Colorado Wolf Release 12-18-23 from Colorado Parks & Wildlife on Vimeo.
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.
Three reintroduced wolves have died, while four pups have been born, creating the Copper Creek pack. However, the pack has since been relocated and in the process, the male wolf died.
Monthly wolf activity maps
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A map issued by state officials shows the watersheds that wolves have traveled into between July 23 and Aug. 27, 2024.
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The Colorado Parks and Wildlife July wolf activity map shows less movement compared to June.
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The June wolf activity map shows the animals expanding across the state of Colorado.
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The May activity map shows wolves have explored a little new territory in the last four weeks.
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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. The map is zoomed in on the Western Slope, showing wolf activity that spans Grand County to the east, Rio Blanco County to the west, the Interstate 70 corridor on the southern border and Jackson County at the northern border.
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February wolf activity map
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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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An animated image shows how wolves have changed their territory between June to August 2024.
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Meet Colorado’s reintroduced wolves
Wolf official name, voted name, description, weight at release, origin pack, county of release
Alive:
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
2307-OR (Shadow), adult male, black, 108 lbs., Wenaha, Grand 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*
Dead:
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 after capture
* Captured in late August/early September 2024 and are being held before being released again
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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. The next 10-15 wolves that will be reintroduced by the end of 2024 will come from British Columbia and be released in northwest 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. Two of the three males that were reintroduced died in September.
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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. The wolf was found dead in September in Grand County and a necropsy shows the likely cause of death was another wolf.
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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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