Depending on who’s talking, Colorado’s wolves are an existential threat to ranching, an imperiled native species crucial to a healthy ecosystem, a ruthless predator that kills for sport or a beautiful species that enriches lives.

Coloradans who are not happy with the wolf reintroduction plan are trying a new tactic, one that has the potential to change the course of the wildlife landscape: another popular vote.

The Middle Park Stockgrowers Association says they feel like they are "back at square one" when it comes to their opposition to the reintroduction of more wolves in Colorado.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife is capturing gray wolves in British Columbia to reintroduce them to Colorado's ecosystem, with health checks and tracking before release.

It just became glaringly clear to me and to thousands of other people that this law was just not working for many stakeholders in the state."

After a failed attempt to halt wolf reintroduction, Coloradans who are not happy with the wolf reintroduction plan are trying a new tactic, and one that has the potential to change the course of the wildlife landscape: a popular vote in 2026.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife staff started capturing a second round of gray wolves on Friday to be released in Colorado in the coming weeks.