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Montrose County Considers $1,000 Fine for Non-Native Wolves

10/18/2025

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Montrose County, Colorado, is considering an ordinance to prohibit introducing non-native species, targeting Canadian gray wolves, with fines up to $1,000 per day.
County officials say wolves are not historically native, since the Southern Rocky Mountain wolf is extinct.
Some commissioners worry the ordinance conflicts with state law and definitions could affect livestock.
The urgency arises from upcoming wolf reintroductions after Proposition 114 passed in 2020.

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Montrose County, Colorado, is considering an ordinance to prohibit introducing non-native species, targeting Canadian gray wolves, with fines up to $1,000 per day.
County officials say wolves are not historically native, since the Southern Rocky Mountain wolf is extinct.
Some commissioners worry the ordinance conflicts with state law and definitions could affect livestock.
The urgency arises from upcoming wolf reintroductions after Proposition 114 passed in 2020.