Did Gov. Polis blame Colorado ranchers for high wolf-restoration costs?
From the Colorado Sun:
At a Colorado Counties, Inc., conference in Westminster on Dec. 3, Gov. Jared Polis blamed ranchers for driving up the cost of reintroducing wolves to Colorado.Polis suggested ranchers, who have opposed wolf reintroduction because of the danger wolves pose to livestock, complicated the sourcing of wolves:
“This could have cost a lot less if ranchers wouldn’t have said, ‘oh, don’t get them from Wyoming, don’t get them from Idaho,’” Polis said. “We probably could have done it for a quarter of the cost.”
