New Wolf Pack Confirmed in Eagle County as Colorado Monitors Population Growth
By Marissa Ventrelli | Colorado Politics
A new gray wolf pack has formed in Eagle County, Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced on Wednesday.
Known as the Piney Ridge Pack, it is the fourth pack of gray wolves in the state to have produced pups this year. According to CPW, the average litter size for wolves is four to six pups.
More information about the packs will be included in the agency’s annual report next spring.
“Detection of pups in late spring or early summer is inherently challenging, because of their use of remote habitats in dense cover, secretive nature of very young animals and time potentially underground,” said CPW’s Wolf Conservation Program Manager Eric Odell. “We are continuing to monitor the four reproducing packs in Colorado and will include...