DENVER — Colorado’s gray wolf reintroduction program will continue on schedule after the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission voted 10-1 to accept CPW’s recommendation to deny a petition from ranchers to pause the reintroduction program.
The vote to adopt CPW’s recommendation came down at 7 p.m. Wednesday, after hours of discussions, Q&As with the commissioners, and public comment in Denver.
The vote to deny the petition means that the wolf reintroduction program will continue on schedule. Reid Dewalt, deputy director of policy for CPW, said earlier in the day that the next wolf translocation will happen before the end of the month, narrowing down the previous timeline of between January and March…