Colorado Wolf & Wildlife Center

Colorado Wolf & Wildlife Center Conservation. Education. Preservation. Provide natural habitats and exceptional lives for the animals entrusted to our care since they cannot live in the wild.
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It is the Mission of the Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center to:

Educate the public through tours and programs about the importance of Wolves, Coyotes, and Foxes to our eco-system. Educate the public about the importance of Preservation and Conservation of the forests, land, and water that supports wildlife, flora, and fauna for future generations to enjoy.

If you haven’t tuned in to Nature’s Secret Service podcast yet, you should! Each episode dives into a different case and...
08/28/2026

If you haven’t tuned in to Nature’s Secret Service podcast yet, you should! Each episode dives into a different case and goes into the hard work behind the scenes to bring poachers to justice.

Tomorrow is the last day to submit your comments before the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission (CPW) meets to decide...
08/26/2026

Tomorrow is the last day to submit your comments before the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission (CPW) meets to decide what’s next for coyotes in Colorado — and right now, hundreds of Coloradans have spoken up. Have you?

Once the meeting starts, our window for advocacy closes. So here’s the ask, one more time:
A closed season for coyotes, so pups aren’t orphaned while their parents can be legally killed
No more small-game license killing — coyotes should only be taken under a “furbearer” license
Mandatory reporting of every “furbearer” killed, so Colorado finally has real numbers
We know public input works. It’s one of the reasons why CPW voted in July to end unlimited “furbearer” killing in the first place. Every comment from a Colorado resident adds to that momentum. The more of you who speak up, the harder it is for commissioners to look away.

Take action at the link below.

https://click.everyaction.com/k/137946545/642487145/776419590?sourceid=1111678&nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAxNy8xLzEwNTkzNSIsDQogICJEaXN0cmlidXRpb25VbmlxdWVJZCI6ICIyN2MxZTE2Yy01N2ExLWYxMTEtOWIzMy0wMDIyNDgyYTlmMWQiLA0KICAiRW1haWxBZGRyZXNzIjogIm1hc21pdGgzN0BtZS5jb20iDQp9&hmac=tHwBduVughxSPct07DxguXYmaguMY6YliHKGGEpsagM=&emci=742e99f6-e291-f111-9b33-000d3a11fa30&emdi=27c1e16c-57a1-f111-9b33-0022482a9f1d&ceid=1931531

Good morning from Luna!
08/26/2026

Good morning from Luna!

Have Coloradans Forgotten What Trapping Looks Like?Perhaps we have.It has been nearly 30 years since Colorado banned the...
08/24/2026

Have Coloradans Forgotten What Trapping Looks Like?

Perhaps we have.

It has been nearly 30 years since Colorado banned the use of foothold traps and instant-kill body-gripping traps for most wildlife. Long enough, perhaps, for a generation to forget exactly why.

Trapping isn’t humane wildlife management.

It means animals caught in steel jaws, sometimes suffering for hours or days. Animals can sustain shattered bones, severe wounds, broken teeth and horrific injuries while struggling to escape. Some “non-target” animals may be released, only to die later from their injuries, starvation or inability to hunt.

These aren’t abstract policy debates. These are living, breathing animals.

Trapping is an outdated and unnecessarily cruel method that Colorado voters rejected decades ago.

Now Amendment 84 could put a constitutional right to take wildlife using “traditional methods” into our Constitution and make hunting and fishing the state’s preferred means of wildlife management.

We should not be dragging Colorado backward.

Our wildlife deserves better. Our pets deserve better. Our children deserve better. And Colorado’s wildlife management system deserves to remain science-based—not driven by outdated methods and constitutional loopholes.

Vote NO on Amendment 84.

Keep Colorado’s wildlife, pets and communities safe.

Good morning from Walker!
08/24/2026

Good morning from Walker!

Colorado’s wildlife is a publicly held resource—not the property of hunters, trappers, or any other single interest grou...
08/23/2026

Colorado’s wildlife is a publicly held resource—not the property of hunters, trappers, or any other single interest group. Every Coloradan has a stake in how our wildlife is managed.

That’s why Amendment 84 should concern everyone.
The amendment would put a constitutional “right” to hunt, fish and take wildlife using “traditional methods” into our state Constitution—and declare that hunting and fishing are the “preferred means” of managing wildlife populations.

Think about what that means.

Hunting and trapping are one use of wildlife—not the only use, and not a use that should automatically take priority over everyone else’s interests.

Wildlife also has value to people who observe, photograph, study, protect and simply enjoy knowing these animals exist. Wildlife management should consider all Coloradans, not elevate hunting and fishing above every other public interest.

And by constitutionalizing a right to take wildlife using “traditional methods,” Amendment 84 could create new challenges to restrictions on methods Colorado has already rejected as cruel or outdated—including foothold traps, body-gripping traps, snares and other methods.

Colorado residents have already spoken on these practices. We should not be opening the door to reversing those protections.

CPW needs the ability to make wildlife decisions based on science, conservation, changing populations, habitat, public safety and the long-term health of our ecosystems.

Not a constitutional mandate telling them that hunting and fishing are the preferred way to manage wildlife.

Wildlife belongs to all Coloradans. Its management should reflect all Coloradans—not just those who want to hunt or trap it.

🛑 Vote NO on Amendment 84.

Photo: Fox kit lost leg to leghold trap - Wild Heart Ranch May 17, 2014

🚨 AMENDMENT 84 (FORMERLY 302) IS ON THE BALLOT — AND COLORADO’S WILDLIFE IS AT RISKColorado voters will decide this Nove...
08/23/2026

🚨 AMENDMENT 84 (FORMERLY 302) IS ON THE BALLOT — AND COLORADO’S WILDLIFE IS AT RISK

Colorado voters will decide this November whether to permanently put a constitutional “right to hunt, fish and take wildlife” into our state Constitution.

This isn’t simply about hunting and fishing - a right already protected by Colorado State Law.

It’s about taking wildlife management out of the hands of the professionals entrusted to manage our wildlife.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife exists to manage wildlife using science, changing population data, public input, and the expertise of wildlife professionals. But Initiative 84 would constitutionally elevate hunting and fishing and create new limits around how wildlife can be managed.
Wildlife populations change. Ecosystems change. Science changes.

Our wildlife laws need to be able to change with them.
Instead, Amendment 84 could tie the hands of CPW and make it far more difficult to restrict harmful or outdated hunting and trapping practices—including methods that Coloradans have already rejected.

That puts decades of progress toward healthy, sustainable wildlife populations at risk.

And once these provisions are written into our Constitution, they won’t be easy to undo.

Wildlife belongs to all Coloradans—not just those who hunt or fish.

We need wildlife management based on science, conservation, and the best interests of Colorado’s ecosystems—not constitutional protections for a particular user group.

🛑 VOTE NO ON Amendment 84.

08/22/2026

One of the people who helped lay the foundation for the plan that reintroduced wolves into Colorado is concerned about the future of the program after the state agency responsible for the apex predator issued a fine of roughly $140 to a hunter who mistakenly killed a wolf.

Denver7's Colette Bordelon brought these concerns to Colorado Parks and Wildlife ⬇️

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4729 Lower Twin Rocks Road
Florissant, CO
80814

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