Protecting Colorado's Wild Places Together
Colorado Gives Day is your opportunity to make a lasting impact. Join the statewide wave of generosity! It’s easily the best day to give.
Wild Connections needs your support now more than ever and we invite you to join us in this incredible movement. Your gift anytime until midnight December 10th helps us reach our goal of $15,000.
Your contribution will directly support our efforts to:
- Protect critical habitats from development
- Safeguard wildlife corridors for free-roaming animals
- Identify areas impacted by or particularly resistant to climate change
- Advocate for policies that protect our wildest lands
- Inspire the next generation to love and care for our natural world
- Amplify our conservation message
- Boost our organization's capacity
If you have given to Wild Connections in the past, please consider continuing or increasing your donation. If you have not yet given, would you send your first gift today?
Mueller State Park HikeSaturday, Dec 21,
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Mixed forests along the trail at Mueller State Park. Photo CPW.
Mueller State Park is 5000-acres of rugged land south of Divide, Colorado. Together with the adjoining Dome Rock State Wildlife Area, it protects a large swath of land on the west side of Pikes Peak, serving as a valuable wildlife core area and corridor. For more information go to the Events page. To register, contact Jim Lockhart at 719-385-0045 or jlock@datawest.net
Wild News for December is here
- Read about -Comment by Dec 4 on a Proposed FS Logging Project near Denver - Book Discussion: "Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet" - The Forest Service finalizes the Pike National Forest Target Shooting plan
- -CPW Commission unanimously adopts East Slope Mountain Lion Management Plan - Recognizing Animal Agency in Environmental Conservation
The December Landscapes explores the transformative power of "Rewilding" across Colorado's wildlands.
In this issue, you'll discover:
- Rewilding in 2024 at the Puma Hills Roadless Area
- President's Message: Rewilding for the Future
- Two Views on Rewilding: Rewilding Means Getting Over Ourselves by Dr. Marc Bekoff and Marlon H. Reis and Talking Trash: First Steps Toward Rewilding in the 1970s by John Stansfield
- Wild Connections Board Member Alison Gallensky's Map on Climate Corridors and Refugia Wins Top Prize
- A Promising Story—Six Years after the North Tarryall Restoration
- Rewilding is Taking Hold at the Farnum Roadless Area!
- Rewilding Colorado: You Can Be Part of a 30-Year Legacy
From successful restoration projects to groundbreaking climate research, this issue showcases our commitment to protecting and reconnecting Central Colorado's wildlands. You'll find inspiring stories of conservation success and learn how you can be part of our rewilding vision.
Get your copy now and join us in creating a legacy of protected landscapes!