Colorado officials captured 15 wolves from British Columbia and released them onto the Western Slope on Jan. 12, 14, and 16.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirmed the release of 15 new wolves from British Columbia in Colorado. Officials said the department completed a capture and release Saturday for the second Gray Wolf reintroduction season as part of the Colorado Gray Wolf Restoration and Management Plan.

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,

The wolves were darted and immobilized in Oregon by expert marksmen and biologists working from a helicopter. They were netted and then brought onto small planes and eventually transported to vehicles,

Colorado Parks and Wildlife is currently monitoring nine wild wolves. The wildlife agency captured six of those animals in Oregon in December 2023, then released the predators in Grand and Summit counties to kick off the official reintroduction program. Voters approved the program through a ballot initiative in 2020.

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.

Colorado’s next wolves from British Columbia are on the way to Colorado. Some reports suggest that the first of the transplants may already be in the state. On Saturday, Colorado Parks and Wildlife stated

Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) captured 15 gray wolves in Canada and has released them in Eagle and Pitkin counties as the state continues to move forward with the voter-mandated reintroduction effort,

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.