A Look at Colorado’s (Very) Preliminary Plan to Reintroduce Gray Wolves We've got a long way to go until we'll hear the canid's distant howl in Colorado, but the lengthy and complicated process is moving forward. Here's what will happen next. Victoria Carodine • February 1, 2021 It’s been less than three months since Coloradans voted to reintroduce gray wolves into the Centennial State, but Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is already getting to work. On January 4, an 11-person CPW commission—a citizen-led board that sets regulations and policies for the state’s parks and wildlife programs—held their initial meeting to discuss a proposed timeline for restoration, and importantly, how to manage the canid once they’re brought back to the Western Slope.