By Shannon Lukens.

 

Colorado Parks and Wildlife has confirmed the death of a female gray wolf in Southwest Colorado. The wolf is #2506, one of 15 introduced to Colorado last January from British Columbia. Six of those wolves have now died. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating the cause of death. No other details are being released, except for what is in the following press release.

Press Release from Colorado Parks and Wildlife; Nov. 7, 2025. 

DENVER – Colorado Parks and Wildlife received a mortality alert for female gray wolf 2506 on October 30, 2025. The agency has confirmed the mortality took place in Southwest Colorado.

As a federally listed species under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating.

A final determination of the cause of death will not be made until the investigation is completed, including the necropsy, a foundational component of the overall investigation process. 2506 was part of the group of wolves translocated to Colorado from British Columbia in January 2025.

No additional details are available at this time.

 

More wolves are set to be released this winter. It has not been determined where those wolves will be from as they can no longer be from Canada. Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokesperson Luke Perkins told Steamboat Radio News on Thursday that that information will be released when it is determined where the next round of wolves is coming from.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife invited members of the media to an informational gathering Thursday at Roxborough State Park on the Front Range. Steamboat Radio News was there.

CPW confirmed that approximately 29 counties have recorded a presence of wolves and more than 20 wolves are known to be in Colorado.

Adam Baca, Wolf Conflict Coordinator, with Colorado Parks and Wildlife, presented information including a history and overview. Those slides are below. Baca also presented information on “Tools to Protect Livestock.”  He said, “We’re trying to change the behaviors (of the wolves) that are more likely to lead to depredations.”

He emphasized the importance of ranchers getting a site assessment done. There have been 227 site assessments completed in Colorado as of this week.

CPW Managing Wolves in Colorado

A presentation was also done in the park on range riding, fladry. and night operations. Shelby Neiberger is a Range Rider for the Colorado Department of Agriculture. She said range riding is important because wolves respond to physical and human presence. It is important not to have a schedule when out there as wolves will get used to that. And when hazing wolves, they need to be caught in the act of interacting with cattle so they associate the hazing with that act.

 

