All of us at Wilderness Workshop are deeply saddened by the passing of Connie Harvey, who founded Wilderness Workshop in 1967 along with Joy Caudill and Dottie Fox.
Wilderness Workshop’s Executive Director, Will Roush, share
d these reflections on Connie’s contributions to protecting Colorado’s public lands:
“Connie Harvey was a force of and for nature. And that’s an understatement. Her passion for wilderness and the natural world was fierce, and luckily for all of us who call western Colorado home, her advocacy was fiercer.
From her decades of work inspiring and corralling legions of activists to advocate for the designation of the half-million acres of Wilderness surrounding the Roaring Fork Valley to her staunch defense of Castle and Maroon Creeks that flow past her home, Connie pulled no punches. Every one of us who has wandered through the high peaks and deep valleys of this watershed; who has brought their family to picnic at an alpine lake or patiently scouted for elk in quiet forests; or who has gazed out at the unchanged views of the Elk Mountains or found peace in the solitude of wilderness owes Connie a debt of gratitude for her righteous and unrelenting defense of wild places.
Connie’s legacy lives on in these protected wild places, in the organization she founded, and in the inspiration she has given to thousands of current and future advocates for wilderness.”
To read more about Connie’s extraordinary life and lasting legacy, please view her full obituary in the Aspen Daily News.
