9NEWS: Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) officials found out on June 11 that its source for more wolves had changed its mind, a CPW spokesperson told 9NEWS Investigates, but CPW did not share that information with the public for more than a month. 

After CPW’s leaders learned that the deal had collapsed, they did not tell CPW commissioners until weeks later, on July 30, including keeping it secret during two public meetings in June and July, 9NEWS Investigates has learned.

On Jan. 19, CPW sent out a news release saying it had secured a source for 15 more wolves: the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.

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