Steamboat Radio News Past Coverage of wolves in Colorado

• Nov. 7, 2025 — Another wolf introduced to Colorado from British Columbia has died
• Oct. 14, 2025 — Two more ewes killed in Rio Blanco County by a wolf or wolves 
• Sept. 9, 2025 — Cause of death determined for wolf that died in May in Northwest Colorado 
• Aug. 27, 2025 —  Petition organizers to put a stop to wolf reintroduction pause the campaign
• Aug. 26, 2025 — Search for uncollared wolf in Rio Blanco County is discontinued
• Aug. 21, 2025 — Plaster casts have been made of wolf paw prints in Jackson County
• Aug. 20, 2025 — Gov. Polis’ office and CPW respond to proposed Wolf Bill in Special Session 
• Aug. 19, 2025 — Colorado legislators to introduce a bill to put a pause on wolf introductions, to help with the budget
• Aug. 9, 2025 — Dead cow discovered by range riders in Pitkin County 
• Aug. 6, 2025 — Another gray wolf has been killed in Wyoming
• August 5, 2025 — CPW confirms uncollared wolf in Rio Blanco County is a “chronic depredator”
• July 30, 2025 — Jackson County Rancher says the One Ear Pack has 10 wolves in it 
• July 27, 2025 — Meet a Colorado Range Rider – Shelby Neiberger
• July 24, 2025 — CPW reports wolf activity in this month’s watershed map
• July 17, 2025 — CPW updates the four wolf packs in Colorado and settles claims for missing livestock
• July 8, 2025 — CPW Commission and staff discuss Copper Creek Pack 
• July 6, 2025 — Holy Cross Cattlemen ask CPW for Chronic Depredation Permit
• July 3, 2025 — CPW Commission receives a new letter about the Copper Creek Pack of wolves  
• June 30, 2025 — CPW officials discuss wolves at with Colorado State Legislators at State Capitol 
• June 27, 2025 — CPW releases this year’s Colorado Gray Wolf Annual Report
• June 24, 2025 — Colorado Cattlemen hear of new wolf petition being presented to CPW
• June 2, 2025 —Another wolf has died
• May 30, 2025 — Colorado Parks and Wildlife kills a wolf from the Copper Creek Pack
• May 16, 2025 —A gray wolf from British Columbia has died in Northwest Colorado
• April 24, 2025 — Another gray wolf from British Columbia has died
• April 11, 2025, Media Statement: Colorado Gray Wolf 2513 Mortality in Wyoming
• March 29, 2025 — Wolf in Jackson County may be heading to Wyoming 
• March 28, 2025 — Wolf in Jackson County meets three Livestock Guardian Dogs
• March 27, 2025 — Day 12 and the wolf keeps showing up each night at the same Jackson County ranch
• March 24, 2025 — Wolf spotted on game cam in Jackson County
• March 22, 2025 — Ballot initiative to end wolf introduction by 2026 has been filed 
• March 20, 2025 — A gray wolf recently introduced to Colorado has been killed in Wyoming
• March 19, 2025 — CPW confirms a wolf attack on a dog in Jackson County 
• March 5, 2025 — CPW Commission talks wolves and how “we have to get past this point of constant contention”
• Feb. 14, 2025 — Jackson County Rancher says CPW has confirmed a wolf kill of his cow
• Feb. 13, 2025 — Colorado Parks and Wildlife updates wolf movements and more 
• Jan. 19, 2025 — Twenty wolves have been released in Eagle and Pitkin counties 
• Jan. 16, 2025 — Here is how you can become a Range Rider
• Jan. 15, 2025 — Colorado legislators are told that CPW agents are being threatened
• Jan. 12, 2025 — New wolves may have arrived from British Columbia 
• Jan. 11, 2025 — Up to 15 new gray wolves from British Columbia will be in Colorado within two weeks
• Jan. 8, 2025 — Video of the CPW Commission vote, denying the Wolf Citizen Petition
• Jan. 7, 2025 — Ag producers on Ad Hoc Wolf Working Group speak out before Wednesday’s CPW Commission meeting 
• Jan. 7, 2025 — STATE LEGISLATORS DISCUSS WOLVES AND THE UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION 
• Jan. 2, 2025 — A reward is offered for the person who shot a gray wolf in Grand County 
• Dec. 31, 2024 — Producers submit three wolf depredation claims for over $575,000 
• Dec. 23, 2024 — CPW releases definition and stipulations of Chronic Depredation and Lethal Management of wolves
• Dec. 21, 2024 — CPW says they’ll recommend denying petition request for delaying next introduction of wolves 
