Rocky Mountain National Park interpretive ranger engages audience with unique program
Published March 9, 2025
Have you ever hiked through Rocky Mountain National Park and wondered how a lake got its name, or how a geological feature was formed? One of Rocky’s seasonal interpretive rangers, […]
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Arboreal Armageddon: Post-Fire Plant Communities in Rocky Mountain National Park
Published March 4, 2025
On Sunday, February 16, 2025, at 2:00pm, around 60 people gathered at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center Auditorium in Rocky Mountain National Park for the Winter Speaker Series and an […]
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Rocky Mountain National Park staff and filmmaker discuss Fireforest and various impacts of wildfires
Published February 13, 2025
More than a hundred people gathered at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center in Estes Park on Sunday, February 2, 2025, for a unique Winter Speaker Series – a screening of […]
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Rocky Mountain Conservancy’s Rocky Terraces Workforce Housing Welcomes First Residents
Published July 5, 2024
The Rocky Mountain Conservancy, with the longstanding and generous support of donors, has completed construction of a new workforce housing complex in Estes Park and recently welcomed the first residents. […]
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Community Science Intern Jax Maldonado Supporting Research on the Tundra
Published May 16, 2024
Everyone who works in a national park enjoys a unique experience, but for Jackson “Jax” Maldonado, his summer 2023 internship put all his educational and research interests to work at […]
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National Park Foundation Grants Support Rocky Mountain Conservancy’s Conservation Corps
Published January 30, 2024
The National Park Foundation (NPF) awarded $247,337 in grants to the Rocky Mountain Conservancy in 2023 to support last summer’s Conservation Corps and High School Leadership Corps programs. The National […]
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Supporting Rocky Mountain National Park’s Search & Rescue and First Responders
Published November 15, 2023
By Estee Rivera Murdock, Executive Director at the Rocky Mountain Conservancy Not all heroes wear capes, as they say—some wear neon yellow jackets with arrowhead patches. Rocky Mountain National Park […]
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Rocky Mountain Conservancy High School Leadership Corps: Adventures in the Backcountry Learning and Exploring
Published August 10, 2023
The Rocky Mountain Conservancy High School Leadership Corps (HSLC) just concluded another successful summer by hosting Colorado high school students for an 11-day immersive outdoor experience in Rocky Mountain National […]
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Preventative Search and Rescue in Rocky Mountain National Park
Published April 20, 2023
Hidden Valley is one of Rocky Mountain National Park’s most popular winter destinations, where families come to sled and play in the snow while skiers and snowboarders head up the […]
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Cameron Peak Fire – in the Aftermath
Published March 17, 2022
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, […]
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