Colorado Unveils Detailed Plan to Restore Wolverines to High Country

By Spencer Wilson | CBS Colorado

Colorado Parks and Wildlife has released more information about how, where, and why it plans to reintroduce wolverines into the state and why wildlife officials say Colorado is critical to the species’ future. The 106-page report details the plans behind the bipartisan effort.

The state confirmed plans to reintroduce wolverines in 2024, but until now, many of the specifics had not been made public. The newly released plan outlines a multi-year strategy, highlighting distinct differences between this effort and Colorado’s controversial gray wolf reintroduction.

Colorado currently has no resident wolverines. CWP said in the report that the species was wiped out nearly a century ago through poisoning, trapping, and “predator eradication campaigns.” Since then, only a handful of lone male wolverines have ever wandered into the state, none of them staying long enough to establish territory or reproduce. CPW said those rare sightings were “so small that they did not represent a viable population.”

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