General Areas Inhabited by Gray Wolves in Colorado: May Update

General Areas Inhabited by Gray Wolves in Colorado: May Update

By Dave Shaffer

Collard Gray Wolf Activity April 23, 2024 – May 21, 2024

Above is an updated map just published by Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s showing where collared wolves have been in the past month.

​​Notable Updates

• ​​This map was created using GPS data from all functioning collars in Colorado.
• ​ In April and May, wolves stayed relatively in the same watershed areas. The May activity map shows very minor differences in wolf movement for the month.
• Wolves still remain above I-70 even though the two watershed areas highlighted are slightly below the I-70 highway line.
• CPW field staff continues to monitor wolf denning behaviors.
• Two of the ten collars placed on wolves translocated in December are no longer providing signals to CPW biologists. This includes the collar that failed in March and an additional collar that was partially functional in March but has since failed. The animals with the failed collars are traveling with other animals with functional collars, which currently allows CPW to monitor those animals.  
• Wolf 2303-OR was found deceased on April 18, 2024, in Larimer County. The initial necropsy report found the cause of death was trauma, consistent with predation. The full necropsy was performed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which will release the final report upon completion. ​

For comparison, below is the map for the previous month.

Collared gray wolf activity recorded by CPW from  Mar. 26 to Apr. 23, 2024.