265: Colorado Wolf Reintroduction Has Begun
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Colorado's Gray Wolf Reintroduction Program
• Five gray wolves were released in Colorado's Rocky Mountains on Monday as part of a voter-approved reintroduction program. • The program, embraced in the state's mostly Democratic urban corridor, was opposed in conservative rural areas where ranchers worry about livestock attacks. • The wolves were set free from crates in a Grand County location kept undisclosed to protect predators. • The release marks the start of the most ambitious wolf reintroduction effort in the U.S. in almost three decades. • The wolves were set free from crates in a Grand County location that state officials kept undisclosed to protect the predators. • The wolves are expected to fill one of the last remaining major gaps in the western U.S. for the species. • The reintroduction, voted for in a 2020 ballot measure, has sharpened divides between rural and urban residents. • The wolf-naming contest has started, but ranchers in the Rocky Mountains where the releases will occur are anxious.
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