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The wolf reintroduction program costs have far exceeded the initial estimate presented to voters, leaving questions and ...
CPW says the price to reintroduce the gray wolf to the state has reached more than double than what voters were told it would ...
I have lived and ranched in Jackson County, Colorado, since 1950 raising commercial cattle with my family. Ranching is not an easy business but one I love. Over many years I have faced challenges ...
The plan entails bringing in 10 to 15 wolves a year for three to five years — up to 50 of the apex predators by the end of ...
Initiative 13’s supporters have until Aug. 27 to secure the 120,000 signatures necessary to get it on the November 2026 ballot. The ballot initiative would end the state’s wolf reintroduction program ...
Bringing wolves back to Colorado has cost the state at least $4.8 million so far, according to a new financial analysis by The Denver Post.This is within the total amount appropriated by lawmakers, ...
CPW only spent $1.57 million of the $2.1 million appropriation for wolf reintroduction in the 2023-2024 fiscal year; if the program were paused, it would save even more.
Colorado’s wolf reintroduction program has cost $4.8 million since voters in 2020 mandated the return of the apex predator to the state, according to a spreadsheet of spending obtained from ...
A group seeking to end wolf reintroduction by Dec. 31, 2026, will start gathering the signatures it needs to get a citizens’ initiative on the November 2026 ballot in the next few days.
The exchange, though lighthearted, was emblematic of how fraught the relationship between ranchers and the state has become since voters narrowly approved wolf reintroduction in 2020. The “local ...
In 2026, Colorado voters could be asked to recall the law that brought wolves back to the state one year ago.. Colorado Advocates for Smart Wolf Policy filed a draft proposition on Jan. 3 to pull back ...
Colorado will pay two ranches impacted by wolf depredations and impacts a combined $343,000 -- by far the largest compensation approved for wolf damage since the 2023 reintroduction began.