CDOT has approved safer pedestrian crossings in Avon — just not on Highway 6

Avon will introduce flashing beacons at eight existing crosswalks throughout the town core next year, part of the town’s ongoing traffic calming and pedestrian safety efforts.

The matter was raised by Avon Town Council member Chico Thuon during the mayor and council comments section of the council’s March 26 meeting.

Avon Town Council members and staff have been repeatedly briefed on the challenges of receiving approval from the Colorado Department of Transportation to put in protected pedestrian crossings along U.S. Highway 6 in areas where the speed limit is above 35 miles per hour. The town has made improving pedestrian safety along Highway 6 a priority for years, and escalated the urgency of creating change recently, following the death of a pedestrian in a hit-and-run incident on March 5.

However, in Avon’s town core, the speed limit is 25 miles per hour, and the pedestrian crossings already exist, so the process of receiving approval is simpler.

Thuon asked whether putting in flashing beacons where the town has the ability to might show the Colorado Department of Transportation and other local municipalities that Avon was serious about making improvements to pedestrian safety in and around the town, in addition to making the town a safer place for pedestrians.

“Would you, Chief (Daly, Avon chief of police), feel as though it would make our community perceived as a safer community to walk in if you had a button to push to signal to traffic that you would like to cross with your family?” Thuon asked.

“The reason I’m asking this is because over this last spring break, I actually saw a father on Avon Road get out in the road before his family crossed to stop the traffic with his hands, because there’s not a blinking light,” Thuon said.

Town staff is “actively working on Avon Road,” said Tamra Underwood, Avon mayor pro tem. Underwood read an email she received from Eva Wilson, Avon’s public works director, in early March, detailing the progress of the project to put in flashing beacons along the center area of town.

Avon was working with the Colorado Department of Transportation to add eight pedestrian flashing beacons, Wilson explained in the email. The flashing beacons will be located at roundabouts and existing pedestrian crossings throughout the town core, including along Avon Road, on either side of the roundabout at the intersection of West Beaver Creek Boulevard and U.S. Highway 6, and at the on ramp for Interstate 70 eastbound and westbound, as well as the off ramp for Interstate 70 eastbound.

Flashing beacons will be installed at the eight crosswalks highlighted in either yellow or blue.
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While the initial plan was to put in six flashing beacon crossings, an additional two were added to the plan at the suggestion of Avon Town Manager Eric Heil, based on the increase in development along U.S. Highway 6.

Citing the flashing beacons in Edwards as an example, Thuon also asked whether it might be relatively affordable to make the same introductions in Avon. The project in Edwards, Wilson said, cost $200,000.

Each set of flashing beacons, placed on either side of a crosswalk, costs around $30,000 to install, Wilson said. The flashing beacons will be hard-wired rather than solar powered, which makes them “more reliable, rain or shine,” Wilson wrote in an email to the Vail Daily.

During the meeting, Wilson said she first came in front of council to discuss the flashing beacons in October during the budget review process, and that the project was initiated even earlier. “It started about a year ago when we did a comprehensive safety evaluation of Avon Road,” she said.

Evaluators completed traffic and pedestrian counts, outreach, and analysis of movements throughout town. At the time, evaluators came up with the pavement markings that were implemented last year. “In 2023, we were able to adjust all the pavement markings along Avon Road from roundabout one to five, and I think that they’re pretty successful,” Wilson said.

At the moment, pedestrians wishing to cross Avon Road have, in several places, the opportunity to carry orange flags to make cars more alert of their presence, but the flashing beacons should increase pedestrian safety.

The flashing beacons are currently in the grant agreement phase with the Colorado Department of Transportation. The total cost of the eight beacons is estimated to be $450,000, $390,000 of which is likely to be covered by state highway improvement grants from the Colorado Department of Transportation.

Once the grant agreement is executed, the project will move to the design phase, with October targeted for bidding for construction.

“We’re always looking to try to get things done fast, and then there’s just the reality of construction season,” Heil said.

On the current timeline, construction would likely begin in May 2025.

