Bringing Wolves Back to Colorado - Colorado Parks and Wildlife
A one-year agreement announced in October 2023 between Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife secured Oregon as the source for the first 10 wolves for the Colorado wolf reintroduction effort.
CPW concludes second year of gray wolf capture and release efforts
January 19, 2025. DENVER — On Saturday, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) completed capture and release work for the second gray wolf reintroduction season in support of the Colorado Gray Wolf Restoration and Management Plan.Fifteen wolves were translocated from the central interior of British Columbia to Colorado. Separately, the agency also successfully completed the release of five ...
Wolf Sightings | Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Ten wolves were reintroduced to the state in December, 2023 as part of this plan. Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s Collared Gray Wolf Activity Map will help inform the public, recreationists and livestock producers on where wolves have been in the …
Perspectives on Colorado's Wolf Reintroduction - Colorado …
Jan 26, 2024 · Three years after the passing of Proposition 114, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is now tasked with managing the wolf reintroduction. Over the next 3-5 years, it will release 10-15 wolves, annually, on Colorado’s Western Slope near Vail, Aspen, or Glenwood Springs.
Colorado wolf reintroduction continues: CPW releases 15 new …
Jan 19, 2025 · Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) captured 15 gray wolves in Canada and has released them in Eagle and Pitkin counties as the state continues to move forward with the voter-mandated reintroduction effort, bringing the total number of known wolves in the state to 29.. These 15 new wolves — seven males and eight females — will join the seven surviving from the first reintroduction in 2023 ...
Colorado Gray Wolf Updates | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Nov 7, 2023 · Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) intends to reintroduce the gray wolf in a portion of the species’ historical range in Colorado no later than December 31, 2023. CPW requested the designation of an experimental population under section 10 (j) of the ESA to provide the state with increased flexibility to manage wolves once reintroduced in Colorado.
Colorado’s wolf reintroduction stays on track after wildlife …
Jan 8, 2025 · Colorado Parks and Wildlife will continue with its plan to release 10 to 15 more wolves in Colorado this month after the CPW commission voted Wednesday night to deny a petition asking for a pause in the wolf reintroduction program.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife vows to do better job at round 2 of wolf …
Dec 10, 2024 · Wolves were reintroduced after primarily urban voters passed Proposition 114 by a 51% to 49% margin. The program has since been plagued with problems, most notably with wolves in Grand County repeatedly attacking livestock and CPW refusing to agree to ranchers’ requests to kill them.
Colorado releases first 5 wolves in reintroduction plan | AP News
Dec 19, 2023 · Colorado officials anticipate releasing 30 to 50 wolves within the next five years in hopes the program starts to fill in one of the last remaining major gaps in the western U.S. for the species. Gray wolves historically ranged from northern Canada to the desert southwest.
Colorado's wolf reintroduction to continue after petition denied
Jan 8, 2025 · Colorado group takes first step in ballot attempt to repeal wolf reintroduction program Another one of Colorado's released wolves that died was illegally shot, necropsy shows Colorado ranchers ...