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The Trump administration has ordered Colorado to cease Canadian wolf imports, jeopardizing the state’s plan to release 10 to 15 more wolves this winter.

Colorado voters approved wolf reintroduction in 2020; about 30 wolves now inhabit the state despite the program’s unpopularity in rural livestock areas.

The federal directive contradicts language in the 2023 rule designating the Rocky Mountains as the “preferred” source, though not the required one.

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The Trump administration is telling Colorado to stop importing gray wolves from Canada as part of the state’s efforts to restore the predators, a shift that could hinder plans for more reintroductions this winte

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