HTW-Ep 114 Colorado’s Bear Problem

As dangerous bear-human interactions increase, more and more folks are realizing that Colorado has too many bears and not enough hunters. Our guest today knows that well. He’s retired Colorado Parks & Wildlife Biologist Jeff Yost. Jeff also happens to be Kelli Poole’s former boss. Kelli is Rolling Bone’s Applications and Adventures Coach and she joins Brian and Brad for this episode. Jeff has unique insight into this problem and pulls no punches when talking about the politics of wildlife management. He also describes the technique used by the CPW, with Kelli’s help, to determine bear density and population in certain areas of the state. At the end of the day- how does a state manage the population of an apex predator when politics collide with sensible conservation and an uninformed public is asked to vote on the issue.