Colorado Parks and Wildlife has released their monthly wolf activity map for October 21 to November 25 – and it shows that wolves have once again been present in watersheds of the Denver metro, and for the first time, in a watershed that stretches east of I-25.
Before digging into the map that was recently published, it’s important to note that highlighted areas don’t show specific locations of wolves, rather watersheds in which wolves have been detected. This doesn’t mean wolves are present throughout the entire watershed, nor does it mean wolves are still present in that watershed – merely that at least one wolf was in a given watershed at some point during the aforementioned date range.
With that said, here’s a look at the most recent ‘wolf activity map,’ accounting for movement from October 21 until Tuesday of this week. As you’ll notice, wolf activity has been present in a large portion of the state’s mountainous region, as well as in the area of some Front Range population centers:
As is easy to see in the map above, wolves have been present in watersheds in the area of Denver, Golden and Boulder, along with many other places on the western side of the Mile High metro area. It must be noted, however, that this isn’t the first time wolves have been detected in watersheds that are close to the state’s capital…