By Shelby Reardon, Summit Daily

After its much-publicized release of five wolves on Monday, Dec. 18, Colorado Parks and Wildlife released five more wolves over the past week.

All of the wolves were released on state-owned land in Summit and Grand Counties, Colorado Parks and Wildlife reported in a news release. The controversial reintroduction of gray wolves to Colorado comes three years after voters approved a plan following a statewide ballot measure

Two females and three males were released Monday on state-owned land in Grand County. It’s unclear if the five released since then were all on Summit County land, or divided between the two counties.

According to a provided photo, at least one wolf, a yearling female, was released on Tuesday, Dec. 19.

Read more at the Summit Daily.

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