Colorado Parks and Wildlife Releases Second Batch of Wolves Amid Threats, Rumors, and Growing Controversy
Colorado officials captured 15 wolves from British Columbia and released them onto the Western Slope on Jan. 12, 14, and 16.
Colorado wildlife officials say latest wolf releases were both north and south of I-70
Colorado now has 29 wolves on the ground, officials said. Those include: 15 from the Canadian province, including eight females and seven males of varying ages.Seven wolves from the initial December 2023 release (three others died).
Second wolf release confirmed by Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Officials said the department completed a capture and release Saturday for the second Gray Wolf reintroduction season as part of the Colorado Gray Wolf Restoration and Management Plan. Five wolves from the original Copper Creek Pack were also released Saturday. The department said all of the wolves were released in Eagle and Pitkin Counties.
Colorado wolf reintroduction continues: CPW releases 15 new wolves in Pitkin, Eagle counties
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,
Colorado releases a second batch of wolves amid rising tensions with ranchers
A year after Colorado kicked off its historic wolf restoration program, the state has brought a second group of Canadian wolves to the Western Slope.
Colorado gets another wave of wolves as wildlife officials reflect on lessons learned
Colorado has released another wave of wolves in a program mandated by voters in 2020. Fifteen wolves were moved from central British Columbia to Colorado's Western Slope, where the releases are mandated.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife share what's changed since the last wolf release
Colorado Parks and Wildlife said this year should be dramatically different than the first wolf release in the state. They said they have a strong partnership with CDA and NGOs and the new wolves have never been around livestock before.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife releases 15 more wolves into the state, capping off second year of wolf restoration efforts
Colorado Parks and Wildlife released 15 more wolves into the state, capping off the second year of wolf restoration efforts.
Colorado releases 15 new wolves in second year of reintroduction program
Colorado wildlife officials announced Sunday that they had released a total of 20 gray wolves into the wild over the past eight days, marking the second year of operations for the state’s voter-mandated reintroduction program.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife releases 15 new wolves in Pitkin, Eagle counties
CPW has released 15 new gray wolves on the landscape — as well as the five wolves of the previously captured Copper Creek Pack — as the state continues the voter-mandated reintroduction effort.
‘Profund failure’: Garfield County asks CPW to mitigate wolf impacts
Garfield County is pushing back on Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s release of gray wolves on the Western Slope. In a letter ...
CPW says total of 29 wolves now in Colorado
Fifteen wolves from British Columbia were released from Jan. 12 to Jan. 16. CPW also rereleased five members of the Copper ...
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CPW attempting to scare Beulah mountain lions out of town after several dog attacks
The Beulah Fire Department says residents have lost their dogs due to mountain lions this past week, and Colorado Parks and ...
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CPW concludes second year of gray wolf capture and release efforts
Wolves from British Columbia and Copper Creek Pack released on Western Slope in support of wolf restoration in Colorado on ...
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Colorado Successfully Completes Second Year of Gray Wolf Relocation: CPW Transports Newcomers from British Columbia Amid Challenges
Colorado Parks and Wildlife completes second year of gray wolf relocation, introducing 15 new wolves from British Columbia.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife capture, relocate Rampart Bighorn Sheep for new herd
Every morning staff and volunteers have been spreading apple pulp and alfalfa to prep the sheep for capture at an old quarry ...
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CPW completes 2nd year of wolf release; 15 wolves from Canada have new home in Colorado
Officials with Colorado Parks and Wildlife announce they have completed the second year of the wolf release program by ...
Colorado Parks and Wildlife exploring expansion of recreation opportunities on Pikes Peak
The proposed partnership would create CPW-managed recreation activities and opportunities on America's Mountain.