Courtesy of Western History Collection, Denver Public Library, No. Z-1580

James Shaw poses with a dead wolf killed near Thatcher in Las Animas County. This was one of the last wolves killed on Colorado’s eastern plains.

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A howling wolf has a front paw caught in a leg trap. Currently, the legal status of these traps varies across the West, but they can be used by federal trappers working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services Department. This year in Colorado, Proposition 114, the Gray Wolf Reintroduction Initiative, asks voters to approve reintroducing wolves into the state.

Courtesy of Photo Collections, History Colorado, No. 20031518

Taxidermist Edwin Carter, also termed a naturist, poses here in Breckenridge with a pelt from a large wolf taken in the Colorado Rockies.

Courtesy of Andrew Gulliford

At the White River Museum in Meeker, in a glass case against the back wall, is the hide and head of a snarling wolf – his pelt dusty, his teeth yellow – his glass eyes staring out. He was the last wolf killed in Rio Blanco County. Other wolf pelts are at the museum in New Castle and at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

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Bureau of Biological Survey hunter Bill Smith poses with a chained wolf pup at the entrance to a wolf den. The pup was chained to attract its parents so they could be killed.

Courtesy of John McHenry

John McHenry, a teacher and assistant athletic director, received an $8,000 grant for exercise equipment, as well as a donation from Mountain Range Fitness in Cortez, for the school’s new CrossFit program.

Courtesy of John McHenry

Dolores Secondary School students workout after school in the new CrossFit program.

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Lyndreth Wall was on the campaign trail Friday before winning a seat on the Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Council.

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Campaign signs popped up around Towaoc before Friday’s election.

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A Ute Mountain Ute tribal council election was held Friday in Towaoc for one open seat. Lyndreth Wall won with 187 votes. The tribal council includes Chairman Manuel Heart; Selwyn Whiteskunk; Alston Turtle; Archie House Jr.; Darwin Whiteman Jr.; Malcom Lehi, representing White Mesa; and Wall.