Public Safety Power Shutoff
To reduce the risk of wildfire and support public safety, Xcel Energy is performing a Public Safety Power Shutoff between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on December 17 in some Front Range counties due to strong winds and dry conditions. This could affect power and some services at state parks and CPW offices in Boulder, Clear Creek, Jefferson, Larimer, and Weld counties.
Proposition 114, now state statute 33-2-105.8, passed on November 3, 2020. It directed the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission to develop a plan to introduce and manage gray wolves in Colorado west of the Continental Divide no later than December 31, 2023. Ten wolves were reintroduced to the state in December, 2023 as part of this plan.
Proposition 114, now state statute 33-2-105.8, passed on November 3, 2020. It directed the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission to develop a plan to introduce and manage gray wolves in Colorado west of the Continental Divide no later than December 31, 2023. Ten wolves were reintroduced to the state in December, 2023 as part of this plan.
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Note: To adjust for the holidays, CPW will be releasing the latest Collared Gray Wolf Activity Map a day early on Dec. 23, 2025.
Monthly Collared Gray Wolf Activity October 21, 2025 - November 25, 2025
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s Collared Gray Wolf Activity Map will help inform the public, recreationists and livestock producers on where wolves have been in the past month.
Wolves explored watersheds near tribal lands in Colorado. CPW has a memorandum of understanding with the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and is working to finalize a similar one with the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, which addresses the potential effects of wolf restoration on the Tribe’s reservation and the Brunot Treaty Area in Southwestern Colorado.
Wolves explored watersheds near tribal lands in Colorado. CPW has a memorandum of understanding with the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and is working to finalize a similar one with the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, which addresses the potential effects of wolf restoration on the Tribe’s reservation and the Brunot Treaty Area in Southwestern Colorado.
Our staff continues to monitor all known wolves in Colorado, including the four packs, and will include a minimum count of the entire wolf population in our annual biological year reports. Receiving reports of wolf sightings from the public, especially those accompanied by high-quality photos or videos, is extremely helpful to CPW as we monitor and track the movement of gray wolves. This will become increasingly important as the population of uncollared wolves grows through successful restoration and natural immigration into Colorado.
In addition to being federally protected, gray wolves are also a state-endangered species in Colorado, and wolves may not be taken (harmed, harassed, or killed) for any reason other than self-defense. The gray wolf in Colorado is protected by the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) and state law. Penalties for illegal take can vary and include substantial fines, jail time and loss of hunting privileges.
Anyone with information on the take of an endangered gray wolf in Colorado is encouraged to contact your local CPW office.
Find an officeColorado Parks and Wildlife is implementing a thorough post-release monitoring program to assess and modify reintroduction protocols, if necessary, to ensure the highest probability of survival and site retention for released animals. All released wolves will be monitored using satellite GPS collars, which will inform managers on survival and dispersal, as well as future release protocols.
Currently, collars are programmed to record a position every four hours. Once four locations have been recorded, the packet of four locations is then transmitted via satellite to Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
The frequency of both position recording and transmission of the data can be delayed by a number of factors such as dense cloud cover, closed terrain, etc.
By looking at the data, Colorado Parks and Wildlife staff can learn where wolves have been, but they cannot tell where wolves are at a current point in time, nor can they predict where the wolves will go.
As packs establish, effort will be made to collar at least one member of each pack with emphasis on breeding adults. The desired standard will be to have two collars in each pack; whether this is achievable for every pack in the state will be determined following reintroduction. It should be expected that through immigration from other states and natural reproduction of pups, the proportion of wolves that have collars will be reduced over time. Therefore, the accuracy of this map will be diminished over time as the activity of uncollared wolves may not be included in this map.
A watershed is a geographic unit that drains water into a specific waterbody. Watersheds are the appropriate mapping unit to display wolf activity information because wolves are far more likely to use geographic features to affect their distribution than they are political boundaries.
These maps are created using GPS collar data collected from all collared wolves in Colorado. This includes animals reintroduced from Oregon and British Columbia, as well as wolves that naturally migrated in North Park.
In order for a watershed to indicate wolf activity, at least one GPS point from the wolf collars was recorded within the boundaries of the watershed. Simply because a watershed indicates wolf activity, it does not mean that a wolf or wolves are present throughout the entire watershed nor that they are currently in the watershed.
This 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.
Wolf Activity Maps are produced using U.S. Geological Survey watershed information, frequently known as Hydrologic Units. The Hyrdologic Unit Code (HUC) 10 scale provides detailed information that can help agricultural producers be informed of the general areas where wolf activity is known to exist. Learn more about HUCs .
Wolves in Colorado
While we cannot validate every informal sighting, our staff carefully reviews all credible reports submitted through our Wolf Sighting Form. When credible reports of wolves are received, we work closely with our federal partners to investigate them. We will continue to work with USFWS and other state, local and NGO partners in sharing information regarding verified sightings with the public.
If you have seen a wolf, please complete the form below. When taking photos of a paw print for the sighting form, it is helpful to include an item next to the paw print and measurements of that item to help better identify the size of the track.
Tracking each confirmed sighting made sense in the past when wolves were not established in the state, but has become redundant now that reintroduction efforts are underway and the same wolves are being spotted multiple times.
Rather than updating a table of confirmed sightings, CPW’s new map will be updated each month with GPS collar data from the wolves confirmed to be in Colorado at this time.
Over time, as wolf populations become established, CPW will develop “territory” maps showing which areas each wolf pack is primarily inhabiting, similar to what other states, Tribes and federal agencies that manage wolves have done.
Report a Sighting
Help Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists monitor wolves on the landscapes by filling out the Wolf Sighting Form. Please provide a photo or video, the exact location coordinates or other detailed information for confirmation purposes.
Gray wolves are about twice the size of coyotes. They can measure up to 6 feet in length, including tail, and stand approximately 30 inches in height at the shoulder. Female wolves weigh 70–80 pounds, while males weigh around 95–100 pounds.
