When an opposition group fell far short of the signatures needed to bring Colorado’s wolf reintroduction to another statewide vote, it was just the latest failed attempt to stop or pause the voter-mandated initiative.

Colorado Advocates for Smart Wolf Policy collected just over 25,000 signatures between the end of March and the Aug. 27 deadline to turn in petitions — about a fifth of the 124,238 the minimum required to place a question on the 2026 ballot.

More than 400 volunteers gathered signatures, but the group did not raise enough money to hire paid petition circulators and so could not collect the required number, said Patrick Davis, a political consultant in Colorado Springs who worked on the campaign. The group raised $38,897 through July 15 but needed about $1 million to pay f

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