A bill from Western Slope lawmakers could push gray wolf reintroduction into next year despite the state’s long-standing plan to begin releasing them into Colorado’s wilderness by December.
In short, that bill would require state officials to wait until the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service grants state officials the authority to manage the wolves before they’re reintroduced into the wild.
“You’re pulling the rug underneath us while the federal process is ongoing,” Gibbs said to lawmakers supporting the bill. , requires “paws on the ground” by Dec. 31, 2023. Rather, Rep. Richard Holtorf, a Republican from the Eastern Plains, suggested that the measure only requires the state to have started the process by then.“What does it matter?” Holtorf said. “I don’t think it does.”
Farmers and ranchers want their livestock and pets to be protected against the predators while environmentalists want a successful reintroduction of the wolves to Colorado’s Western Slope, state Rep. Meghan Lukens, another of the measure’s sponsors, said. This bill would accomplish both.Gibbs said the 10 process is on track to be finished by the time wolves are scheduled to be reintroduced. But mandating that the process is finished before the reintroduction begins could cause delays.
That’s an acceptable wait, Roberts said, because without the 10 agreement, state wildlife officials or ranchers who engage the wolves would be committing a felony. Others supporting the bill told the committee that the requirement was to serve as a backstop to help farmers and ranchers because without the 10 they have little protection against the wolves.
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