city folk moved on to think about other things, […]
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As Western drought leads to grasshopper outbreak, officials launch what could be the largest killing campaign since the ’80s
By Matthew Brown, The Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. — A punishing drought in the U.S. West is drying up waterways, sparking wildfires and leaving farmers scrambling for water. Next up: a plague of voracious grasshoppers. Federal agriculture officials are launching what could become their largest grasshopper-killing campaign since the 1980s amid an outbreak of the […]
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Carman: The real question for Jared Polis’ critics: Where’s the beef?
I am not a vegan … not that there’s anything wrong with that. Then again, I enjoy vegetarian meals several times a week and have read the science that makes it clear the meat-intensive diet of my childhood was not merely boring but unhealthy. So, I’m OK with our governor supporting the MeatOut challenge to […]
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Colorado ranchers have beef with lab-grown and plant-based “meat” — and they want well-done labeling
Boyd Meyer runs about 4,000-head of American bison on the Colorado-Wyoming border, fully aware of the speed, power and cussed nature of the 1-ton beasts. “They can out-maneuver a horse and I’ve seen them jump a 5-foot fence flat-footed,” Meyer said. “They are not like cattle, if they don’t want to do something, they flat […]