Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) released a map monitoring the state’s 12 resident wolves. The map will be updated monthly based on the GPS coordinates collected from the wolves’ collars, programmed to record their locations every four hours. “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,” reads a CPW press release. If a single wolf’s position is recorded even for a short period in any given watershed, it will be highlighted on the map — meaning the inclusion of a watershed doesn’t necessarily equate to a high level of wolf activity. To view the map, visit www.bit.ly/COwolfmap
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