Ali Longwell

1 week ago | skyhinews.com | Ali Longwell

In the final month of spring, the movements of Colorado’s collared gray wolves continued to be spread across the Western Slope, with some activity pushing further south and west than in prior months. Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s latest watershed map — which shows the collared wolves’ activity between April 22 and May 27 — shows movements that appear more compacted within Colorado’s northwestern counties than the April activity.

1 week ago | aspentimes.com | Ali Longwell

In the 18 months since Colorado Parks and Wildlife began the voter-mandated reintroduction of gray wolves, seven of the 25 wolves it has relocated from Oregon and British Columbia have died. Four of these deaths occurred this year between March 16 to May 15. The deaths have been caused by conflicts with other animals, illegal poaching in one instance and two legal, human-caused deaths in Wyoming. Two of the deaths this year are still under investigation.

1 week ago | aspentimes.com | Ali Longwell

In the final month of spring, the movements of Colorado’s collared gray wolves continued to be spread across the Western Slope, with some activity pushing further south and west than in prior months. Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s latest watershed map — which shows the collared wolves’ activity between April 22 and May 27 — shows movements that appear more compacted within Colorado’s northwestern counties than the April activity.

1 week ago | skyhinews.com | Ali Longwell

On May 6, Colorado lawmakers killed a bill proposal aimed at stabilizing the state’s volatile homeowners insurance market. House Bill 1302 would have imposed a new 1% fee on homeowners insurance premiums. The funding generated by the fees would have supported two new enterprises within the Colorado Division of Insurance to tackle the two biggest cost drivers in the state’s property insurance market: hail and wildfire.

1 week ago | summitdaily.com | Ali Longwell

The population of butterflies in the U.S. has declined significantly over the past two decades. Through its monitoring program, Colorado’s Butterfly Pavilion is looking for volunteers to help contribute to the research and conservation of the important pollinators. The Westminster-based invertebrate museum’s Colorado Butterfly Monitoring Network is entering its 13th year of having Coloradans collect vital information about the health of the state’s butterfly populations.