• Dec. 9, 2024 — Colorado Parks and Wildlife has started the operation to bring 15 gray wolves to Colorado from British Columbia
• Nov. 14, 2024 — Wolf Update — November 14, 2024 
• Nov. 3, 2024 — A collared wolf has crossed I-70 to the south, for the first time 
• Nov. 3, 2024 — CPW responds to requests from Club 20 about Wolf Reintroduction 
• Oct. 15, 2024 — Livestock producers have access to livestock protection dogs for free from USDA 
• Oct. 11, 2024 — Fifth wolf pup has not been captured 
• Oct. 8, 2024 — CPW Commission gets another letter asking to pause wolf reintroduction
• Oct. 6, 2024 — CPW Commission hears wolf updates at meeting 
• Sept. 30, 2024 –– A 5th wolf pup is spotted in Grand County and will be captured by CPW
• Sept. 30, 2024 — Colorado Ag Organizations petition CPW Commission before further wolf releases happen
• Sept. 26, 2024 — No producers show for first Non-Lethal Wolf Conflict Reduction Training Meeting 
• Sept. 23, 2024 — CPW confirms a cow and a calf killed by wolves in Grand County 
• Sept. 16, 2024 — The Wolf Conflict Reduction program is hiring two field specialists  
• Sept. 14, 2024 — The next set of wolves coming to Colorado will be from Canada 
• Sept. 13, 2024 — Middle Park Stockgrowers ask CPW not to release any more wolves there 
• Sept. 12, 2024 — Another wolf is dead in Grand County 
• Sept. 10, 2024 — Grand County ranchers are reporting more wolf kills 
• Sept. 9, 2024 — The Copper Creek Wolf Pack has been captured and CPW says the adult male was unhealthy and has died
• Sept. 9, 2024 –– Ranchers with the most wolf depredations ask U.S. Fish & Wildlife to take over wolf management
• Aug. 27, 2024 — The Copper Creek Wolf Pack is getting rounded up and relocated
• Aug. 23, 2024 — CPW confirms the next wolves introduced will again be in Northern Colorado 
• July 31, 2024 — Eight more sheep confirmed killed by wolves in Grand County 
• July 31, 2024 — Colville Tribe says they won’t send wolves to Colorado now
• July 29, 2024 — Two more sheep die from wolves in Grand County
• June 24, 2024 — CPW REPORTS LESS WOLF ACTIVITY IN ROUTT AND NONE IN MOFFAT
• June 20, 2024 — WOLF PUP CONFIRMED IN GRAND COUNTY
• June 19, 2024 — CPW CONFIRMS SOUTH ROUTT WOLF KILL
• June 17, 2024 — PRODUCER REPORTS SUSPECTED WOLF KILL IN SOUTH ROUTT COUNTY 
• June 16, 2024 —  CPW DIRECTOR JEFF DAVIS ANSWERS QUESTIONS AT JACKSON COUNTY GATHERING 
• June 13, 2024 —  CPW TO FORM WORKING GROUP REGARDING WOLF RESTORATION
• June 12, 2024 — NORTH PARK PRODUCER WHO LOSES CALF SPEAKS OUT
• June 10, 2024 — CPW CONFIRMS ANOTHER WOLF DEPREDATION IN JACKSON COUNTY THIS WEEKEND
• June 5, 2024 — Wolf Video posted from Grand County
• May 26, 2024 —  DON GITTLESON SAYS ANOTHER CALF HAS BEEN KILLED BY WOLVES ON HIS RANCH 
• May 15, 2024 — HERE’S THE LATEST LETTER TO MIDDLE PARK STOCKGROWERS FROM CPW DIRECTOR DAVIS 
• May 14, 2024 — Suspected mountain lion kills the collared wolf
• May 6, 2024 — MIDDLE PARK STOCKGROWERS SEND EIGHT-PAGE LETTER TO CPW
• April 30, 2024 — GRAND COUNTY RANCHERS TO GET HELP WITH PROTECTING THEIR LIVESTOCK
• April 30, 2024 — NORTH PARK STOCKGROWERS SEND ANOTHER LETTER TO CPW AND GOV. POLIS
• April 28, 2024 —ANOTHER WOLF KILL IN GRAND COUNTY SUNDAY
• April 24-2024 —  COLLARED GRAY WOLF ACTIVITY MAP RELEASED FOR APRIL
• April 23, 2024 — A WOLF HAS DIED, AND MIDDLE PARK STOCKGROWERS HEAR FROM CPW
• April 22, 2024 —  MULTIPLE LETTERS SENT TODAY TO GOVERNOR POLIS AND CPW ASKING FOR ACTION ON WOLVES
• April 18, 2024 —  FOUR MORE HEAD OF LIVESTOCK KILLED BY WOLVES IN GRAND COUNTY
• April 9, 2024 — AG PRODUCERS MEET WITH CPW OFFICIALS IN KREMMLING ABOUT WOLVES
• April 8, 2024 — ANOTHER CALF KILLED BY A WOLF OR WOLVES IN JACKSON COUNTY
• April 3, 2024 — A WOLF OR WOLVES HAVE KILLED A NEWBORN CALF IN GRAND COUNTY
• April 3, 2024 —  Denver 7  Calf killed in first confirmed report of gray wolf depredation since wolves were released in December
• Feb. 29, 2024 — COLORADO PARKS AND WILDLIFE OFFICIALS COME TO STEAMBOAT SPRINGS TO TALK WOLVES
•  Jan. 30, 2024 — CPW SENDS UPDATE ON WOLF SIGHTINGS SINCE 2004, AND MORE ON THE MAP
• Jan. 24, 2024  — ELECTED OFFICIALS GRILL DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND CPW AT HEARING WEDNESDAY
