On Nov. 3, 2020, voters in Colorado will be asked to vote on Proposition 114. If the proposition passes, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission will create a plan to reintroduce and manage gray wolves “on designated lands west of the continental divide by the end of 2023.”
What would proposition 114 do?
What would it mean if Proposition 114 passes?
Ballotpedia put it like this:
“The measure would require the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission to create and carry out a plan to reintroduce and manage gray wolves (Canis lupus) by the end of 2023. Wolves would be reintroduced on Colorado lands west of the continental divide. The exact location of wolf reintroductions would be determined by the commission. The commission would also manage any distribution of state funds that are made available to ‘pay fair compensation to owners of livestock for any losses of livestock caused by gray wolves.’ The measure would direct the state legislature to make appropriations to fund the reintroduction program.”
Educational videos
A series of webinars is being presented by The Institute for Science & Policy and the Warner College of Natural Resources at Colorado State University.
To register for an upcoming webinar, or to learn more about the series, click here.
The Science of Restoring Wolves to Colorado.
Media Coverage and Public Perspectives on Wolves
Colorado State University fact sheets
The People and Predator Series at Colorado State University provides scientific information on the interactions between humans and carnivores. As part of that project, a series of comprehensive fact sheets were compiled and reviewed by biologists.
Links to those fact sheets are below. To view all of the fact sheets as one pdf, please click here.
The series was developed by the CSU Center for Human-Carnivore Coexistence, in partnership with the CSU Center for Collaborative Conservation and CSU Extension.
- Dialogue and social conflict about wolves
- Ecological effects of wolves
- Moral arguments related to wolf restoration and management
- Public perspectives on wolves and wolf reintroduction
- Wolves and disease
- Wolves and human safety
- Wolves, big game and hunting
- Wolves and livestock
- Wolf economics
- Wolves in Colorado: History and status
- Wolf policy
- Wolf taxonomy and biology
How to learn more
Recent news coverage on Prop. 114
Recent opinions on Prop. 114
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