Why Colorado is asking Alaska for wolves for next reintroduction

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The potential move to Alaska comes amid concerns about securing wolves from British Columbia due to possible U.S.-Canada trade tensions.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials have declined to confirm or deny discussions with Alaska.

Alaska has a surplus of 7,000 to 11,000 wolves, and the proposed capture area has wolves with little livestock interaction.

A high-ranking Alaska official confirmed to the Coloradoan that Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials are in negotiations to secure the capture of wolves to release in Colorado this winter as part of its reintroduction program.

Doug Vincent-Lang, former director of the Division of Wildlife at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game before becoming a department commissioner, told the Coloradoan in a phone conversatio