Rocky Mountain Conservancy and Rocky Mountain National Park will celebrate the third annual Colorado Public Lands Day by hosting a volunteer project in Rocky. In May 2016, Colorado became the first state in the nation to establish a holiday recognizing the value of public lands within the state. Every year, the third Saturday in May […]
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 […]
The Conservation Corps season may be over, but that doesn’t mean the Conservancy has wrapped up its field season! Today, Conservancy staff and local volunteers joined the Rocky Mountain National Park Wildland Fire Crews to complete some fire fuels reduction. The project was organized on the National Day of Service and Remembrance to honor the 9/11 […]
In 2018, we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the National Trails Act. This piece of legislation established the National Scenic and National Recreation Trails System, a network of long-distance trails extending more than 100 miles. These include the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, the Oregon National Historic Trail, and the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail (which […]
Rocky Mountain Conservancy and Rocky Mountain National Park will celebrate the 25th annual National Public Lands Day by hosting a volunteer litter clean-up. The theme for the 2018 National Public Lands Day is Resilience and Restoration. On Saturday, September 22nd, join the Conservancy to help restore Rocky Mountain National Park to its natural beauty and […]
Join Rocky Mountain Conservancy and Rocky Mountain National Park for a volunteer project in honor of September 11th. On this National Day of Service and Remembrance, the Conservancy will be supporting Rocky Mountain National Park’s Wildland Firefighters by hosting a volunteer project with the fire fuels reduction team.Volunteers will help wildland firefighters manage fuels in […]
