The Federal Government Demanded Answers From Colorado About Its Wolf Management Decisions. Here’s a List of What the State Sent in Response

Colorado Parks and Wildlife defends its wolf management authority, decisions in response to federal questioning

Colorado Parks and Wildlife recently submitted over 400 pages of public announcements and presentations, intergovernmental agreements, email correspondence, and reports to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in defense of its wolf management decisions amid increased federal scrutiny.  Colorado’s wolf program has faced criticism from elected officials, producers, and Western Slope communities since the voter-mandated reintroduction of gray wolves …

The federal government demanded answers from Colorado about its wolf management decisions. Here’s what the state sent in response.

In a Dec. 18 letter, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gave Parks and Wildlife 30 days to submit: a complete reporting of all gray wolf conservation and management activities that have occurred from Dec. 12, 2023, until the present as well as anarrative summary and all associated documents describing Parks and Wildlife’s January 2025 release of wolves imported from Canada and any more releases, including its recent release of a wolf from a pack…

Colorado answers Trump administration's demand for information about wolf reintroduction, pushes back on malfeasance accusations

Colorado Parks and Wildlife had until Jan. 18 to give the Fish and Wildlife a complete accounting of its wolf management actions since reintroduction started in 2023. They did. Now the ball is in the director’s court.