Wolf activity in January includes territorial movements as well as broad exploration in the southwest

Map shows the far-flung places Colorado’s wolves traveled in the past month

At least one of Colorado's collared wolves roamed widely across southwestern Colorado in the last month, a new monthly map of wolf travel released Wednesday by Colorado Parks and Wildlife shows.

Wolf activity in January includes territorial movements as well as broad exploration in the southwest

In the first two years of Colorado’s wolf restoration, some reintroduced wolves have begun to settle into the state’s northwest corner and establish territories. Others are continuing to make broad movements. In January, this exploration pushed further in the southwest, including near Colorado’s tribal lands.  Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s monthly wolf activity map shows the watersheds where the state’s collared gray wolves were located between …

Wolf releases paused this year, CPW confirms

No gray wolves will be released this winter in what was expected to be the third wave of reintroduction efforts by Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) in the southwestern portion of the state. The agency announced the decision on Jan.…

Wolf reintroduction faces new challenges

Although Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) had obtained approval from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to obtain 15 new wolves from British Columbia in February 2024, in December 2024, they told them they could only get wolves from the Northern Rocky Mountain areas of the United States.