Colorado Getting More Wolves
By Dave Shaffer
An agreement between the state of Colorado and the state of Oregon to allow for the translocation of 10 gray wolves from December 18-22 ensured CPW fulfilled their statutory responsibility by successfully releasing those 10 wolves onto public land in Summit and Grand counties prior to December 31st, 2023. CPW will not capture and release more wolves in the current capture season, which runs until mid-March 2024.
Today Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) announced the next step in their wolf reintroduction effort. In a new agreement between CPW and the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, the tribes will be a source for up to 15 more wolves for the Colorado gray wolf reintroduction effort. CPW plans for these wolves to be captured on tribal lands during the capture season from December 2024 – March 2025.
“This agreement helps CPW to continue to meet our unanimously adopted Colorado Wolf Restoration and Management Plan goal of translocating 10-15 gray wolves per capture season for a total of 30-50 wolves.” said CPW Director Jeff Davis.
General Areas Inhabited by Gray Wolves in Colorado
Collared gray wolf activity recorded by CPW from Dec. 18, 2023 to Jan. 22, 2024
This map was published today on the Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s (CPW’s) website. It’s designed to inform the public, recreationists and livestock producers on where wolves have been in the past month. This map will be updated with new information on a monthly basis, produced on the fourth Wednesday of every month, and will reflect data for the prior month, give or take several days.
These maps are created using GPS collar data collected from all 12 collared wolves in Colorado. This includes the 10 animals reintroduced from Oregon, as well as the two collared wolves in North Park.
