U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Holds Public Hearing in Denver Area on Proposal to Reclassify/Delist Gray Wolves in much of United States

Recovery efforts for the gray wolf are going so well that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to reclassify this animal throughout the lower 48 states. As part of the proposal to change the classification of the wolf, the Service is holding a public hearing in the Denver, Colorado, area on October 26 at the Holiday Inn at 7390 W. Hampden Avenue in Lakewood, Colorado-- The public hearing will take place from 1-3 p.m. and again in the evening from 6-8 p.m. Participants can register beginning at 12:30 p.m. There will be a court recorder and hearing officer present to record statements by the public. Written comments by the public are welcome at the public hearings, through electronic mail and by U.S. mail.