From June to August 2021, I was a Crew Leader for the Rocky Mountain Conservancy – Conservation Corps stationed in the Canyon Lakes District of northern Colorado. Myself, my co-leader, and our 8 crew members spent our summer rehabilitating trails that had been burned in the Cameron Peak Fire of 2020. After crew leader training […]
Looking at a map of Rocky Mountain National Park, one could say that there aren’t many roads in the park. Bear Lake Road, Old Fall River Road, and Trail Ridge Road. That’s it for primary roads in the park. In fact, the park is designated 95% Wilderness, and most of the lakes and peaks that […]
June 19th, or Juneteenth, is the 156th anniversary of the emancipation of enslaved people in Galveston, Texas in 1865. Though Lincoln delivered his famous Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, enslavers hid the news and refused to emancipate their slaves until the Union Army arrived to enforce the law. In Galveston, it was General Gordon Granger who […]
Keep Rocky’s Bears Wild! Rocky Mountain National Park’s goal is to keep black bears wild. Wild behavior includes browsing on chokecherries, clawing on downed logs to get to ants and other insects, scavenging deer and elk carcasses, and being fearful of humans. This is normal bear activity. This natural lifestyle can be interrupted if they […]
Join the Rocky Mountain Conservancy and Colorado Mountain Club at the 2020 Backcountry Film Festival in Estes Park! The Backcountry Film Festival is produced by Winter Wildlands Alliance as a celebration of the human-powered experience and a gathering place for the backcountry snowsports community. Winter Wildlands Alliance is a national nonprofit organization that partners with […]
On National Public Lands Day, the Rocky Mountain Conservancy hosted 32 volunteers for a litter clean-up at Beaver Point in Rocky Mountain National Park (just outside the Beaver Meadows Entrance). In less than two hours, volunteers collected over 160 lbs of trash from the area. This included construction materials, vehicle parts, abandoned camping gear, cigarette […]
