Colorado wildlife officials say the capture of 15 grey wolves in British Columbia and their release in the U.S. state is complete, an operation they say led to unspecified threats
Colorado has 15 more wolves, state wildlife officials announced Sunday. Members of the Copper Creek pack were also released back into the wild.
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 completes second year of gray wolf relocation, introducing 15 new wolves from British Columbia.
Colorado officials captured 15 wolves from British Columbia and released them onto the Western Slope on Jan. 12, 14, and 16.
Colorado wildlife officials announced the second wave of releases of wolves from Canada in the central mountains over the last week, as part of the second wave of the state’s historic,
Officials say a second group of wolves has been released in Colorado as part of a controversial, voter-driven initiative to reintroduce the predators to the state.
Fifteen wolves from British Columbia were released from Jan. 12 to Jan. 16. CPW also rereleased five members of the Copper Creek pack that they captured last year.
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.
British Columbia, released in Eagle and Pitkin counties in Colorado. No further releases planned for 2024-2025 capture season.
Fifteen gray wolves from British Columbia and five wolves from the Copper Creek pack were released on private land in Pitkin and Eagle counties in the last week, Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials announced the release of 15 wolves into northern parts of the state, concluding their second year of wolf restoration efforts.