Wild Aware: Protecting Wildlife and People, Season by Season
In Evergreen, Colorado, every season brings spectacular wildlife moments—along with new safety challenges.
In the fall, bull elk battle for dominance, sometimes charging at hikers, pets, or cars. Bears roam neighborhoods in search of food, tipping trash bins and climbing porches. Winter pushes deer, moose, and bobcats closer to roads and homes, raising the risk of collisions and conflict. By spring, protective elk mothers guard their newborn calves near Evergreen Lake, while young animals face dangers from fences, traffic, and human interference.
Wild Aware was created to meet these challenges with community-powered education and action. Our Barbed Wire Removal Program clears outdated fencing from migration corridors, giving elk and deer safe passage. Wildlife Watch at Evergreen Lake places trained volunteers on the ground during rutting and calving season to prevent conflicts and promote safe viewing. Give Me a Brake and Wild Eyes Safe Driving raise awareness and reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions in partnership with Colorado State Patrol. And through Backyard Wildlife Safety, residents learn practical steps—like securing trash—to coexist peacefully with our wild neighbors.
Wild Aware’s success depends on you. With your support, we can keep Evergreen safe, wild, and thriving.
👉 Learn more, volunteer, or donate at wildaware.org.
Wild Aware encourages, supports, and enhances
the healthy, safe and rewarding coexistence of humans and wildlife.
Living in the foothills of Colorado means coexisting with the abundant wildlife that share our home. Living among bears, elk, deer and other wildlife is a privilege, one that comes with a responsibility to show respect to our wild neighbors by making choices that keep them wild and all of us safe.
Wild Aware has developed numerous relationships with state wildlife agencies, state and county transportation and planning departments, stakeholders' groups, non-profit organizations, and community groups to provide the best information and resources for our community.
We offer speaking engagements, free use of wildlife-awareness materials, ongoing programs from wildlife experts, social media discussions, public contact at a local tourist destination (Wildlife Watch), barbed wire fencing removal (Barbed Wire Warriors), wildlife-based school programs, bear book club, guidance and research for county-based wildlife regulation consideration, interaction with stakeholder groups for transportation projects, wildlife-awareness yard signs, and more.
Organization name
Wild Aware
other names
Wild Aware Colorado
2019
Tax id (EIN)
85-3582497
Category
Animal-Related
Organization Size
Small Organization
Address
4176 RIDGE VILLAGE DREvergreen, CO, US, 80439
Conifer, CO, US, 80433
Kittredge, CO, US
Jefferson County, CO, US
Clear Creek County, CO, US