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Wildlife Watch Dates for 2024:

Spring Season Orientation: May 4, 1-3pm

Evergreen Lake

Spring Season: May 17-June 23

Fall Season: September 20- October 27

Wildlife Watch At Evergreen Lake

Evergreen Lake is a magnet for both outdoor recreation seekers and wildlife. Sometimes, these two interests do not intersect well, such as when golfers share fairways with bull elk or fishers unwittingly stand between elk cows and their calves.

Recognizing the need to address these challenges, four organizations formed a volunteer team called “Wildlife Watch” with the goal of offering education and guidance for lake visitors.

Wild Aware works with the Evergreen Audubon Society, Evergreen Parks and Rec District, and Denver Mountain Parks to recruit and train volunteers for the program. Evergreen Audubon’s Nature Center staff has assembled a variety of teaching materials inside a wagon which the volunteers roll to various locations along the lake path. Displaying the cart laden with bio-facts, binoculars, and wildlife guides has given Wildlife Watch volunteers the means to entice curiosity and start conversations. Each year, hundreds of lake visitors stop at the cart to learn about the abundant wildlife in Colorado and the Evergreen vicinity, drawing both adults and children from all over the world.

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Many lake visitors have little knowledge of wildlife species and habits, and the Wildlife Watch volunteers enjoy sharing their own personal experiences as well as wildlife facts.

Besides the crowd-pleasing elk, visitors can enjoy sightings of osprey, bald eagles, great blue herons, and other species.