• Jan. 22, 2024 — CPW GETS HARSH LETTER DEMANDING ANSWERS FROM ROBERTS AND MCCLUSKIE
• Jan. 19, 2024 — COLORADO’S NEXT WOLVES TO BE REINTRODUCED WILL BE FROM TRIBAL LANDS IN WASHINGTON
• Jan. 12, 2024 — CPW CONFIRMS WOLVES WERE IN SOUTH ROUTT BUT AREN’T (YET) IN MOFFAT
• Dec. 22, 2023 — FIVE MORE WOLVES ARE RELEASED BY COLORADO PARKS AND WILDLIFE
• Dec. 22, 2023 — CPW DENIES GITTLESON’S REQUEST TO IMPLEMENT 10(J) RULE ON JACKSON COUNTY WOLVES
• Dec. 21, 2023 — THREE OF THE FIVE WOLVES RELEASED IN COLORADO WERE IN PACKS THAT KILLED OR INJURED LIVESTOCK IN OREGON
• Dec. 19, 2023 — LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS RECEIVE WOLF UPDATE FROM CPW IN CRAIG MONDAY
• Dec. 13, 2023 — GITTLESON SAYS ANOTHER CALF WAS ATTACKED BY A WOLF TODAY
• Dec. 11, 2023 — COMPLAINT FILED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT TO STOP WOLF REINTRODUCTION IN COLORADO
• Dec. 4, 2023 — KEEP YOUR PETS CLOSE AND CARRY A BIG STICK – CPW HAS ADVICE FOR LIVING WITH WOLVES
• Nov. 19, 2023 — THREE LAMBS KILLED BY A WOLF IN JACKSON COUNTY, SAYS RANCHER
• Nov. 17, 2023 – CPW AND CDA ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT TO WORK TOGETHER ON WOLF REINTRODUCTION
• Nov. 7, 2023 – U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SETS DATE FOR 10J RULE FOR WOLVES
• Oct. 6, 2023 – COLORADO WILL RECEIVE WOLVES FROM OREGON
• May 16, 2023 –  POLIS VETOES 10J RULE WOLF BILL
• May 3, 2023 – CPW COMMISSION APPROVES FINAL WOLF RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN 
• May 2, 2023 – MANAGEMENT OF GRAY WOLVES REINTRODUCTION BILL PASSES IN STATE HOUSE
• May 2, 2023 –CPW MEETS THIS WEEK FOR FINAL WOLF MANAGEMENT PLAN 
• April 27, 2023 – CPW CONFIRMS WOLF SIGHTING EAST OF KREMMLING
• April 8, 2023 – CPW WOLF COMMISSION MEETS IN STEAMBOAT SPRINGS 
• April 3, 2023 – CPW TO PRESENT FINAL DRAFT WOLF RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN IN STEAMBOAT SPRINGS
• March 28, 2023 – THE SOUTHERN UTE TRIBE ASKS THAT CPW RELEASES WOLVES ALONG I-70 CORRIDOR
• March 15, 2023 – TWO DOGS DIE FROM WOLVES IN JACKSON COUNTY THIS WEEK
• March 3, 2023 –COLORADO PARKS AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION RELEASES WOLF REINTRODUCTION MEETING RECAP 
• Feb. 21, 2023 —WOLF 2101 RECAPTURED AND RECOLLARED IN JACKSON COUNTY
• Feb. 21, 2023 —10J RULE MEETINGS WITH REGARDS TO WOLVES SCHEDULED FOR NW COLORADO BY US FISH AND WILDLIFE
• Jan. 17, 2023 —STATE LEGISLATORS HEAR MORE ON WOLF REINTRODUCTION AT JOINT COMMITTEE HEARING
• Dec. 13, 2022 —MORE WOLVES VISIT GITTLESON PROPERTY IN JACKSON COUNTY THIS WEEK
• Dec. 12, 2022 —NORTH PARK RANCHERS MEET WITH CPW REGARDING WOLF REINTRODUCTION PLAN
• Dec. 10, 2022 —CPW RELEASES DRAFT COLORADO WOLF RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN
• Nov. 19, 2022 —ANOTHER WOLF ATTACK REPORTED IN JACKSON COUNTY
• Oct. 9, 2022 —WOLVES ATTACK CALVES IN RIO BLANCO AND JACKSON COUNTIES
• July 14, 2022 —CPW UPDATES THE WOLF PACK IN JACKSON COUNTY
• June 20, 2022 ––WOLF MANAGEMENT DISCUSSED AT MEETING IN WALDEN
• June 15, 2022 —WOLVES IN NORTH PARK ARE SUBJECT AT MEETING MONDAY, JUNE 20
• May 30, 2022 —THE GITTLESON RANCH LOSES ANOTHER CALF TO WOLVES, THEY SAY
• May 5, 2022 —AT LEAST TWO MORE CALVES KILLED BY WOLVES ON GITTLESON RANCH
• May 10, 2022 ––THIRD CALF DIES ON JACKSON COUNTY RANCH; CPW DOES NECROPSY
• April 11, 2022 —A NEW LITTER OF WOLF PUPS IS EXPECTED IN JACKSON COUNTY
• March 17, 2022 —WOLVES ATTACK ANOTHER DOMESTIC COW IN JACKSON COUNTY
• Feb. 10, 2022 – MONTANA STOCKGROWERS VOICE SUPPORT FOR COLORADO RANCHERS OVER THE WOLVES
• Feb. 9, 2022 – WOLF MANAGEMENT DISCUSSED BY LOCAL RANCHERS AND OFFICIALS AT FORUM IN STEAMBOAT
• Jan. 22, 2022 – WOLF MITIGATION OPTIONS
• Jan. 19, 2022 – ANOTHER COW KILLED OVERNIGHT IN NORTH PARK BY WOLVES
• Jan. 18, 2022 – TWO MORE COWS ATTACKED BY WOLVES IN JACKSON COUNTY TUESDAY
• Jan. 12, 2022 – CPW ALLOWS WOLVES TO BE HAZED IN EMERGENCY DECLARATION
• Jan. 10, 2022 – A WOLF PACK KILL IS REPORTED IN JACKSON COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND
• June 9, 2021 – WOLF DEN WITH PUPS CONFIRMED IN NW COLORADO