Castle Peak Senior Life and Rehabilitation center in Eagle earns national award

Castle Peak Senior Life and Rehabilitation in Eagle has earned a national award. The center has scored in the top 15% of the nation across a 12-month average, and received the 2024 Pinnacle Customer Experience Award™ in the following categories:

  • Overall Satisfaction
  • Quality of Food
  • Cleanliness
  • Individual Needs
  • Laundry Service
  • Dignity and Respect
  • Professional Therapy Services

Castle Peak Executive Director Shelly Cornish gave credit to the community’s staff.

“Castle Peak is honored that our residents and their families rated us so highly in so many categories,” Cornish said. “This award is a testament to the hard-working, compassionate employees working to foster fullness of life for older adults every day.”

Throughout 2023, Castle Peak residents and their families participated in monthly telephone interviews where they answered open-ended questions and rated the community in multiple categories.

A customer satisfaction measurement firm with 27 years of experience in senior care and senior living, Pinnacle conducts more than 150,000 phone surveys each year, working with more than 2,500 care providers in all 50 U.S. states, Canada, and Puerto Rico.

Eagle mourns loss of former police chief Rodger McLaughlin

Rodger McLaughlin, 64, who served as Eagle’s chief of police for seven years, died at his Eagle residence on Wednesday night in an incident that remains under investigation.

McLaughlin served in law enforcement for 33 years and began working with the Eagle Police Department in 2006. He served as chief of police for seven years before retiring. During McLaughlin’s time in that role, Eagle Mayor Scott Turnipseed said McLaughlin demonstrated leadership, selfless service and a commitment to the safety and well-being of the Eagle community.

“He was a valued member of our community,” Turnipseed said. “Our sincerest condolences go out to Rodger’s family and friends during this difficult time.”

The town, in a news release, said no further information is available due to the ongoing investigation.

The town and its police department thanked Eagle County Paramedic Services, Greater Eagle Fire Protection District, Eagle County Sheriff’s Office, and the Eagle County Coroner’s Office for their assistance.

Vail emergency doctor receives Vail Health Elevate Award

Dr. Scott McCorvey, who works in the Vail Health Emergency Department, has been named the eighth recipient of the Vail Health Elevate Award. Vail Health created the Elevate Award in June 2022 to allow patients and their families to nominate and thank employees who have touched their lives in some way.

Originally from Georgia, McCorvey completed his undergrad in Cell Biology at the University of Georgia, his Master of Science at Colorado State University (where he met his wife, Kirsten), followed by his MD at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta and residency at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine. He joined Vail Health in 2016 and is an avid kayaker and cyclist with a competitive spirit. A father of two daughters, McCorvey and his family enjoy hiking, biking, skiing and watching movies together.

“Above all, Scott is a profoundly loving and loyal family man, devoted husband and doting father,” said Kirsten McCorvey. “I’m so incredibly grateful that he has been recognized with this award because I know that if he puts half the effort into being a physician as he does into being a husband and father, he is more than deserving of it.”

McCorvey was nominated by Elizabeth McDaniel, a fellow Vail Health employee and the director of the Family Birth Center, for the service McCorvey provided for her late mother and her father, John Gottlieb.

McCorvey originally treated McDaniel’s mother, Lynn Gottlieb, in May 2023 when she came in for severe abdominal pain stemming from her advanced colon cancer. McCorvey helped ensure Lynn’s end-of-life wishes were heard and communicated to her family and the rest of the medical staff. That night, when Lynn passed away in the Intensive Care Unit, her wishes not to be intubated or resuscitated were honored thanks to McCorvey’s proactive communication.

“This is a really hard conversation to have with a patient, and I do not know of a lot of emergency department doctors willing to have end-of-life conversations with patients,” McDaniel said. “Dr. McCorvey gave us all a place to have this conversation and fully understand my mom’s wishes for her end-of-life care.”

Just six months later, on Nov. 11, 2023, McDaniel’s dad, John Gottlieb, called her and was very sick at home. An ambulance transported him to the Vail Health Emergency Department, where McCorvey was working. McCorvey looked at John’s chart before his arrival.

“Dr. McCorvey saw how complicated of a patient my dad is with many medical issues,” McDaniel said. “He diagnosed my dad with severe sepsis from a suspected source of a wound infection on my dad’s leg. He did the full sepsis workup and immediately started treating him for severe sepsis.

“About two hours later, my dad’s blood pressure began to drop rapidly. He was in septic shock, and we were watching his body try to die,” McDaniel said. “Dr. McCorvey again asked us if my brother and I knew what his resuscitation status was, ensuring that if he went into cardiac arrest, that the care team would be following his wishes.”

