Colorado State University’s Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources in Fort Collins published the results of its August 2019 polling about Colorado voter attitudes toward wolf reintroduction: 84% of Colorado voters intend to vote for Proposition 107 this fall, which will require that Colorado Parks and Wildlife reintroduce wolves into the state by the end of 2023.
Importantly, 79.8% of Western Slope residents said they will vote for wolf restoration, as did 69.5% of those who strongly identified as ranchers and 66.1% of those who strongly identified as hunters.
Approval of Proposition 107 will be democracy at its best, with the citizens telling the government to do what the public wants. Then, the professional agency with the technical and scientific know-how will turn that policy into reality.
Mike MaysDurango
