A wolf visited Rocky Mountain National Park, a first since they were reintroduced to Colorado, new map shows
A map that tracks wolf locations is showing activity in a watershed that travels into Rocky Mountain National Park.
The state’s collared wolves have continued to primarily explore parts of Routt, Jackson, Eagle, Grand and Summit counties, according to a map released Wednesday by Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The most recent map, showing activity between July 23 and Aug. 27, reveals the wolves explored larger areas of Routt and Jackson counties compared to the previous month.
The map uses Colorado’s watershed boundaries to show where the wolves have been detected in the last month. The maps don’t show the wolves’ exact locations — only the watershed boundaries they have entered.
Parks and Wildlife officials say the wolves have remained north of Interstate 70. The agency has released this map every month since January, following its release of the first 10 wolves in December.
As Parks and Wildlife continues to manage the 11 adult wolves currently in the state, it is preparing to release an additional 10 to 15 wolves this fall or winter as part of reintroduction efforts.
While the agency no longer has a source for the wolves, it indicated last week that it will again be releasing the new wolves into the state’s northern zone. The state is also moving a wolf pack that has a history of killing livestock in Grand County, but officials have not disclosed where they will be moving the two adult wolves and three pups.
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