This time the story went a different direction, and with the help of staff from the ICU, ED and other departments, they were able to get his blood pressure back up and bring him back to life. John was then transferred to Denver for a higher level of ICU care, where he recovered and was able to return home.

“My dad is still alive today because of the care provided by Dr. McCorvey and the Emergency Department staff, with a special thank you to Emily Brown and Eli DeSouza,” McDaniel said. “I lost one parent this year, and it was because of their care that today I still have my dad.”

The Elevate Award allows patients and their family members to nominate staff who made a meaningful difference in their health care experience. Nominees can work in any area of the Vail Health health care system — including admissions, laboratory, surgery centers, Howard Head Sports Medicine, Shaw Cancer Center, Colorado Mountain Medical, Vail Health Behavioral Health and more.

To nominate someone, visit VailHealth.org/ElevateAward.

Beaver Creek homeowners challenge developer seeking to build on parcel long thought to be undevelopable wetlands

A long-forgotten parcel at Beaver Creek is being eyed by a developer who seeks to build on land that nearby homeowners have previously understood to be undevelopable wetlands.

The 13.8-acre parcel, once known as Tract C, is now being called the Arcadian property at Beaver Creek and is located just south of the Mirabelle restaurant. The developer is seeking to build 12 single-family, duplex and triplex units on the parcel and has filed a land-use application with Eagle County which is currently being reviewed for sufficiency.

The property was owned by Vail Resorts for decades but changed hands recently; the current owner is OI TAG Beaver Creek LLC, which has hired Dominic Mauriello of Mauriello Planning Group to represent it in the planning process.

At the Beaver Creek Metropolitan District board’s Jan. 31 meeting, Mauriello presented information about the project to the district.

“We’re in the process of doing a minor plat with the county,” Mauriello informed the group. “The property exists as zoned, it’s a use-by-right, so the only thing that really is up for discussion is how we lay out or sub-plat the property, so we’re doing a minor plat right now just to create three parcels.”

Those three parcels include one development parcel, known as Lot 1, one that would be transferred to the Mirabelle restaurant, known as Lot 2, and one open space tract known as Tract A.

The application points out that it has taken nearly 45 years to arrive at a point of platting the Arcadian on Beaver Creek property, but nevertheless, “the proposed Minor Type A Subdivision allows this property to be developed as a Use By Right or Permitted Use,” according to the application.

But the Beaver Creek Property Owners Association says there’s a reason why 45 years elapsed without the property being developed, and that’s because there’s a natural watercourse running through Lot 1, creating natural wetlands on the lot. That watercourse is a combination of a pond and a waterway known as Wayne Creek.

“The BCPOA believes allowing the destruction of Wayne Creek, a natural waterway, by redirecting over 300 feet of the stream into a concrete culvert and not providing the County required 75-foot offset from the natural stream edge would be unprecedented and potentially illegal without proper federal permits and approvals,” the Beaver Creek Property Owners Association said in a Jan. 23 letter to the Eagle County Planning Department.

“This would also ignore the County’s own subdivision regulations as well as County development standards including consistency with the Comprehensive Plan, Land Use Regulations, and Suitability for Development requirements. Additionally, this is likely to exacerbate water quality within Beaver Creek which already is listed as impaired, potentially providing little opportunity for Beaver Creek to ever attain State water quality standards,” the letter continues.

A vicinity map of the Arcadian parcel at Beaver Creek from Arcadian’s land-use application, which is currently on file with the Eagle County Planning Department.
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Neighbors in the area say with those wetlands comes an abundance of wildlife which would lose a significant amount of habitat because of the development.

Charles Smith, whose family has owned a home near the proposed development on Beaver Creek Drive since 2007, says he and his neighbors have seen deer, elk, bear, a mountain lion, pine martins, marmots, turkeys, foxes and other wildlife using the wetlands and the creek.

As evidence that the creek is a year-round waterway that provides habitat to wildlife throughout the winter, Smith points to a picture of a moose approaching the creek in January.

“They all come down to the creek,” Smith said of wildlife in the area. “It’s natural for them to come there. But with all that development, they’re going to lose the ability to do that.”

