"A program to reintroduce the predators is essentially blocked, with Colorado leaders saying the state is being punished for jailing election denier Tina Peters."
"BOULDER, Colo. — Colorado was preparing to fly in as many as 15 gray wolves from Canada when a letter from the Trump administration arrived in the fall, sternly ordering the state to “cease and desist.”
In December, the federal government upped the stakes, threatening to seize control of Colorado’s effort to reintroduce the predators to a state where their howls had nearly been silenced.
The intervention from Washington, which alleges Colorado violated an agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, has abruptly thrown a voter-approved wolf revival into disarray, essentially blocking the state’s ability to bolster a nascent population and raising doubts about the contentious program’s viability."
Karin Brulliard and Emily Davies report for the Washington Post January 17, 2026.
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