Western Slope prepping for wolves
(WorldNews Health)

Editor´s note: Aspen Journalism collaborates with Swift Communications newspapers on coverage of water and rivers and other issues. For more, go to aspenjournalism.org. Since Colorado´s last wild wolves were killed in the 1930s, a few lone animals have been spotted in the state. So, when a pack was spotted in northwest Colorado - several months before Colorado voters decide whether they´ll support a bill to reintroduce gray wolves to the state - it wasn´t a total surprise to Carbondale ecologist Delia Malone. `It does give life to the idea that Colorado has ample suitable habitat for wolves,` said Malone, a member of the science advisory team for the Rocky Mountain Wolf Project, which hopes...