Overall, CPW plans to release 10-15 gray wolves on the West Slope per year, for a total of 3 – 5 years, this being the second year, as outlined in the Colorado Wolf Restoration and Management Plan.
CPW will begin capture operations this winter, with B.C. providing assistance in planning and carrying out the operation.
“We learned a great deal from last year’s successful capture and transport efforts and will apply those lessons this year as we work to establish a self-sustaining wolf population in Colorado,” said CPW Wolf Conservation Program Manager Eric Odell.
Just as last year in Oregon, CPW will be responsible for all costs associated with capture and transport of wolves.
Wolf selection will follow the guidance of the Colorado Wolf Restoration and Management Plan. Animals with major injuries – things like having several broken canines, missing eyes, fractured or missing limbs, mange or lice infection - will not be chosen for reintroduction. CPW will not translocate wolves that are from packs that are currently involved in situations of repeated livestock depredations.
“We are looking forward to working with B.C. and bringing together our combined experience and expertise in an effort that’s a win for both agencies,” said Odell. “Gray wolves from the Canadian Rockies were used for reintroduction in Idaho and Yellowstone. There are no biological differences between wolves in British Columbia and the wolves released in Colorado last year, and the new source population will provide additional genetic diversity to our state’s small but growing wolf population.”
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