In December 2023, Colorado Parks and Wildlife released 10 wolves in Grand and Summit counties after voters approved to reintroduce the animals to the state in 2020.
The state releases monthly maps showing wolf activity, tracks depredations and compensates ranchers who file a claim following a depredation.
Six wolves have died since being reintroduced, while five pups have been born, creating the Copper Creek pack. However, most of the pack has since been relocated, and in the process, the male wolf died.
In January 2025, 15 wolves from British Columbia were released in Eagle and Pitkin counties, alongside the Copper Creek pack matriarch and four pups.
Monthly wolf activity maps
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The March map shows Colorado’s collared gray wolves have moved a bit more compared to the previous 30 day period.
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Each month, Colorado Parks and Wildlife releases maps showing which watersheds collared wolves traveled in. The latest map shows where there was wolf activity from the 28 collared animals between Jan. 21 and Feb. 25
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Watersheds are highlighted purple in areas where Colorado’s collared wolves were detected in November. The wolves traveled mostly in Northwest Colorado according to the map released on Dec. 23, 2024.
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Collared wolf activity between Oct. 22-Nov. 26, 2024.
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife released a new wolf activity map on Sunday, Nov. 4 as a collared wolf was tracked south of I-70 for the first time since reintroduction.
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife released the October wolf map.
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The August collared wolf activity map shows that a wolf entered Rocky Mountain National Park for the first time.
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The Colorado Parks and Wildlife July wolf activity map shows less movement compared to June.
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June’s Colorado wolf activity map shows the collared animals moving deeper into Summit and Eagle counties.
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The latest wolf map released by Colorado Parks and Wildlife shows activity from April 23 to May 21.
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife released the latest collared gray wolf activity map on Apr. 24, showing new wolf activity in watersheds east of the Continental Divide and onto the Front Range.
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This Colorado Parks and Wildlife map, released March 27, shows watersheds in which at least one wolf has traveled over the last 30 days.
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The Colorado Parks and Wildlife map shows where wolves traveled in Colorado between Jan. 23 and Feb. 27.
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife has created a Collared Gray Wolf Activity Map that will help inform the public on where gray wolves have been in the past month. The map will be updated with new information on a monthly basis, produced on the fourth Wednesday of every month, and will reflect data for the prior month, give or take several days.
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Meet Colorado’s reintroduced wolves
Wolf official name, voted name, description, weight at release, origin pack, county of release
2302-OR (Ghost), yearling female, black, 68 lbs., Five Points, Grand County
2304-OR (Maverick), yearling female, gray, 76 lbs., Noregaard, Grand County
2305-OR (River), yearling male, gray, 93 lbs., Noregaard, Grand County
2306-OR, yearling female, gray, 66 lbs., Noregaard, Grand or Summit County
2308-OR, yearling female, gray, 74 lbs., Noregaard, Grand or Summit County
2310-OR, yearling female, gray, 71 lbs., Grand or Summit County
2312-OR, yearling female, gray, 76 lbs., no pack, Grand or Summit County*
2401, male pup, born in Grand County*
2402, female pup, born in Grand County*
2403, male pup, born in Grand County*
2405, male pup, born in Grand County*
24XX, fifth wolf pup, unknown gender, born in Grand County**
2501-BC, male, Eagle or Pitkin County
2502-BC, female, Eagle or Pitkin County
2503-BC, male, Eagle or Pitkin County
2504-BC, female, Eagle or Pitkin County
2506-BC, female, Eagle or Pitkin County
2507-BC, male, Eagle or Pitkin County
2508-BC, female, Eagle or Pitkin County
2509-BC, male, Eagle or Pitkin County
2510-BC, female, Eagle or Pitkin County
2511-BC, male, Eagle or Pitkin County
2512-BC, female, Eagle or Pitkin County
2515-BC, male, Eagle or Pitkin County
Dead
2024:
2303-OR (Aspen), yearling female, gray, 76 lbs, Five Points, released in Grand County, died in mid-April in Larimer County
2309-OR, adult male, gray, 104 lbs., Wenaha, Grand or Summit County, died Sept. 3 from a gunshot wound
2307-OR (Shadow), adult male, black, 108 lbs., Wenaha, Grand County, died Sept. 10 in Grand County
2025:
2505-BC, male, killed March 16 by federal agents for depredations in Wyoming
2513-BC, male, died April 9 in Wyoming
2514-BC, female, died April 20 in Rocky Mountain National Park
* Captured in late August/early September 2024 and were released in January 2025
** Parks and Wildlife were unable to capture this pup
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Ghost, or wolf 2302-OR, is a young female who was released in Grand Couty on Dec. 18, 2023.
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Ghost, or wolf 2302-OR, is a young female that was one of the first five wolves reintroduced to Colorado.
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Maverick, or wolf 2304-OR, was released in Grand County on Dec. 18, 2023. It was one of the first five wolves reintroduced to Colorado.
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Maverick, or wolf 2304-OR, is a young female and was released in Grand County on Dec. 18, 2023.
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River, or wolf 2305-OR, is a young male that was released in Grand County on Dec. 18, 2023.
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River, or wolf 2305-OR, is a young male that was one of the first five wolves reintroduced to Colorado on Dec. 18, 2023.
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Shadow, or wolf 2307-OR, an adult male was released in Grand County on Dec. 18, 2023. He was one of the first five wolves reintroduced to Colorado.
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Shadow, or wolf 2307-OR, is an adult male, who was released in Grand County on Dec. 18, 2023.
Jerry Neal/Colorado Parks and Wildlife
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Aspen, or wolf 2303-OR was one of the first five wolves reintroduced to Colorado on Dec. 18, 2023. However, the young female was found dead in Larimer County on April 18, 2024.
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Colorado Wolf Release 12-18-23 from Colorado Parks & Wildlife on Vimeo.