Colorado lawmakers could delay gray wolf reintroduction to Western Slope until management agreement reached with feds

The Colorado Division of Wildlife believes this image, captured on video in February near Walden, a town close to the Colorado/Wyoming state line, could be a gray wolf.

By Conrad Swanson | The Denver Post

PUBLISHED: April 24, 2023 at 8:56 PM MDT | UPDATED: April 25, 2023 at 4:17 PM MDT

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Colorado lawmakers proposed a bill that would require state officials to wait until the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service grants state officials the authority to manage (in this case meaning capture, relocate or even kill) the wolves before they’re reintroduced into the wild.

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Colorado lawmakers could delay gray wolf reintroduction until management agreement reached with feds

Debate over the issue surrounded pending federal authority that would grant state officials the ability to capture, relocate or kill wolves

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