If you want your ideas for wolf introduction to be heard, plan to attend one of the two public comment meetings scheduled in February.
The plan focuses on impact management and outlines measures that CPW can take to mitigate wolf conflict and help residents of Colorado, particularly ranchers, navigate the impacts of a reintroduced wolf population. All seven chapters — more than 300 pages — are being discussed at public meetings.
Her requests reflected those of most public commenters in Rifle, though there were a few proponents of introduction, too, with their own thoughts on the plan. Justin Rutter, assistant director of financial services for CPW, gave an overview of the funding streams for reintroduction. The legislature gave CPW a $2.1 million budget from the general fund for the project, but as Rutter noted, that will have to be appropriated annually.
“Somehow in this process, there needs to be a dedicated fund to accommodate this legal mandate so that other programs and initiatives of CPW don't bear the brunt of that,” chairperson Carrie Hauser said. Most of that population will be on the Western Slope, which voted much less favorably for the proposition than did urban areas, and the commissioners are focused on trying to make sure people there are compensated well for any harm wolves might bring to their livestock.
Another aspect of the plan that will be revised is the idea of a potential fourth phase of reintroduction, which would classify wolves as a game species in Colorado, allowing them to be recreationally hunted.
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