U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service issues final decision on Colorado's reintroduction of gray wolves

 

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service on Tuesday issued its final "record of decision" regarding Colorado's reintroduction of gray wolves.

The final decision, known as a 10(j) rule under the Endangered Species Act, will go into effect in 30 days, on Dec. 8, 2023. Colorado Parks and Wildlife, which recently announced they would get 10 wolves from Oregon, will bring those wolves onto public lands in an area bordered by Glenwood Springs and Vail on the north and Aspen on the south. The parks reintroduction plan calls for 30 to 50 wolves to be reintroduced over the next three to five years.

The state had sought private lands, in addition to state-owned land, for reintroduction, but got no takers from private landowners...more