Colorado Parks and Wildlife last July confirmed that a gray wolf photographed in Jackson County in northern Colorado is a dispersing male gray wolf from Wyoming. Ranchers and others in the agriculture industry are lining up against a ballot measure that would reintroduce the gray wolf to western Colorado starting in 2023. Photo courtesy Colorado Parks and Wildlife Department
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Rancher: Reintroduction plan ânot fairâ to wolves
Opponents of a plan to reintroduce gray wolves to western Colorado say they need to carefully craft a message to voters built on the belief that the plan is actually a threat to the wolves themselves and ignores long-standing scientific research.
“The message I’m carrying is this is not fair to the wolves,” Janie VanWinkle, president-elect of the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association, told roughly 300 people at the sold-out 67th annual Ouray County Cattlemen’s Association banquet at the Oura...
