Sample delicious appetizers and sip on wine while you savor beautiful wildlife art curated for your enjoyment. Find a piece that will add a bit of “wild” to your home? Net proceeds benefit Wild Aware’s programs. Your purchase will support artists and fund our mission of coexistence with wildlife! Find out more about sponsoring, showing your art, volunteering or attending here.

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Our Mission

Wild Aware encourages, supports, and enhances
the healthy, safe and rewarding coexistence of humans and wildlife.

We are a group of residents of unincorporated Jefferson County, Colorado and surrounding mountain communities.

We care about our community and seek ways which enable us to live with our treasured and abundant wildlife in a peaceful and respectful way.

Programs

Bear Book Club

Join us for a friendly gathering every quarter to talk about bears, enjoy a pot luck meal, and hang out with like-minded folks!

Road Aware

Learn about a number of initiatives that Wild Aware is spearheading to address wildlife-vehicle collisions and driver safety in our mountain community.

Wildlife Watch

This partnership between Wild Aware, Evergreen Audubon and Denver Mountain Parks was formed to educate Evergreen Lake visitors about our wildlife as well as provide guidance about elk behavior at the lake during critical calving and rut seasons.

Living With Wildlife

Learn how we are working to keep wildlife wild and communities safe for both people and the wildlife with whom we share a home.

Barbed Wire Warriors

Barbed wire fencing can be the cause of pain and suffering for animals and humans. Join our Barbed Wire Warriors to rid the landscape of this unwanted barrier and let our wildlife roam our land free of entrapment or separation from family.

Our Community

We collaborate with many state and local wildlife agencies, law enforcement, road and highway agencies, not-for-profit groups, and volunteers in our efforts to educate residents and visitors and to help reduce the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions in our community (especially along State Highway 74, also known as Evergreen Parkway).

We also provide opportunities for education through our webinars and programs like Wildlife Watch at Evergreen Lake, and encourage community action through other various programs and events.

We meet periodically in the Evergreen area to learn about how we can harness resources, discuss solutions, and share the work of implementing solutions.

If you share our passion, we would love to have you join us!

We greatly appreciate your partnership in keeping our community safe for both wildlife and human residents.