DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife commissioners met Friday to discuss several aspects of wildlife management in Colorado, including its voter-mandated reintroduced wolf program.
Reid DeWalt, assistant director of Aquatics, Terrestrial, and Natural Resources for CPW, told the commissioners that CPW staff made it to the den, in a remote, difficult-to-access area. DeWalt said biologists spotted one pup but still monitoring the den and rendezvous site for evidence of how many wolf pups may have been born.
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The pup was first spotted on June 18 in Grand County, resulting in CPW biologists naming the mated wolf pair and pup(s) the “Copper Creek Pack.” Typically, wolves have four to six wolves in each litter, according to CPW.
DeWalt also discussed recent wolf depredations. Depredations occur when wolves attack or take a livestock producer’s animal for food, essentially stealing from the business, and it’s been the cause of concern for many ranchers and livestock producers in Jackson and Grand Counties. Wolf depredations can leave livestock injured, if not dead.