An uncollared gray wolf that a federal wildlife official shot in mid-August in Rio Blanco County but was never found by authorities is the fifth yearling of a pack that formed in Colorado last year.

The director of Colorado Parks and Wildlife on Wednesday defended the agency’s handling of a wolf pack in the Roaring Fork Valley after criticism was leveled by an agency commissioner who also is a ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Seventeen Yellowstone National Park wolves were killed in 2024, and among them was the fabled one ...