US EditionGray Wolf Crosses Into New Mexico; Returned to Colorado
Wolf 2403 was returned under a multistate agreement to aid Colorado’s wolf population while protecting the Mexican wolf recovery program, officials said.
- On Thursday, Colorado Parks and Wildlife re-released gray wolf 2403 in Grand County after New Mexico Department of Game and Fish captured the yearling that had wandered across the border.
- Under a multistate memorandum of understanding, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah require wolves leaving Colorado be returned to protect the Mexican wolf recovery program and its genetic integrity.
- CPW officials said they chose the release site based on proximity to an unpaired female gray wolf, nearby natural prey and distance from livestock, but declined to disclose exact locations.
- The move affects local reintroduction goals and livestock concerns, with CPW saying it aims to support the program while ranchers received almost $450,000 last year, and three wolves were killed in Wyoming.
- Historically, the Mexican wolf recovery traces to a binational captive breeding program after its 1976 endangered listing, with first releases in 1998 across the 98 million-acre Mexican Wolf Experimental Population Area and recent controversy over the Copper Creek pack confirmed June 2024.
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Copper Creek wolf returned to Grand County after entering New Mexico
A Copper Creek wolf was released in Grand County on Thursday, Dec. 11, after being returned to Colorado by New Mexico wildlife officials. The male wolf, collared and tagged as 2403, is among those born to the Copper Creek pack in 2024. According to Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the wolf dispersed from its pack this fall and entered New Mexico, where it was captured and returned to Colorado by the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. Dispersal…
After wandering into New Mexico, Colorado gray wolf rereleased in Grand County
After one of Colorado’s gray wolves wandered into New Mexico, wildlife officials captured it and rereleased it Thursday in Grand County. The wolf’s capture was part of a multistate agreement, under Colorado’s wolf introduction effort, where the bordering states of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah agree to help return any wolves that leave the state to protect recovery efforts of the Mexican wolf, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said in a statement Frida…
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