ESTES PARK, Colo. — About eight months after gray wolves were reintroduced to Colorado, one of them found its way into Rocky Mountain National Park.
That was the highlight of Colorado Parks and Wildlife's monthly wolf activity map, which they released Wednesday showing activity between July 23 and Aug. 27.
"In August, one of the collared gray wolves reintroduced in December spent some time inside the boundaries of Rocky Mountain National Park," CPW says in the monthly update. "RMNP is exclusive federally managed land, and management authority over gray wolves in RMNP resides with the National Park Service, working closely with CPW."
Nine of the 10 wolves reintroduced in Colorado in December are still alive, CPW said.
Two of those wolves mated and produced at least three pups this past spring. That pack, known as the Copper Creek pack, will be captured and relocated after livestock depredations, CPW said on Tuesday.
The wolves all remained north of Interstate 70, though some watershed areas highlighted in the map cross south of the interstate, CPW said. 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.
