Wild Connections

Protecting and restoring wild nature on public lands in the Arkansas and South Platte River watersheds from I-70 south to the Spanish Peaks.

[Wild Connections @Wildconections2]

Do you want more hands-on action to protect wildlife habitat and restore degraded wildlands?

Donate now through Dec 31 through @indygive at https://t.co/c0h9igKQha

Or now through Dec 6 through #ColoradoGivesDay at https://t.co/YmsdGDazR8

#RampUpRestoration
#liveheregivehere

[Wild Connections @Wildconections2]

Join us Saturday for a hike to Wildcat Canyon!

This will be our 1st trip there since our recently completed Metal Removal project, partnering with the @PSICC_NF & @ParkCounty.

This strenuous hike will cover 8 miles & 1200 ft elevation gain.

More info at https://t.co/sdclBIWMUV

[Wild Connections @Wildconections2]

Our Nov Wild News:
- Ramp Up Restoration!
- Make Your Donation
- WC Partners w/ @PSICC_NF at Farnum & Wildcat Canyon!
- 11/2 Wildcat Hike
- Support More BLM Wilderness Study Areas
- Tell Our CO Senators to support the #ColoradoWildernessAct!

In full at https://t.co/bEuLz8bkpJ

[Wild Connections @Wildconections2]

@RockyMtWild’s Wild & Scenic Film Festival is next Thursday, October 20!

Get your #WSFF tix: https://t.co/9AGpBJaSel

We're proud to sponsor & we'll be presenting next Wed, Oct 19, at Noon on how to Protect Local BLM Lands!

RSVP: https://t.co/H8S6eVXCw0

graphic by Maile Claire

[Wild Connections @Wildconections2]

Help us protect @PSICC_NF's Farnum Peak Roadless Area & wildlife!

Wild Connections recently partnered with the
USFS South Park Ranger District to install a post and cable barrier at decommissioned USFS route 233.

More info & make to your donation: https://t.co/C9HLt7vbWx

[Wild Connections @Wildconections2]

Today, President Biden designated the 53,804-acre Camp Hale-Continental Divide #NationalMonument!

More info at https://t.co/7avmcllcjQ

Photo: Shells of buildings remain at #CampHale where the 10th Mountain Division trained during WWII. Photo #ColoradoTimesRecorder

#Colorado

[Wild Connections @Wildconections2]

There are still a few spots remaining for our @BLM_CO Wildlands hike this Saturday to Cooper Mountain!

It's a moderately strenuous trek of about 5 miles & 1,000 ft elevation gain.

For more info, including how to register, go to https://t.co/sdclBIWf5n

#BLMWild #seeBLM #hiking

[Wild Connections @Wildconections2]

Our Oct Wild News is here! Here are the highlights:
- USFS PSI Travel Plan is Final!
- WC Partners w/ SPRD at Farnum Roadless Area
- 10/8 Cooper Mountain Hike
- 10/19 Presentation: Protect Our Local BLM Lands
- 10/22 Temple Canyon Hike

Full version at: https://t.co/bEuLz8aMAb

[Wild Connections @Wildconections2]

We’re excited to have completed our first ever Climate & Forest Ecology Educational Hike!

The chart shows temp & humidity records for 1 of our data loggers over 3 weeks above the S Platte River.

For more info on our climate resiliency project, go to https://t.co/x64qHMuxoP

[Wild Connections @Wildconections2]

Tomorrow is National Public Lands Day!

#NationalPublicLandsDay is one of our nation's largest single-day volunteering efforts, plus our National Parks offer free admission to the public!

@NatlParkService has more info at: https://t.co/LvlTy9zaCT

#keepitpublic #keepitwild

[Wild Connections @Wildconections2]

Our friends at RGPP recently had an editorial in the @ccdr regarding Zephyr Minerals gold mining efforts in Fremont County & on @BLM_CO land, including @RepDianaDeGette's Grape Creek proposed Wilderness in the #CWA.

RGPP has their op-ed and more info at https://t.co/77wjKTBvqW

[Wild Connections @Wildconections2]

Join us for our first ever climate education hike on Sept 25 at Reynolds Park in Jefferson County Open Space. Just a few spots remaining!

For more info and to register, go to https://t.co/sdclBIWf5n

#climaterefugia #climatechange #conservation #30x30
#biodiversity #Colorado

[Wild Connections @Wildconections2]

Our Sep Wild News is here!
- 9/2 BLM CO Big Game Comments Due
- 9/24 Nat'l Public Lands Day
- 9/25 Climate Edu Hike
- 10/8 Cooper Mtn Hike
- BLM Pauses O&G Leasing in SW CO!
- Tell @SenatorBennet & @SenatorHick to support the CO Wilderness Act

D/L at
https://t.co/bEuLz8aMAb

[Wild Connections @Wildconections2]

There are still a few spots available for this Sunday’s 8/21 Monitoring Hike in South Park!

We will be revisiting our 2018 @PSICC_NF restoration project site at the headwaters of the North Tarryall Creek. Optional Camping!

For more info, go to https://t.co/sdclBIWMUV

[Wild Connections @Wildconections2]

Check out the Homestake Community Science Day this Sunday! Homestake Creek Valley is an incredible area of biodiversity, home to rare and important fen wetlands. However this area is proposed for dam sites, which includes a proposed reduction of the Holy Cross Wilderness area.

[Rocky Mountain Wild @RockyMtWild]

Feel like doing something science-y this weekend? Sign up for Homestake Community Science Day! Join ERWC, @WildWorkshopCO, and @WalkingMtns for a hands-on exploration of the Homestake Valley. Read more about it and register: https://t.co/ZCrSRlwqna

[Wild Connections @Wildconections2]

Our Aug Wild News is here:
-8/6 Blodgett Open Space BioBlitz
-8/7 Green Mountain Musk Thistle Removal
-8/14 Homestake Community Sci Day
-8/18-19 Webinars
- 8/22-9/2 USFS Skipper Surveys
- CWA
- BLM CO Big Game RMP

Get the full version & subscribe at https://t.co/bEuLz8aMAb

[Wild Connections @Wildconections2]

Exciting that the CWA & Protecting America's Wilderness Act passed the House once again!

Now let's get @SenatorBennet & @SenatorHick on board to get this through the Senate so that 1.6 million acres of public lands can be protected in the US, including 660,000 acres here in CO!

[Rep. Diana DeGette @RepDianaDeGette]

BREAKING: The House has just voted to include our Protecting America’s Wilderness Act in this year’s defense bill!

[Wild Connections @Wildconections2]

We will again visit @USFSRockyMtns' Wildcat Canyon for a 5 mile hike with 850 feet total elevation gain to an overlook of the canyon. Learn about plans to secure damaged habitat from illegal motorized use.

To register & for more info, go to https://t.co/sdclBJdPWV.

@PSICC_NF

[Wild Connections @Wildconections2]

Our July Wild News is here!
- 7/23 Wildcat Canyon Hike
- 7/30-31 Fairplay Burro Days
- 8/6 Blodgett Open Space BioBlitz
- 8/7 Green Mountain Musk Thistle Removal Work Day
- Help Keep Our Wildlands Wild!

Get the full version of our Wild News & subscribe at https://t.co/bEuLz8bkpJ

[Wild Connections @Wildconections2]

Our June Wild News is here!
- 6/3-4 Rock Creek Hikes/Camping
- 6/18 Beaver Creek Hike
- 6/9 Wolf Edu Event by @RockyMtWild
- Wolverines are a candidate under the Endangered Species Act!
- Support Mt Blue Sky, renaming of Mt Evans
- And More!

Read at https://t.co/bEuLz8aMAb