Colorado's wolf reintroduction has cost $4.8 million since 2020 vote

Colorado Parks and Wildlife release wolf 2302-OR, one of five gray wolves — Colorado Parks and Wildlife staffers release wolf 2302-OR, one of five gray wolves captured in Oregon in an initial batch in late December 2023, onto public land in Grand County, Colorado, on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. (Photo provided by Colorado Parks and Wildlife)

By Elise Schmelzer | eschmelzer@denverpost.com | The Denver Post

PUBLISHED: November 2, 2024 at 6:00 AM MDT | UPDATED: November 2, 2024 at 6:03 AM MDT

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Costs have remained under the amount appropriated to the program by state lawmakers, but are almost twice the amount estimated to the voters who elected to reintroduce the native species.

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