Our Priorities and Projects
“Protecting public lands” may sound deceptively simple, but it includes many different approaches and strategies, all in the service of protecting the wilderness, water, and wildlife of Western Colorado. While each day, for each team member, at WW is unique, the through-line is our conservation priorities – and many times, these priorities may overlap or intersect: A new oil and gas development is bad for climate change and might intrude on potential wilderness lands. Or a new plan from the US Forest Service might propose how to balance recreation and sensitive wildlife habitat. You can learn more about our conservation priorities using the links below.
Bighorn Ram. Photo courtesy Jon Mullen/Ecostock.
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Wilderness | Oil and Gas | Recreation Ecology | Climate Change | Public Land Management
The Dolores River as it cuts through the canyon on the east side of the Paradox Valley. Photo courtesy Jon Mullen/Ecostock
We also have special projects which are helping us to achieve our mission. These projects have dedicated staff, bringing special attention and expertise to individual topics. Both are broadly supported by the community and are regularly covered in the media.
– Our Defiende Nuestra Tierra (Defend Our Land) Program, housed within WW, is focused on engaging the Latinx community in the Roaring Fork and Colorado River Valleys in advocacy for public lands. Additionally, the program provides opportunities for members of our Latinx Community to connect with public lands through hikes, events, and restoration projects.
– The Colorado Wildlands Project protects the 8.3 million acres of wild public lands in Colorado managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Fiscally sponsored by WW, the Wildlands Project is working to protect landscapes such as the stunning redrock of the Dolores River Canyon Country and sandstone canyons and rolling sagebrush steppe of the Greater Dinosaur National Monument.
