Wolves

Colorado Parks and Wildlife Director Jeff Davis talks about the pack’s history and ongoing controversy.

The decision doesn’t change the status of wolves, but it forces the agency to revisit the question of whether they should be federally protected, including in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming.

The latest map from Colorado Parks and Wildlife shows wolves in familiar areas.

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They are the One Ear Pack in Jackson County, the King Mountain Pack in Routt County and the Three Creeks Pack in Rio Blanco County.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife commissioners during a special meeting on Monday declined to direct the agency to kill or relocate a reintroduced gray wolf pack that has caused controversy in Pitkin County.

The wolf reintroduction program costs have far exceeded the initial estimate presented to voters, leaving questions and controversy.

A Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokesperson confirmed Thursday that staff have seen new wolf pups this spring. The agency is monitoring four den sites, relying on aerial observations, ground observations, remote trail cameras as well as public sightings to do so, the spokesperson said.

Wildlife officials to review ‘translocation protocols’ after a string of recent deaths.

Nearly a third of the wolves Colorado has reintroduced in the last two years have died. They’ve lost battles with mountain lions and been struck down by a bullet from an unknown shooter.But one wolf encountered an even more sophisticated hunter: a government agency that specializes in killing hundreds of thousands of wild animals each year to protect livestock and airplane passengers.