First of their line: Colorado’s nascent gray wolf population got a little bit bigger this year. They are part of a new generation of pups born from wolves transported to Colorado under a state-led wolf reintroduction program. Gray wolves are protected under the Endangered Species Act, and in 2020 Coloradans voted to reintroduce wolves to their historic range in the state. Yet a century of national wolf-hunting campaigns nearly erased gray wolves across the lower 48 states. Despite this, the Trump administration is seeking to weaken the ESA’s ability to protect endangered species.