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Southern Rockies Wolves

Wolves once roamed across the southern Rockies of Colorado and neighboring states. But the last Colorado wolf was killed in 1945. Today, Defenders of Wildlife is working to restore wolves to Colorado’s southern Rockies region.

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In the Field

Defenders of Wildlife is keeping wolf reintroduction in the public spotlight with the other members of the Southern Rockies Wolf Recovery Project.

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Management and Policy

Defenders of Wildlife is:

  • encouraging federal and state agencies to reintroduce wolves to Colorado;
  • working to protect wolves in Wyoming so that wolves may naturally migrate to Colorado.

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