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Give the Gift of Giving at Patagonia Action Works
By: Chris Talbot-Heindl, Communications & Membership Manager It’s the Giving Season and if you’re anything like me, you’re struggling to decide which nonprofit organizations to donate to and how much to give. There are so many amazing org...
Happy #GivingTuesday. Let’s make this one wild!
By: Chris Talbot-Heindl, Communications & Membership Manager Today is #GivingTuesday! All around the world, people are celebrating this global day of giving by donating their time, expertise, and cash to the nonprofits that reflect their values. This year,...
Thank you for advocating for wildlife crossing structures
By: Tehri Parker, Executive Director, Rocky Mountain Wild For 20 years we have been advocating for the creation of wildlife crossing structures so that our elk, mule deer, black bears, and lynx can move across the landscape and meet their survival needs. It’...
We’re Stronger Together: Health and Wildlife Activists Ally for the Win
By: Paul Millhouser, Rocky Mountain Wild In response to public pressure in the wake of fatalities arising from abandoned gas lines, the General Assembly passed and Governor Polis signed into law Senate Bill 181, changing the mission of the Colorado Oil and Gas...
Congestion on I-70 Provides Opportunity to Learn About Wildlife
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...
Our Pikas are Sending Out an SOS (Support Our Scientists)
By: Megan Mueller, Senior Conservation Biologist Our pikas are sending out an SOS! It’s a call to help Support Our Scientists. This year, we trained and deployed over 200 citizen scientists to collect important data to help us protect...
Gunnison sage-grouse: low count, high hopes
By: Megan Mueller and Matt Sandler, Rocky Mountain Wild So many of our followers have taken great action to Stand with Gunny and other wildlife the call our prairies home. Together, we have gained Endangered Species Act protection for Gunnison sage-grouse, imp...
Keep the Bulldozers at Bay
By: Matt Sandler, Staff Attorney, Rocky Mountain Wild Thank you, everyone who has written comments, donating money, volunteered at a Bioblitz, attended an event, or otherwise participated in the fight against the Village at Wolf Creek. For more than 20 years w...