Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)
Northwestern Gray Wolf (Canis lupus occidentalis)
Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf (Canis lupus irremotus)
Population Statistics [No known established packs.] Update – headed back into the northwest corner of Colorado. Moffat County (2020)
Legal Status; As decided by the The Colorado Wolf Management Plan Working Group
Resources
U S Fish and Wildlife Service (Grey wolves in Northern Rocky Mountains)
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Colorado Wolf Management Working Group
See also; Colorado (Mexican Gray Wolf – Canis lupus baileyi)
Organizations
Howl Colorado (Colorado)
Mission :Wolf (Westcliffe, Colorado)
Rocky Mountain Wolf Project (Denver, Colorado)
Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center (Divide, Colorado)
International Wolf Center – Colorado
Colorado News Resources & Publications
Colorado Public Radio (Centennial, Colorado)
Summit Daily (Summit County, Colorado)
CBS Denver (Denver, Colorado)
The Denver Post (Denver, Colorado)
High Country News (Paonia, Colorado)
The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
Steamboat Today (Steamboat, Colorado)
LATEST COLORADO NEWSWolf and Wildlife News from Colorado
- Colorado Rancher Gets Help Installing Electric Fence To Protect Cattle From Wolves | CBS News Colorado
29th Jan 2022
- CPW Commission approves emergency wolf hazing rules | Steamboat Today
15th Jan 2022
- Gray wolf reintroduction moves forward | The Sopris Sun
06th Nov 2021
- Where did the wolf pack in northwest Colorado go? Its fate remains a mystery. | Colorado Public Radio
12th Oct 2021
- Wolf reintroduction happened so fast in Montana and Idaho, the states are expanding hunting. Here’s what Colorado can learn. | The Colorado Sun
13th Jul 2021
- Colorado records first litter of gray wolf pups since 1940s | The Guardian
10th Jun 2021
- Committees seated to advise the reintroduction of wolves to Colorado | Colorado Politics
05th Jun 2021
- Biologists Mis-Sexed A Colorado Wolf. Now It May Have Given Birth To The State’s First Wolf Pups Since The 1940s | CPR
29th May 2021
- Endangered condors return to northern California skies after nearly a century | The Guardian
27th Mar 2021
- As Colorado Parks and Wildlife considers the gray wolf’s future, lawmakers introduce three bills | The Denver Channel
26th Feb 2021
- CPW, contractors collar 4-year-old male gray wolf spotted in Colorado | the denver channel
03rd Feb 2021
- A Look at Colorado’s (Very) Preliminary Plan to Reintroduce Gray Wolves | 5280
01st Feb 2021
- On heels of wolf debate in Colorado, could wolverines be next? | The Tribune
15th Dec 2020
- Oh, howl no! | The Michigan Daily
14th Nov 2020
- It’s official: Voters decide to reintroduce wolves in Colorado | The Colorado Sun
05th Nov 2020
- Voters Could Sign Off On Wolves That Are Different From Colorado’s Originals. Does That Matter? | CPR News
31st Oct 2020
- Wolves rebound, lose protections. Now future up to voters | Star Tribune
31st Oct 2020
- Lost Walks Howls to Mobilize Voter Support for Gray Wolves | Westword
24th Oct 2020
- Colorado Gray Wolf Reintroduction Initiative (2020) – Ballotpedia
18th Aug 2020
- In western Colorado, wary ranchers eye wolves’ arrival and fear urban voters will introduce more – The Denver Post
26th Jul 2020
Journal Articles and Other Publications
Comeback Wolves: Western Writers Welcome the Wolf Home. Big Earth Publishing. Wockner, G., McNamee, G. and Campbell, S. eds., 2005
Livestock depredation by wolves. Francis, M., 2004
Coloradans’ attitudes toward reintroducing the gray wolf into Colorado. Pate J, Manfredo MJ, Bright AD, Tischbein G. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 1996 Oct
Colorado Gray Wolf Recovery: Biological Feasibility Study. The Service. Bennett, L.E., 1994.