Wolf Conservation Efforts

Hello! Hello! Today I’ll be talking about the Third Generation of the Colorado Wolf Reintroduction that is currently underway against citizen petitions and protests. Of course, this post like my last one was supposed to be published after the wolf 2506F post but her cause of death is still under investigation. But I decided to publish a couple of posts before the one about 2506F. But instead of keeping this introduction long, I’ll just jump right into the facts! So, enjoy! 🐺😊

The third generation of wolves that are to be released into Colorado are planning on being released from Oregon and are gonna be reintroduced into the Gunnison along the Highway 50 corridor and Monarch Pass in Southwest Colorado near Crested Butte and Telluride (I visited Crested Butte and Telluride Colorado when my family and I went on a Colorado road trip)!

This year, the wolves coming from Oregon are numbered at 15 wolves. CPW (Colorado Parks and Wildlife) are hoping to get the wolves numbered up to 30-50 wolves in the next 3-5 years, but because of recent wolf deaths, the population numbers at 20 with litters of pups in four wolf packs., which are currently nomadic.

Sadly, some of the farmers and ranchers of Colorado are trying to stall the Colorado Wolf Reintroduction again. Last time, they lost over 20k of signatures but the Colorado state has been clear, “We want wolves.”

Some farmers and ranchers actually side with the Colorado Wolf Reintroduction, knowing how reintroducing wolves is good for the environment.

I’m hoping to see some of the newly released wolves in person in Colorado by going back there.

Thank you for reading this post! Merry Christmas! I’ll be posting a following post (LOL) linked to this one after the third batch of wolves are released. (This post was actually a lot longer than I thought, I thought it would be shorter!) Have a great weekend! AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!