Colorado lawmakers want to end use of taxpayer dollars to bring more wolves to state

Colorado lawmakers want to end use of taxpayer dollars to bring more wolves to state

Colorado lawmakers want to tighten the reins on how the state wildlife agency is spending taxpayer dollars to restore gray wolves on the Western Slope.  In a budget footnote introduced by Rep. Ty Winter, R-Trinidad, and Rep. Meghan Lukens, D-Steamboat Springs, Colorado Parks and Wildlife would not be allowed to use general fund dollars to bring more wolves to the state in the upcoming fiscal year.  “What I would like to say to my ranchers is tha…