Dillon resident Rose Pray’s Oct. 30 opinion letter noted State Sens. Dylan Roberts, D-Frisco, and Marc Catlin, R-Montrose. She wrote on wolf restoration and the delicate balance of budget restraints and meeting the voters’ positive approvals on the matter.

I agree with her that the senators are making valiant budget cutting attempts with wolf allocations in mind. Of concern also are issues of health care, worker displacement, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, housing costs, feeding your family costs, elevated insurance of all types, daycare, rising unemployment, federal workers dismissals, loss of federal subsidies, basically the needs and necessities that the limited budget for the people they represent.

I agree they have misplaced their priority with the will of the voters to maintain a growing wolf population in Colorado. They are totally missing the where.

The wolf restoration needs to be where the voters that want them are located. Think about it, plenty of food, all sorts of prey for these predators, tons of viewing capabilities, lots of habitat and these would lead population increase naturally without expenditures.

Think about the positive response from the cattle and sheep ranchers. No reimbursement costs. Hunters and parks would benefit due to increase of elk, deer, pronghorn and moose populations resulting in more sales of hunting licenses. Local economies in these areas would benefit from hunting — motels, restaurants, waiters, gas stations, sporting goods sales. I do not see a down side pursuant to the wishes of voting masses.

It’s a win-win situation. Denver, Boulder, Castle Rock, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins — so many choices. Ms. Rose you could even solicit to have some in Dillon to fulfill your duty to promote the wolf restoration program.