New wolfpack released into high society near Aspen in Pitkin County
By Lindy Browning | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice
Wolves arrived from British Columbia on Sunday, Jan. 12, and were released in Pitkin County; a county that actually voted to have them.
They have become residents of the affluent communities near Aspen and Snowmass.
Since CPW can only release the wolves on state or private lands, as long as they have the landowners' permission, according to law, and since CPW has told audiences repeatedly in meetings this fall that Pitkin County does not have a large enough state-owned property to release, it is now clear that a private landowner has offered his privately owned large ranch to the wolf restoration effort.
Although CPW has not confirmed the wolves were released on private land about 6 miles south of Basalt, it became...
