Yellowstone wolf tracked to Colorado

An 18-month-old female wolf, once a member of Yellowstone National Park's Mill Creek Pack, is now in Colorado, having completed an epic journey of 1,000 miles, Colorado state officials said today. The global positioning satellite collar attached to the young wolf indicates her last known position was in Eagle County. She separated from her pack just north of the Yellowstone National Park boundary in September and has now traveled across five states, according to federal biologists. Wolves generally disperse within 60 miles of their pack, although biologists have documented 10 wolves since 1992 that traveled in excess of 190 miles in search of a mate. Satellite data show that she passed south through Yellowstone National Park and the Bridger-Teton National forest in western Wyoming southeast of Pinedale, Wyo. She then traveled through southwestern Wyoming and wandered through southeast Idaho and northeast Utah before crossing into Colorado during the past two weeks. Although she is now just 450 miles from her origin, she has traveled at least 1,000 miles, the DOW said. The DOW stressed today that the wolf is listed as an endangered species and as such they cannot be harassed, pursued, hunted, shot, captured, trapped or killed unless a wolf poses a legitimate threat to human safety. The DOW said that hunters and the general public should exercise "additional caution" to ensure this particular wolf is not mistaken for a coyote...