Smith said the development of new homes will not be compatible with the neighborhood, a requirement of the planned unit development.

The Beaver Creek Property Owners Association also points out slope stability issues raised in a study of geotechnical engineering services provided by the applicant.

“Excavation for the proposed structures is expected to be relatively extensive and there is a risk of construction-induced slope instability,” according to the land use application.

“Based on a preliminary takeoff, it is estimated that well over 3,500 tons of soil will be moved or removed from the site,” Beaver Creek Property Owners Association said in its letter to the county. “The sheer amount of soil, combined with the excessive slopes are ideal conditions for significant site erosion. If this were to occur during construction, slope instability and exposed soils may likely result in slope failure which could potentially block the emergency access road and would likely end up in Beaver Creek. With slopes this excessive, it will be extremely difficult to install erosion control protection that will be able to accommodate the extreme slopes of the site, in the event of a significant rain event.”

In the land use application, the developer acknowledges the effort to build on the Arcadian property may be controversial.


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“It may prove unpopular with neighbors who have enjoyed living or vacationing as second homeowners next to a vacant parcel but the rights to plat and develop this property have existed for a very long time,” the applicant writes in the application.

The Beaver Creek Property Owner’s Association sees it differently.

“Use by right doesn’t immunize you from the Clean Water Act,” said Bruce Kiely, the board president.

The Vail Valley’s Christian faithful prepare to celebrate Easter

Easter Sunday is the most significant date on the Christian calendar, the day the faithful celebrate the resurrection of Jesus.

Easter can be celebrated from late March into mid-April — the holiday is celebrated on the first Sunday after the full moon on or after the spring equinox. This year’s Easter is an early one, so bundle up for the annual sunrise service on Vail Mountain.

Vail Mountain will host a sunrise Easter service at 6:30 a.m. Sunday at Eagles Nest. The Gondola opens at 6 a.m.

The Easter story is always the same, but its telling varies depending on which of the four New Testament Gospels is used. This year’s celebration is based on the Gospel of Mark, the oldest of the four New Testament books detailing Jesus’ life.

Father Brooks Keith is the longtime lead pastor of the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration. Keith said using Mark this year is appropriate, given the current state of the world.

Keith noted that the gospel’s resurrection story ends with the three women who went to Jesus’ tomb leaving in fear after seeing his body was gone.

The world of Jesus and his disciples had been shattered, Keith noted. Our world is shattered in many ways, he added.

In that way, “Mark’s gospel is perfectly suitable for today,” Keith said.

Bringing the gospels of the past into the present is the job of those in the pulpit.

Rev. Scott Beebe of the Mount of the Holy Cross Lutheran Church noted there’s a lot of fear in our world today: fear about the economy, the environment, wars and other events.

There will be a few Easter egg hunts following services. The Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration will host one at the Edwards Interfaith Chapel.
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“There are people who want the world to thrive on fear,” Beebe said. But, he added, “It’s God, through Jesus, that helps us overcome our fear.”

He said that people can face and overcome those fears by gathering together.

And, while the world seems to be in great turmoil this year, Rev. Tim Wilbanks of Covenant Presbyterian Church said that isn’t necessarily the case.

“The world’s been a weird place for thousands of years,” something that will never end, Wilbanks said. That’s why people need divine help, he said.

Rev. Aaron Strietzel of the United Methodist Church in Eagle said his Easter message every year approaches the resurrection not as something that happened in the past but as an experience in the present.

“It’s speaking to me right now,” Strietzel said.

Strietzel said dealing with the world means “spiritually mature” people can contend with what comes at them without reacting in kind.

A big part of the resurrection story is not returning hate with hate, Strietzel said, noting that Jesus was hated in his time, in large part for his work and message.

“Jesus was very active, and the work is what killed him,” Strietzel said. “In the midst of our work and family lives … how do we not return like for like?”

That’s part of the celebration of Easter, along with the renewal that comes with spring.

Wilbanks said after the darkness memorialized in services recognizing Jesus’ crucifixion on Friday, he’s looking forward to the celebrations of Easter Sunday.

“It’s going to be a great celebration,” Wilbanks said. “It’s always just a great time, not only in the life of the church but in the life of people.”

Eagle announces finalists for police chief

The town of Eagle’s hiring committee for its new police chief has selected four finalists for the position and announced a public meet-and-greet with the candidates on Thursday, April 4.  

