Colorado will reintroduce 10 to 15 wolves a year on the Western Slope starting in 2024 until reaching a maximum of 50 as part of a voter-approved initiative. Here's what you should know.
released Friday by Gov. Jared Polis' administration outline how the state will rebuild a once-native species after it was hunted to extinction in the early 1900s.
Two zones under consideration for winter release points are located along the Interstate 70 corridor between Glenwood Springs and Vail, southward toward the Roaring Fork Valley and the U.S. 50 area between Montrose in the west and Monarch Pass east of Gunnison. The specific areas are yet-to-be determined, but will remain 60 miles from tribal lands and state borders because wolves roam beyond their territory."Wolves generally fear people and rarely present a threat to human safety," Eric Odell, species conservation program manager,
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