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 April wolf activity map shows one wolf traveling solo through the southern portion of the state, as well as substantial movement from others across the state.
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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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Colorado Parks and Wildlife is now monitoring 29 wolves across the state. Its most recent watershed map shows where these wolves travelled between Dec. 22 and Jan. 21.
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Colorado’s collared wolves traveled mostly in Northwest Colorado according to th December.
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In November, Colorado’s collared gray wolves continued to enter watersheds throughout Lake, Summit, Grand, Routt, Jackson, Rio Blanco and Garfield counties.
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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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Using watersheds and GPS collars, Colorado Parks and Wildlife has been tracking wolf activity in the state. Here’s where they were detected between Sept. 24 and Oct. 22.
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The September wolf activity map shows less activity in Jackson County.
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August’s wolf activity map shows the collared gray wolves exploring territory in Routt, Jackson, Summit, Grand and Eagle counties.
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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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May map showing collared gray wolf activity.
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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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Colorado Wolf Release 12-18-23 from Colorado Parks & Wildlife on Vimeo.
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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Local ranchers are asking the Eagle County Board of Commissioners for help to slow down further reintroduction of wolves, citing problems with the program.
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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. The wolf was found dead in September in Grand County. The other wolf to die that month, the male from the Copper Creek pack, died from a gunshot wound after being captured.
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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 voters narrowly passed a ballot measure in 2020 allowing wolf reintroduction. Wolves were released last winter in Grand and Summit counties. More are expected to be released in or near Garfield, Eagle and Pitkin counties this winter.
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In December 2023, wolves were transported in aluminum crates from Oregon to Colorado.
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Between Dec. 17 and Dec. 22, 2023, 10 wolves were captured in Oregon and released in Colorado’s Western Slope, eight in Grand County and two in Summit County, marking the state of the state’s wolf reintroduction.
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Colorado Parks and wildlife announced on Saturday, Jan. 11 that it had begun an operation to capture and bring up to 15 wolves from Canada over the next two weeks.
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A Colorado Parks and Wildlife staffer looks over documents on Thursday night in Eagle County during the release of five wolves.
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A wolf bounds out of its crate and into the night on Thursday, Jan. 16, in Eagle County. The wolf is one of five released by Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials in Eagle County. The agency released a combined 15 wolves in Eagle and Pitkin counties in January in three separate drops.
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A gray wolf sits in a temporary pen awaiting transport to Colorado during capture operations in British Columbia in January 2025.
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A gray wolf runs across a snow-covered field in British Columbia as a helicopter flies overhead during capture operations in January 2025.
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A gray wolf is carried from the helicopter to the site where it will be checked by Colorado Parks and Wildlife staff in January 2025.
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife employees remove a crate with a gray wolf from the trailer in Colorado at the release site on Jan. 14, 2025.
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife Wolf Conservation Program Manager Eric Odell stands on site in British Columbia during its operations to relocate 15 wolves from the province to Colorado.
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A crate carrying one of Colorado’s recently introduced wolves from British Columbia sits open. Colorado Parks and Wildlife released 15 wolves in Eagle and Pitkin counties during the third week of January.
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife has confirmed its first livestock depredation of 2025. An unknown, uncollared wolf — that was not part of Colorado’s reintroduction effort — is believed to be at fault for the death of a cow in Jackson County.
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A gray wolf looks over its shoulder after being released into an area filled with sage brush. Of the 15 relocated from British Columbia to Colorado, three have already died.
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