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*espanol en parte inferior Wilderness Workshop’s COVID-19 Field Procedures will be updated in accordance with the Colorado state guidelines as well as local public health ordinances. In the event of a cancellation, all registered participants will be notified via email A.S.A.P.  If you are feeling ill, have experienced symptoms of COVID-19 within the last 14 days, have a fever of over 100.4 degrees F, or have a suspected exposure to COVID 19 in the last 14 days, we ask that you please do not participate in our hikes or restoration projects for the safety of yourself, our staff, and [...]

Normally, the Third Street Center is a hub of energy on wintery, Wednesday evenings as our community gathers to learn from expert speakers, have meaningful conversations, and share tea and cookies during the Naturalist Nights speaker series. In 2021, Naturalist Nights is going virtual! Though we aren’t able to gather in-person, you can still expect the same educational, whimsical experience as you hear from our line-up of incredible presenters covering topics such as the massive 2020 fire season, Indigenous agriculture practices, and the elusive Canada lynx. To explore our 2021 speaker line-up and pre-register for each virtual event, visit the [...]

Defiende Reaches New Heights For the past two winters, Defiende Nuestra Tierra has successfully organized several snowshoe outings that were well attended by the local community. Defiende members continue to ask when the next snowshoe outing will be, when the summer hikes start (July 19) and what our next adventure will look like. When Wilderness Workshop started Defiende, we hosted three community listening sessions to better understand how to authentically engage with our local Latinx community. We heard many voices, and earnestly started to think of ways we could break down some of the barriers our community shared with [...]

TREINTA PARA EL TREINTA Salva la naturaleza. Toma acción en contra del cambio climático. Read the english version >> Proteger a la naturaleza es una pieza clave en la solución climática. En recientes evaluaciones científicas encontraron que el 30% del planeta debería estar protegido para 2030, y todo esto sería, para salvaguardar la biodiversidad en contra de la amenaza del cambio climático. Inicialmente, se estableció un ambicioso plan conocido como el “Acuerdo Global para la Naturaleza”, y estas pruebas científicas están ganando terreno en los gobiernos de todo el mundo, comprometiéndose con este [...]

30x30 Action Hub save nature. act on climate. leer la versión en español >> Protecting nature is a critical piece of the climate solution, but it's being destroyed in the US at an alarming rate. Between 2001 and 2011, natural areas in the West, including forests, wetlands, deserts, and grasslands, disappeared at the rate of one football field every 2.5 minutes. Loss of nature is a threat to the US and world's health and prosperity – affecting our clean air and water, and limiting our defenses against severe weather, floods, and wildfires. Recent [...]

SUBMIT A PHOTO OF YOUR FAVORITE WILD PLACE FOR FOR A CHANCE TO WIN!  ¡Envía tu foto de tu paisaje favorito para la oportunidad de ganar! Español abajo We love our wild places and we know you do too! Submit a photo of your favorite wild spot, for a chance to win! We’ll share the submissions with our community online and on social media, and they’ll vote for the winning photo. First prize: A BCA Stash 20 Backpack, valued at $145.00, from Cripple Creek Backcountry, and a professionally mounted, 5x6 photo of your winning [...]

SUPPORT THE BUSINESSES WHO SUPPORT US! Wilderness Workshop is grateful for the dozens of local businesses and partner non-profit organizations who support our work through event and program sponsorships, donations, volunteerism, and advocacy. The support of these businesses helps to make our work to protect public lands across the White River National Forest possible, and we so appreciate their continued generosity and devotion to our mission. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, all of us at Wilderness Workshop feel very lucky to be able to continue our work protecting public lands. These are uncertain times for everyone, and [...]