Colorado’s voter-mandated program to reintroduce gray wolves took a big step forward in 2025 with the births of an unknown number new wolf pups in the spring, state wildlife officials confirmed this week.

The wolf population in Colorado is growing, with the reintroduced animal successfully breeding and forming new packs over the spring,

Colorado’s first wolf pack since the species’ reintroduction in 2023 is once again under intense scrutiny after a series of cattle depredations in the Roaring Fork Valley.