Colorado releases 5 wolves on Western Slope, fulfilling voter-approved measure
Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials release one of five gray wolves onto public land in Grand County, Dec. 18, 2023. This wolf is known as 2302-OR. (Courtesy of Colorado Parks and Wildlife)
Five gray wolves captured by Colorado wildlife agents in Oregon were released into the wild on the Western Slope on Monday, fulfilling a voter-approved 2020 ballot initiative to reintroduce the animals in Colorado in the name of restoring ecological balance.
Video footage released by Colorado Parks and Wildlife showed Gov. Jared Polis and Reid DeWalt, CPW’s assistant director for aquatic, terrestrial and natural resources, releasing two of the wolves from their crates on at an undisclosed location in Grand County.
“Today, history was made in Colorado,” Polis said in a written statement. “For the first time since the 1940s, the howl of wolves will officially return to western Colorado.”
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