Wolverines need Colorado...
Wolverines need Colorado...
Wolverines will return to Colorado. Follow the latest on the efforts to re-establish this really cool animal.
Colorado is working on a plan to reintroduce wolverines
Check out this update on planning for the return of Wolverines to Colorado in the Colorado Sun https://coloradosun.com/2026/01/14/colorado-wolverine-reintroduction-plan/
Wolverines will return!!!
Front page of the Denver Post today: Wolverines will return to Colorado decades after near-extermination in the West
https://www.denverpost.com/2024/05/21/colorado-wolverines-reintroduction-legislature-jared-polis/
Governor Polis Signs Off on Wolverines
Colorado has passed and the Governor has signed legislation to reintroduce wolverines to Colorado. Don’t look for any wolverines here tomorrow as it now will take time for Colorado Parks and Wildlife to work out the specific plan and timetable, but HORRAY!!!! A piece of the wild will be returned!!!
https://www.cpr.org/2024/05/20/polis-signs-wolverine-reintroduction-bill/
CO Legislature Supports Wolverines
Here’s another good summary in the press of the wolverine legislation just passed by the Colorado Legislature:
Hooray! Colorado Legislature Authorizes the Restoration of Wolverines!!!
The Colorado State Legislature passed SB 24-171 “Concerning authorizaion for the restoration of the North American wolverine in the state” on May 3, 2024. The bill now goes to the governor’s desk. There will be many more steps of planning and public involvement before any wolverines arrive, but this is a huge step built with many different players.
Colorado Legislature: Restoration of Wolverines
SB24-171
Restoration of Wolverines
Concerning authorization for the restoration of the North American wolverine in the state.
SESSION: 2024 Regular Session
SUBJECT: Natural Resources & Environment
BILL SUMMARY
The bill authorizes the reintroduction of the North American wolverine in the state by the division of parks and wildlife (division). As long as the North American wolverine remains on the list of threatened or endangered species pursuant to applicable federal law, the division shall not reintroduce the North American wolverine in the state until a final rule designating the North American wolverine in Colorado as a nonessential experimental population pursuant to applicable federal law has taken effect.
The bill also creates certain requirements for the reintroduction of the North American wolverine. The parks and wildlife commission must adopt rules for the compensation of owners of livestock for losses caused by the North American wolverine.
Wolverines could return to Colorado soon
“Wolverines could return to Colorado Soon. Reintroduction likely would take several years if bill approved” An article in the Denver Post by Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, March 8, 2024.
Woverines receive threatened species protection
“U.S. moves to prtect wolverines” Article by Mattew Brown, Associated Press, November 29, 2023.
Another predator
“Another predator ‘capable of killing deer’ might be coming back to Colorado” Article by Spencer McKee, Denver Gazette, August 25, 2023.
Wolverines really need Colorado
“Wolverines really need Colorado”: Federal decision looms over another reintroduction plan” Article by Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, August 13, 2023
https://www.denverpost.com/2023/08/05/colorado-wolverine-reintroduction-climate-change/
CO Wolverine Reintroduction
“Wolverine reintroduction might happen but not anytime soon” by Dennis Webb, Grand Junction Sentinal article March 18, 2023
https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/wolverine-reintroduction-might-happen-but-not-anytime-soon/article_e90922a4-c447-11ed-8d70-0bf6eecc431c.html