By: Sofia Corley, Rocky Mountain Wild At this time of year, as the ski areas open, the number of people heading into the mountains surges, and requires the masses to brave the dreaded congestion on I-70. The traffic on this mountain corridor gets worse every y...
Our Impact – By the Numbers
By Tehri Parker, Executive Director Sometimes in the nonprofit world you work so hard, and so quickly, that you don’t take the time to look back and celebrate what you have accomplished. Here, at Rocky Mountain Wild, the last three years have been an ongoing...
Where Have All the Elk Gone? Development Drives Elk Population Declines in the Roaring Fork and Eagle Valleys
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 28, 2019 Denver, CO – In response to the ongoing decline over recent decades in the elk population in the Roaring Fork and Eagle valleys, Rocky Mountain Wild has published a report titled Evaluating Landscape Connectivity and H...
PRESS RELEASE: Rocky Mountain Wild Applauds Governor Polis’s Efforts to Improve Colorado’s Important Wildlife Corridors
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 21, 2019 Denver, CO – Today, Governor Jared Polis signed an Executive Order that will make things easier for wildlife on the move in Colorado. Focused on Colorado’s iconic populations of ungulate species, such as deer, elk, mo...
PRESS RELEASE: Conservation Groups Challenge Forest Service Again Over Approval of Village at Wolf Creek
For Immediate Release: May 28, 2019 Denver, CO – Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today seeking to invalidate the Rio Grande National Forest’s approval of the massive Village at Wolf Creek development by providing expanded access across National Forest ...
State Highway 9 Wildlife and Safety Improvement Project
Paving the way for similar projects across Colorado By: Paige Singer, Rocky Mountain Wild’s Conservation Biologist/GIS Specialist State Highway 9 was always an important roadway for my family – we lived in rural Craig – as we sought recr...
PRESS RELEASE: Rio Grande National Forest Again Sides with Developer in Wolf Creek Access Issue
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 27, 2019 The Rio Grande National Forest Supervisor Dan Dallas signed a Final Record of Decision that could result in an easement over our Federal Public Lands to facilitate construction of the massive “Village” at Wolf Creek...
2018 Maps of Oil and Gas Development
Every year, Rocky Mountain Wild creates high resolution maps showing the widespread impact of oil and gas development on Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. See where drilling is occurring and what lands have been leased by oil and gas companies for current and futur...
PRESS RELEASE: Conservation Groups Cheer Latest Court Decision Rejecting Village at Wolf Creek Land Exchange
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 12, 2018 A federal appeals court Tuesday dismissed the latest attempt from the would-be developers of the Village at Wolf Creek to reinstate a land exchange rejected by a federal judge last year. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of A...
Lawsuit Challenges Oil and Gas Lease Sales on Public Lands in Colorado & Utah
Development of the Leases Threatens Public Health and Nearby Dinosaur National Monument FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 27, 2018 Media Contacts: Matthew Sandler, Rocky Mountain Wild, (303) 579-5162, matt@rockymountainwild.org Diana Dascalu-Joffe, Center for B...