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For Immediate Release: May 3, 2024
Contact: Ryan Sedgeley, rsedgeley@endangered.org<\/a> (307) 220-6084
Derek Goldman, dgoldman@endangered.org<\/a>, (406) 370-6491<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reintroduction of this Threatened Species is a Historic Step for Wildlife Conservation<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Denver, Colo.–Today the Colorado General Assembly gave final approval to a bill to restore wolverines to the mountains of Colorado. SB24-171 directs the Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife to reintroduce the threatened North American wolverine to suitable habitat within the state.

\u201cWith the passage of SB24-171, we celebrate another historic victory for wildlife conservation in Colorado and another step towards healing our relationship with the lands that we inhabit,\u201d said Ryan Sedgeley, Colorado Representative for the Endangered Species Coalition. This step complements Canada lynx reintroduction in the 1990s and the more recent gray wolf reintroduction in December 2023, and it puts Colorado at the cutting edge of wildlife restoration.\u201d\u00a0

The wolverine is a newly-protected species under the Endangered Species Act, having just been listed in November 2023. Living high in the alpine, they traditionally ranged from Alaska\u2019s arctic to Colorado, Utah, California, and the Upper Midwest. Today, there are only about 300 in the lower 48 states.\u00a0 These tenacious and impressive animals require a deep snowpack that lasts late into spring and summer for successful reproduction. According to the text of the bill<\/a>, Colorado has some of the best remaining habitat like this in the lower 48 states.\u00a0

Wolverines are largely scavengers that eat carrion. When this is not available they are capable hunters that have been observed to kill and eat animals many times larger than themselves such as deer.\u00a0

The wolverine became threatened due to habitat fragmentation and efforts to extirpate it in the early to mid-20th century. This new law will give this species the chance to continue to thrive in a world rapidly changing from global warming.\u00a0

\u201cWe thank the sponsors and look forward to working with Colorado Parks and Wildlife as they develop a plan to implement restoration of this incredible animal, which in many ways is emblematic of Colorado\u2019s iconic wild mountainous country,\u201d said Sedgeley.\u00a0\u00a0
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\nFor Immediate Release: May 3, 2024Contact: Ryan Sedgeley, rsedgeley@endangered.org (307) 220-6084Derek Goldman, dgoldman@endangered.org, (406) 370-6491 Reintroduction of this Threatened Species is a Historic Step for Wildlife Conservation Denver, Colo.–Today the Colorado General Assembly gave final approval to a bill to…\n<\/div>\n
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