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CONSERVATION

North American Wildways Map courtesy of The Wildlands Network

Conservation Vision

Wild Connections' vision for the future of the headwaters of the South Platte and Arkansas Rivers is found in the Wild Connections Conservation Plan (WCCP). This visionary plan was created by citizens using information from roadless area inventories, biological data and input from local workshops. It is a regional ecosystem protection strategy that forges a link in the Western Wildway promoted by The Wildlands Network, part of the unbroken chain of North American wildlands.
Go here for WCCP details

Explore our work...

Habitat Restoration
Log berms slow erosion. Photo Jim Lockhart
Explore current projects in Wildcat Canyon, LaSalle Pass and Green Mountain. Discover results of past projects beginning with 2009 Trout Creek project
go to the restoration page
Public Lands Management
Viewing Cucharus Canyon. Photo John Stansfield
BLM and USFS current management planning affects millions of acres across the South Platte and Arkansas basins. Travel management designates uses on roads and trails.
go to the public lands page
Conservation Advocacy
Wildflowers in Booger Red Roadless Area. Photo John Sztukowski
Citizens organize to protect Wilderness, roadless areas and wildlife, and to prevent ecological damage from oil and gas development, mining and similar agency actions.
go to the advocacy page
Climate Change
Courtesy of Getty Images
Climate change is real across Colorado, North America and the whole planet. Wild Connections is identifying climate refugia at this decisive time for our wildlife, forests, canyons and meadows.
Go to the climate change page
Wild Connections Conservation plan
The WCCP was created by people who share a deep concern for the well-being of public lands spread across the Arkansas and South Platte headwaters.
go to the WCCP page
Wild Connections is a science-based conservation organization that works to identify, protect and restore lands of the Upper Arkansas and South Platte watersheds to ensure the survival of native species and ecological richness. We acknowledge that the Arkansas and South Platte watersheds are the ancestral lands of the Ute, Cheyenne, Jicarilla Apache, Arapaho and other indigenous peoples.
info@wildconnections.org 817-939-4239 Colorado Springs administrative office 2168 Pheasant Pl. Colorado Springs CO 80909

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