Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirms recent wolf mortality in Grand County (unrelated to the Copper Creek pack)
Travis Duncan
DENVER - On Sept. 10, 2024, Colorado Parks and Wildlife became aware that male wolf 2307-OR had died. The gray wolf is one of the 10 wolves reintroduced in December 2023 in Grand County, Colorado. As a federally listed species under the Endangered Species Act, we are in direct consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service about next steps.“We received a mortality signal from the GPS collar on wolf 2307 on September 9. Our staff confirmed he was deceased on September 10. This male wolf was one of the 10 released by Colorado Parks and Wildlife in December 2023. While this is sad news, these types of restoration efforts consider anticipated mortalities in our planning and a degree of wolf mortality, just like for any wildlife, is expected both during restoration efforts and on an ongoing basis,” said CPW Director Jeff Davis.
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is an enterprise agency, relying primarily on license sales, state parks fees and registration fees to support its operations, including: 43 state parks and more than 350 wildlife areas covering approximately 900,000 acres, management of fishing and hunting, wildlife watching, camping, motorized and non-motorized trails, boating and outdoor education. CPW's work contributes approximately $6 billion in total economic impact annually throughout Colorado.