Over a Dozen Wolves Planned Be Released in Colorado This Winter

More gray wolves are going to be released into the wild in the state of Colorado. Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced on Friday, September 13, that more than a dozen gray wolves from Canada are planned to be released this winter.

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Since the reintroduction of gray wolves into the state of Colorado in late 2023, four wolf pups have been born and three adult wolves of the 10 released have died this year.

We learned a great deal from last year’s successful capture and transport efforts and will apply those lessons this year as we work to establish a self-sustaining wolf population in Colorado,

Said Colorado Parks and Wildlife Wolf Conservation Program Manager, Eric Odell, in the press release.

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Colorado Parks and Wildlife have agreed with the British Columbia Ministry of Water, Lands, and Resource Stewardship to source up to 15 Canadian gray wolves for Colorado's gray wolf reintroduction efforts. The Canadian gray wolves will be captured and relocated to Colorado's Rocky Mountain region between December 2024 through March 2025.

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Much like the first round of reintroduction of gray wolves into the state of Colorado from Oregon, Colorado Parks and Wildlife will be responsible for all costs associated with the capture and transportation of the Canadian gray wolves to be relocated to Colorado.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife says that there is no difference, biologically, between the British Columbia gray wolves and the wolves released in late 2023 into Colorado. The wolves from British Columbia are said to provide additional genetic diversity to Colorado's growing gray wolf population.