Interesting.. Because CPW is a Government agency and the wolf issue has been approved to be on the ballot they are no longer legally able to express an opinion one way or the other on the matter. Everyone that lives in Northern Co knows that wolves are already around. I know people that camp in the Mt Zirkel Wilderness area and they claim they have been hearing wolves up there for years as well as I know people that have heard them in the Flattops area. I wonder if this article is a news dump put out by CPW to maybe take some steam out of the wolf ballot or move the debate in a direction that will give them some authority of their own down the road? I mean if they suddenly declare they are here and go through the needed regulatory steps then the ballot initiative which removes their authority on management goes by the wayside. Could be a preemptive strike?