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CPW outlines wolf restoration progress and coexistence steps after Copper Creek operation
Summary
Colorado Parks and Wildlife told the committee the Copper Creek pack capture and relocation was operationally complex, that CPW is increasing coexistence resources and that future sourcing from British Columbia aims to avoid animals with chronic livestock interactions.
Jeff Davis, director of Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), and Deputy Director Reid DeWalt briefed the committee on Sept. 18 about the agency’s recent Copper Creek pack operations and ongoing wolf restoration.
Davis said the Copper Creek operation balanced pup survival and livestock‑conflict reduction: “we have 9 breeding aged animals” currently collared or monitored and emphasized that as packs form the agency can better predict movements and deploy coexistence tools. Reid DeWalt confirmed CPW lost an adult male recently and…
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