CPW Responds to Claims It Violated Federal Guidelines in Wolf Transfer From Canada
By: Karen Morfitt | CBS Colorado
Updated on: November 13, 2025 / 9:24 PM MST / CBS Colorado
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is moving forward with their wolf reintroduction plan even as they face additional challenges around where the wolves will come from.
This comes after a former U.S. representative for Colorado who, along with other stakeholders, raised concerns that CPW may have violated state law by importing wolves from Canada.
"I would say that no one has the authority to violate the Endangered Species Act. Section 9 clearly states that it is a violation of the Act to import wolves into the United States," said Lopez in a statement to CBS Colorado. "Section 10 requires the Secretary of the Interior to issue an exemption to Section 9 by publishing that exempti...

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