GARFIELD COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) - Colorado Parks and Wildlife updated its list of potential counties to release gray wolves - and Garfield County was named as one such location.
CPW said in a press release Thursday that Garfield, Eagle and Pitkin counties are all up for consideration during the 2024-25 capture and release season. This update is part of the next stages of the planning process of CPW's Colorado Wolf Restoration and Management Plan.
Rio Blanco County was removed as a potential location after analysis showed "the limited number of state-owned sites that adhered to the criteria in the plan and their proximity to livestock, elevating the risk of conflict, as well as the potential impact to elk and deer herds recovering from the severe winter of 2022-23," the press release said.