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Colorado cements plan to reintroduce gray wolves but a snag lingers

State wildlife officials expect to release up to 50 wolves to the Western Slope

FILE – This July 16, 2004, file photo shows a gray wolf at the Wildlife Science Center in Forest Lake, Minn. The Biden administration said Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, that federal protections may need to be restored for gray wolves in the western U.S. after Republican-backed state laws made it much easier to kill the predators. (AP Photo/Dawn Villella, File)
FILE – This July 16, 2004, file photo shows a gray wolf at the Wildlife Science Center in Forest Lake, Minn. The Biden administration said Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, that federal protections may need to be restored for gray wolves in the western U.S. after Republican-backed state laws made it much easier to kill the predators. (AP Photo/Dawn Villella, File)
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The newly approved plan indicates that state officials expect to begin releasing the wolves in December. But a bill working its way through the statehouse could hamper that plan by hinging the reintroduction on a specific designation from federal officials thatap not yet finished.
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