The town received 22 applications and the committee narrowed the search down to the following four applicants: 

  • Carrie Buhlman, interim chief of the Eagle Police Department
  • Mark Fleecs, former District Four commander of Denver Police Department
  • Jason Freedman, Central District captain for Madison Police Department in Wisconsin
  • Alexander Rice, North District major for Miami-Dade Police Department  

 Community Input 

The public is encouraged to attend a meet-and-greet with the finalists on Thursday, April 4, from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Eagle Town Hall. The public forum will provide an opportunity for community members to meet candidates, ask questions and submit written feedback for the town’s consideration. Town staff will facilitate the event and light refreshments will be available.   

“Community input is vital,” said Larry Pardee, Eagle town manager, in a news release. “We urge everyone to participate, engage with the finalists and share their perspectives.” 

Next Steps 

The hiring committee will hold its final interviews on Friday, April 5. Following these interviews, the committee will select candidates for further consideration and initiate thorough background checks.  

For more information, contact Jamie Wilson, the town’s communication and marketing specialist, at 970-328-9522 or email jamie.wilson@townofeagle.org

Colorado Mountain College seeks public input about next college president

The Colorado Mountain College Board of Trustees is seeking feedback from members of the public as it searches for the next college president and chief executive officer. 

Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser recently announced her decision to step down in August after nearly 11 years in the role.

Trustees have determined the college is conducting an internal search to identify any current employees qualified to apply for the position. The position is open for internal applicants for 10 days, from March 27 to April 5.

Trustees are asking members of the public to complete a survey to assist them with understanding community priorities about the next college president. The survey may be completed at https://ColoMtn.me/Presidential-Search. Trustees will also elicit feedback from students, faculty and staff. 

Trustees will meet again in April to determine the next steps in the search process, with a goal of having a new president in the role by the start of the 2024 fall semester.

Preschoolers in Vail and Edwards get a visit from Colorado’s governor

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Lisa Roy, the executive director of the Colorado Department of Early Childhood, stopped by two Eagle County preschools on Wednesday as the state prepares for the second year of its universal preschool program.

Polis and Roy spent the morning meeting with administrators, educators and preschoolers at both the Children’s Garden of Learning in Vail and the Edwards Early Learning Center. Eagle County Commissioner Jeanne McQueeney joined both visits.

“It’s my favorite part of the job,” Roy said of the classroom visits.

At Edwards Early Learning Center, Polis and Roy stopped into a preschool classroom of 4- and 5-year-olds learning about technology. Looking around the classroom, which was filled with spaceship and astronaut toys and robot models the students had just made, Polis referred to the young students as possible “future engineers.”

The group also stopped into infant and toddler classrooms, getting a sense of all the age groups the school serves.

Shelley Smith, the director of early childhood education for the Eagle County School District, also shared with the visiting group the district’s early childhood plans, which were bolstered by a recent grant award and the bond passed by Eagle County voters.

The district received $850,000 from federal government funding to support the expansion of the Edwards Early Learning Center, which will nearly double the school’s capacity. It also will be using some of the funds from the bond passed by voters in November 2023 to build a new Early Learning Center and workforce housing development in Gypsum.

A lot is happening here in the valley. It’s great,” Polis remarked as he asked questions of the school and district staff.

“Universal, free preschool just kind of fits right in as one of the pieces,” he later added.

Children’s Garden of Learning is a private facility while the Edwards Early Learning Center is part of the school district.  

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Eagle County Commissioner Jeanne McQueeney talk Wednesday about how Colorado’s universal preschool program has been working during the governor’s visit to Edwards Early Learning Center.
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“Our (UPK) enrollment this year was pretty much equal between public and private,” Smith said to the governor.  

Children’s Garden of Learning serves up to 61 children— 16 toddlers and 45 preschoolers — each day. Twenty-seven of its students are enrolled in universal preschool. The Edwards Early Learning Center has 150 spots — split between 10 infant, toddler and preschool classrooms. Eighty-four of those spots are universal preschool students.

