The Wolf Predation Reality Check While wolf advocates celebrate reintroduction success, ungulate populations tell a different story. In Colorado, the removal of Phase 4 from the state management plan—which would have allowed population control measures—means we’re flying blind into a management vacuum with no tools to respond when impacts escalate. Look north to Idaho’s Lolo Zone, where elk populations crashed from over 16,000 animals in the late 1980s to fewer than 2,000 today. Wolves weren’t t

Update on wolf predation meetings next week. | Steve Porter's Trophy Whitetail