The State of Colorado is taking additional steps to keep the general public notified about the recently reintroduced wolves. Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) now has a month-to-month upgraded map of the basic area where the wolves are roaming. The goal is to keep recreationists and livestock producers approximately date on the wolves’ whereabouts.
While not formally stated in the state’s press release, two significant public concerns about the wolves have been for individuals venturing out into the backcountry and for ranchers. These maps could aim to help reduce those worries.
Wildlife officials are producing these maps with GPS data from the 10 wolves just recently launched in the state, as well as 2 additional collared wolves that have independently made their method into Colorado.
The Colorado Wolves Map
(Source: Colorado Parks and Wildlife) The highlighted locations on the map are all watersheds in the state. A watershed is marked as purple when a wolf’s GPS collar indicates they got in that watershed. So it does not always indicate the wolves have actually been everywhere on the map that remains in purple, but it does imply they have actually remained in the vicinity. For example, Colorado Parks and Wildlife state they have actually not tracked a single wolf south of I-70, the state’s main east-to-west corridor.
While the debate about reestablishing wolves is likely to continue, supporters say the animals were when part of the state, and they ought to return. The last of the wolf population vanished in the 1940s.
Wildlife professionals state people ought to not fear the wolves, even when treking. In basic, the animals do their best to prevent human interaction.
Tracking the Wolves
Colorado Parks and Wildlife shared this additional info about the wolves and their tracking collars:
- Currently, the collars are set to tape a position every four hours.
- When four areas have been recorded, the package of 4 places is then sent through satellite to CPW biologists.
- The frequency of both position recording and transmission of the data can be postponed by a variety of elements, such as thick cloud cover and closed surface.
- By looking at the information, CPW personnel can discover where wolves have actually been, however they can not inform where wolves are at a current time, nor can they forecast where the wolves will go.
- To safeguard the wolves, specific GPS information will not be shared.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife now has actually a regular monthly upgraded map to show the general area of the recently reestablished wolves.