DENVER — Colorado's reintroduced wolves stuck to a smaller area of the state through September than over the previous month, according to a map released Wednesday by Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
In August, CPW reported that a wolf entered Rocky Mountain National Park for the first time, while the most recent map of wolf activity between Aug. 27 and Sept. 24 shows wolves that were reintroduced to the state last December stayed farther west.
Over the past month, two reintroduced wolves have died. One died in Grand County, and CPW has not said how it died or whether it had any injuries.
Another wolf from the Copper Creek pack died shortly after wildlife officials captured all six wolves in that pack due to several wildlife depredations. That wolf was underweight and had several injuries to his right hind leg, CPW said.
CPW said the other five wolves in the Copper Creek pack – an adult female and four pups – are in captivity while their health is assessed and could be rereleased at some point.
> Below is the latest CPW wolf activity map:
The map shows watershed areas where GPS collars recorded wolf activity. Just because an area shows wolf activity doesn't mean that wolves are present through the entire watershed or are currently there.
CPW said collars used to track the wolves record a position every four hours. After four locations are recorded, that data is transmitted via satellite to biologists. CPW staff can use the data to see where wolves have been but not where they are at any current point in time, the agency said.
Anyone who believes they've seen a wolf can report it to CPW here.
