Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) announced on Sunday, January 19, that the second year of gray wolf captures and releases is complete.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - On Saturday, Jan. 18th, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) completed capture and release work for the second gray wolf reintroduction season. Fifteen wolves, seven males and eight females, were relocated from the central interior of British Columbia to Colorado.

Fifteen wolves from British Columbia were released from Jan. 12 to Jan. 16. CPW also rereleased five members of the Copper Creek pack that they captured last year.

The releases were done separately, the agency said in a press release Sunday, and all wolves were released into Eagle and Pitkin counties. The agency noted that this is the second of between three to five wolf release seasons.

The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission, during its Jan. 8 meeting, voted 10-1 to deny a citizen petition requesting rulemaking to delay gray wolf restoration efforts.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirmed the release of 15 new wolves from British Columbia in Colorado. Officials said the department completed a capture and release Saturday for the second Gray Wolf reintroduction season as part of the Colorado Gray Wolf Restoration and Management Plan.

Colorado wildlife officials released 15 wolves from Canada into the central mountains over the last week as part of the second wave of the state’s historic, voter-mandated reintroduction of the native predator.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials announced the release of 15 wolves into northern parts of the state, concluding their second year of wolf restoration efforts.