NEWS BRIEF
Colorado Parks and Wildlife has temporarily suspended a provision in its wolf management plan that allowed lethal removal of wolves linked to repeated livestock losses, Colorado Politics reported. The agency said future removal decisions will be evaluated case by case using a conservative approach while it considers whether wolf population growth will occur during the current biological year, which ends March 31, 2027.
The decision drew criticism from agricultural organizations and several elected officials, while the Rocky Mountain Wolf Project welcomed the pause. The article reported that CPW estimated at least 45 wolves in Colorado and cited livestock-loss and wolf-survival figures reported by the agency.
What to know
CPW has paused its chronic-depredation removal directive but has not said lethal removal is permanently unavailable. The agency says future decisions will be considered individually as it monitors population growth and survival.
Reporting: Marianne Goodland · Colorado Politics · 10-02-2026
