About: Repopulation of wolves in Colorado

The repopulation of wolves in Colorado began with the natural expansion of the gray wolf into habitats in Colorado they occupied prior to the wolf's near extirpated from the conterminous United States. In the 1940s, the species was nearly eradicated from the Southern Rockies. Wolves were reintroduced in the northern Rocky Mountains in the 1990s and since at least 2014, solitary wolves have entered Colorado. A resident group in northwestern Colorado was confirmed in early 2020. In June 2021, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) reported that the first litter of wolf pups had been born in the state since the 1940s. With a November 2020 ballot measure, voters approved the measure which ordered state wildlife managers to reintroduce wolves by the end of 2023 somewhere on Colorado's Western Slope