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Stories and updates from Rocky Mountain Conservancy.

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A person wearing a blue glove holds a large toad outdoors with grass visible in the background.
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Boreal Toad restoration efforts in Rocky, conservation biologist shares updates

Published April 29, 2025

By Gabby Sherwood, Communications Associate  On Sunday, April 20th, 50 people gathered at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center auditorium for the final talk in the bi-weekly Winter Speaker Series event. […]

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A beaver sits on a fallen tree trunk, holding a stick in its mouth, surrounded by green grass and plants. PC: Joan Nesselroad
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Ecological role of beavers taught by Rocky Mountain National Park interpretive ranger

Published April 17, 2025

The Beaver Meadows Visitor Center auditorium in Rocky Mountain National Park was the place to be on Sunday, April 6, 2025. 130 people attended the auditorium to learn about beavers […]

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A peregrine falcon in flight over a blurred landscape with water and hills in the background.
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Field Institute instructor presents raptor program, talks about evolutionary adaptations

Published March 21, 2025

On Sunday, March 16, 2025, at 2:00pm, 90 people attended Beaver Meadows Visitor Center Auditorium for a special opportunity to learn about raptors from a long-time Rocky Mountain Conservancy Field […]

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A person gestures while presenting a lecture in a wood-paneled room, with an audience seated in front.
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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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A serene river flows through a grassy valley, flanked by hills with sparse trees under a partly cloudy sky.
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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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Audience seated in an auditorium watching a panel discussion, with a screen displaying "National Parks" and flags in the background.
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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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Two adjacent two-story houses with garages and balconies, situated on a sloped hillside. A red vehicle, a blue vehicle, and an SUV are parked in front. Hills with scattered trees are seen in the background.
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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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Park ranger Jackson Maldonado inside the Alpine Visitor Center
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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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High School Leadership Corps members moving a trail log in a forest
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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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Search and rescue worker signaling on a rocky mountain slope as a helicopter approaches
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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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