A wolf shortly after release in Grand County on Dec. 19, 2023. (Courtesy of CPW)
The next group of gray wolves that Colorado’s wildlife agency will release in the state as part of a voter-approved reintroduction program will come from across the Canadian border.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials said Friday that they have reached an agreement with their counterparts in the province of British Columbia to capture and relocate up to 15 wolves to Colorado between December 2024 and March 2025.
“We are grateful to the B.C. Ministry of Water, Lands and Resource Stewardship for working with our agency on this critical next step in reintroducing gray wolves in the state,” CPW Director Jeff Davis said in a statement. “Their willingness and ability to work with another jurisdiction to support our conservation priorities, as they have in past translocation efforts, demonstrates their long-shared commitment to seeing this species succeed.”
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