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Dispersing wolves could enter Colorado as a result of expanding populations from recovery programs to the north and south. The focus of the Working Group was on State management after the federal government removes the wolf from the protections of the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

This critical edition explores the past and future of wolves in Colorado. Originally published in 1929, The Last Stand of the Pack is a historical account of the extermination of what were then believed to be the last wolves in Colorado. Arthur H. Carhart and Stanley P. Young describe the wolves extermination and extoll the bravery of the federal trappers hunting them down while simultaneously characterizing the wolves as cunning individuals and noble...