Wolf Conservation Efforts

Hello! Welcome back to wolfconservationsfforts.com! Today I’ll be talking about the 2023-2024 Colorado wolf reintroduction plan.

In late December 2023, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) released ten gray wolves, captured in Oregon, released into Grand and Summit Counties, fulfilling the voter-mandated Proposition 114 to reintroduce wolves to Colorado.

The reintroduction has seen both progress and challenges. the first breeding pair produced five pups, forming the Copper Creek Pack. The adult male, had been known for killing livestock in Oregon, so started killing livestock in Colorado. So CPW, decided to capture the entire pack, although efforts to capture the fifth pup were abandoned.

However, when the adult male was captured, he was reported injured, underweight, and died five days later. The adult female, and four pups remain in captivity with limited human interaction. CPW released them when they were mature enough. In 2024 there was 13 wolves on the landscape.

That year, Colorado partnered with British Columbia to release 15 wolves on to the landscape after no states agreed to participate. Now, The CPW, aims to release 10-15 wolves annually, for the next three to five years. However, this plan met resistance, with 26 livestock and stockgrower organizations petitioned to stall the reintroduction. Luckily, this petition failed. But now, they’re at it again. (I’ll talk more about that next time.)

Thank you for reading this post! And I got some of this info from the 2024 Living with Wolves Annual Report. Thank you again for joining me on this post, pls protect the wolves by using your voice! Awooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!