Wolf no longer detected in Rocky Mountain National Park, according to latest map

The released wolf that wandered into Rocky Mountain National Park last month is no longer in the park, according to the latest wolf activity map.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife released Wednesday the map showing wolf movement from Aug. 27 to Sept. 24.

The latest map shows a gap in the middle of Jackson County with no wolf movement for the first time since the first map was released in January, just after the first 10 collared wolves were released into Colorado.

The map includes movement from the released wolves as well as two collared wolves from the original North Park pack.

The latest map noted if wolves move quickly enough, a GPS point may not be taken in every watershed they travel through. GPS points are currently taken every 4 hours. That could be the reason for the lack of movement in the area.

The state wildlife agency also said wolves remain north of Interstate 70, though the map shows a wolf or wolves in watersheds that are slightly south of I-70.

Wolf movement generally was detected in western Jackson and Grand counties as well as Summit, Eagle and Routt counties.

The agency has eight working collars on the wolves, down from the original 12.

The agency said the map does not include collar data from the Copper Creek pack captured in Grand County in late August and early September.

The collar on the alpha male of the Copper Creek, 2309, wasn't functioning for months before it was captured, the agency previously reported. That adult male was captured Aug. 29 and was in poor body condition with significant wounds to its hind right leg unrelated to the trapping. He died in captivity Sept. 3.

The alpha female of the pack, whose collar was working, and her four pups were also captured and moved to a temporary holding facility in Colorado.

Two other released wolves have also died.

The agency found wolf 2307, an adult male, dead Sept. 10 . The agency did not report how the wolf died or where it was located when it was found. The wolf was not a member of the recently captured Copper Creek pack.

Necropsies are being conducted on 2309 and 2307.

Wolf 2303, a sub-adult male was likely killed by a mountain lion in mid-April in northwestern Larimer County.

This article originally appeared on Fort Collins Coloradoan: Wolf no longer detected in Rocky Mountain National Park, according to latest map