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View the latest map of where wolves roam in Colorado

View the latest map of where wolves roam in Colorado

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The most recent map of wolf activity in Colorado shows that the reintroduced predator has receded in Routt and Grand counties. However, there were three confirmed wolf attacks on livestock in those two counties during the June 25-July 23 survey period.

On July 17, a collared wolf killed a sheep in Grand County and killed calves on two separate dates: July 10 and July 7. These were the first confirmed wolf attacks in July since wolf attacks began in the state in December 2021.

The movements of wolves are tracked via GPS collars.

The map is divided into watersheds or drainages, which can be large. If a wolf collar indicates that there was or is a wolf or wolves in that watershed, the entire watershed is marked as having wolves in the area at some point in the past month. It does not necessarily mean that there is a wolf or wolves in those areas at this time.

Striking wolf movements in Colorado revealed in latest mapping

The nine remaining collared wolves in Colorado appear to be concentrated in the main release areas of Grand and Summit counties, as well as in Jackson County, where the North Park pack lives, the most recent maps show.

Ten wolves were reintroduced to Grand and Summit counties for the first time in late December 2023. One was killed by a mountain lion. The remaining released wolves are still alive, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

Two members of the North Park pack, which once consisted of eight, are still alive.

  • Notable differences are seen in Larimer, Routt, Grand, Eagle and Moffat counties, which saw a decline in wolf migration into the watersheds.
  • The greatest retreat occurred in eastern Grand County and areas on the western side of Rocky Mountain National Park, as well as in Moffat County.
  • According to Colorado Parks and Wildlife, no collared wolves have yet crossed south of Interstate 70, despite a collared wolf being captured on a Colorado Corridors Project trail camera near I-70 on the north side of East Vail Pass on June 8.

How many new wolf cubs are there in Colorado?

Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials continue to investigate the encounter site and look for evidence of other pups around the Grand County den. However, they have only been able to confirm one pup, born to two released wolves captured in Oregon.

Reid DeWalt, deputy director of Colorado Parks and Wildlife, told Colorado Parks and Wildlife commissioners at their July 19 meeting in Meeker that more pups were likely born, but the area is remote and has many dead trees.

“We haven’t seen them with the naked eye yet, but we expect to see other pups,” he said.

The wildlife agency has named them the Copper Creek Pack.

Wolves usually have four to six young at a time.

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