Celebrating 30 Years of Protecting Wildlands
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Give! Pikes Peak is Back - Love Your Local Nonprofits
Wild Connections is participating in Give! Pikes Peak again this year, now through December 31 — and we’d be grateful for your support during this year-end campaign.
Give! is a community-wide effort that supports local nonprofits across the Pikes Peak Region. When you give through Give!, you can also receive rewards from local businesses. Rewards appear as vouchers in your donation receipt, and the more you give, the more rewards you may receive. Giving early gives you more time to enjoy them.
This year, your gift to Wild Connections can go even further. A few generous donors are matching donations dollar-for-dollar, up to a total of $1,000 — so give early before the match is gone!
Your support helps us continue stepping up to meet the challenges our wild places face through restoration, volunteer conservation efforts, and ongoing work to protect central Colorado’s public lands.
Give today and help us continue meeting the challenges our wild places face. Find Wild Connections in the Big Ideas section or follow the link below to Give! today!
Give! is a community-wide effort that supports local nonprofits across the Pikes Peak Region. When you give through Give!, you can also receive rewards from local businesses. Rewards appear as vouchers in your donation receipt, and the more you give, the more rewards you may receive. Giving early gives you more time to enjoy them.
This year, your gift to Wild Connections can go even further. A few generous donors are matching donations dollar-for-dollar, up to a total of $1,000 — so give early before the match is gone!
Your support helps us continue stepping up to meet the challenges our wild places face through restoration, volunteer conservation efforts, and ongoing work to protect central Colorado’s public lands.
Give today and help us continue meeting the challenges our wild places face. Find Wild Connections in the Big Ideas section or follow the link below to Give! today!
Chubb Park Fence Removal Project: COMPLETED!
🦌 Four Miles of Fencing Removed for Wildlife! 🏔️
A huge THANK YOU to all the volunteers who helped Wild Connections complete our Chubb Park Fence Removal Project! 💚
Over two weekends in July and October, volunteers took down approximately 4 miles of obsolete barbed-wire fencing at Chubb Park State Trust Land, improving habitat connectivity and helping elk, mule deer, pronghorn, and other wildlife move more freely through this important habitat and migration corridor.
And the results are already visible! We spotted pronghorn moving through the area the day after a fence line was removed. 🦌✨
A huge THANK YOU to all the volunteers who helped Wild Connections complete our Chubb Park Fence Removal Project! 💚
Over two weekends in July and October, volunteers took down approximately 4 miles of obsolete barbed-wire fencing at Chubb Park State Trust Land, improving habitat connectivity and helping elk, mule deer, pronghorn, and other wildlife move more freely through this important habitat and migration corridor.
And the results are already visible! We spotted pronghorn moving through the area the day after a fence line was removed. 🦌✨
Our partners are celebrating the results, too. The ranching lessee is very pleased with the project, and the local wildlife biologist is thrilled and impressed by the removal of four miles of fencing.
This project is a great example of what we can accomplish through collaboration, community involvement, and a shared commitment to conservation. We're incredibly grateful to everyone who volunteered their time and energy to bring this project across the finish line!
Together, we're making a lasting difference for Colorado's wildlife and the wild places we all cherish. 🌿
This project is a great example of what we can accomplish through collaboration, community involvement, and a shared commitment to conservation. We're incredibly grateful to everyone who volunteered their time and energy to bring this project across the finish line!
Together, we're making a lasting difference for Colorado's wildlife and the wild places we all cherish. 🌿
Wild Connections Featured on Loving Living Local!
- Wild Connections was thrilled to be interviewed on Fox 21 News’s Loving Living Local program as part of Give! Pikes Peak!
- Co-Executive Director India West and President Jim Lockhart did a phenomenal job sharing:
- The work we do to protect our public wildlands
- Why conservation is critical for wildlife & biodiversity
- The importance of safeguarding these places for future generations—especially as our state faces a changing climate, growing population, and increased recreation pressure
Take a few minutes to watch the 5-minute feature and learn more about our mission: fox21news.com/video/give-pikes-peak-wild-connections-inc/11618998
Thank you for supporting us and local conservation through Give! Pikes Peak!
Thank you for supporting us and local conservation through Give! Pikes Peak!
- November 14: Aiken Canyon Preserve Hike
- December 5: WC Colorado Springs Coffee Chat
- December 5: WC Denver Coffee Chat
- December 10: RMW Wild & Scenic Film Festival
- December 17: WC 2026 Year in Review Virtual Event
- Now through December 31: Pikes Peak Give!
Find more info on our Events Page
and in our November Wild News!
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In this edition you will find:
- President's Message: Protecting Waterways as Wild Connections
- Working towards Outstanding Waters Designations in the Arkansas River Basin
- You Have Made these 30 years a Success - Let's Keep the Momentum Going
- Drought!
- Creating an Outstanding Waters Story Map for Wild Connections
- Protect Our Public Lands: What Happens in Browns Canyon Matters to All Americans
Wild Connections Stands in Solidarity with our Public Lands
Our National Forests, BLM lands, National Parks and National Wildlife Refuges are at risk due to dramatic staff and resource cuts, funding freezes and extractive resource orders by the Trump administration, who are working alongside lawmakers and special interest groups to sell off federally-managed public lands.
Wild Connections stands in solidarity with the staff of our Pike-San Isabel National Forest, Royal Gorge BLM, Florissant Fossil Beds and Browns Canyon National Monuments, and the US Fish & Wildlife.
Learn More and Take Action at KeepItPublic.CO.
A new website, keepitpublic.co, was recently created by the broader community of public lands conservation organizations in Colorado as your central hub for staying informed and taking effective action to prevent the sell-off our public lands!