The stops were part of preschool visits Polis has been making around Colorado to celebrate the first year of universal preschool and encourage parents to sign up for the second year.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis talks with Shelley Smith, the director of early childhood for the Eagle County School District, and Veronica Belgodere, preschool director at the Edwards Early Learning Center, about Colorado’s universal preschool program Wednesday in Edwards. More preschool space and buildings will be added to Eagle County in the coming years.
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The state’s universal preschool program started in August 2023. The program provides a monthly tuition credit to families with kids turning 4 by Oct. 1 to attend preschool. The tuition credits are for up to 15 hours of care a week; families still have to pay the remaining tuition balance. Some families qualify for additional hours (up to full-day care of 30 hours a week) based on high-risk factors. The funding is provided only from August to May.

Additional tuition credits are provided to some 3-year-olds based on certain qualifications and high-risk factors. 

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis visits an infant classroom Wednesday at the Edwards Early Learning Center, congratulating early childhood educator Patricia Oliphant, also known as Ms. Sass, on her pending retirement.
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In Eagle County, there are 438 4-year-olds currently enrolled in universal preschool — 186 in 21 private community sites and 252 in the school district. In year two, the state has more than 2,000 providers that have applied to participate, nearly 150 more than in the current school year. One hundred percent of the Eagle County providers that participated in the first year are signed up for the second.

“The first year, Colorado went from 26th in the country in preschool enrollment to 8th in the country in preschool enrollment. We’re hoping to hit the top five next year,” Polis said. “So that’s just the difference that universal preschool made.”

Open enrollment for universal preschool began on Feb. 29. On Wednesday, Polis plugged that parents can still sign up for the 2024-2025 school year at UPK.Colorado.Gov.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Colorado Department of Early Childhood Executive Director Lisa Roy, right, visit with children Wednesday at Edwards Early Learning Center in Edwards. Polis and Roy were visiting preschools around the state to see the success of Colorado’s universal preschool program, which began in fall 2023.
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Roy shared that to date the department has had 23,893 applications submitted. Currently, there are nearly 40,000 children enrolled across Colorado in the program.

While the program will run fairly similarly in its second year, there are a few changes. The first, which impacts enrollment, was that families currently enrolled in early childhood programs were given first placement to better ensure continuity of care. The state also will have requirements around quality standards such as staffing ratios and curriculum requirements.


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Additionally, for families that qualify as 100% of the poverty level will be automatically qualified to receive reimbursement for 30 hours of care. This, Smith told the governor will be “super helpful” in ensuring care for kids.

“We’re excited getting ready now for the second year of universal preschool,” Polis said.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife releases March wolf map; activity returns to Eagle River Valley

Colorado Parks and Wildlife released its latest wolf activity map on Wednesday, depicting where collared wolves have been in the state over the past 30 days.

After showing no activity in the Eagle River Valley in February, at least one wolf appears to have returned to the region in March, according to the report.

The map doesn’t show actual locations where the 12 collared wolves have been, instead depicting watersheds where the wolves have been.

“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,” CPW said in its March report. “For a watershed to indicate wolf activity, at least one GPS point from the wolf collars was recorded within the watershed’s boundaries. Because a watershed indicates wolf activity, it does not mean that a wolf or wolves are present throughout the entire watershed or that they are currently in it.”

Those watersheds can reflect a broader region than the wolves actually traveled, for example, the Eagle River Watershed in Eagle County south of I-70 is shown on the March wolf map, but CPW confirmed at on Wednesday evening that a wolf had not yet traveled south of I-70.

The reports are issued on the fourth Wednesday of each month.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife released 10 gray wolves onto public land in Summit and Grand counties from Dec. 18 to Dec. 22. In addition to those 10 wolves, two male wolves captured in the North Park area of Colorado in February 2023 have been fitted with collars and are part of the map data, as well.

While all 12 wolves had working collars as of February’s map report, one of the collars stopped working in March and another is only partially functioning, CPW said.


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“The animal with the failed collar is traveling with another animal with a functional collar, which currently allows CPW to monitor that animal,” according to the March report. “CPW has confirmed that the animal with the malfunctioning collar is still alive based on visual confirmation from an airplane. A collar on another wolf has been identified as partially functional and may not be fully functional in the near future.”

There have been no wolf mortalities in Colorado and no reported livestock depredation in the last 30 days, CPW added.

—This story was edited to reflect that CPW confirmed on Wednesday evening that no wolves have traveled south of I-70