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Wildlands Restoration Volunteers is pleased to acknowledge its Partner Organizations. Collaboration is essential to leverage our efforts and build a strong diverse community of people devoted to the care of local public land.
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WRV works closely with The Arapahoe-Roosevelt National Forests on numerous National Forest restoration sites each year. In 2008, we began work with the Pike-San Isabel National Forest. |
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Boulder County Parks and Open Space has been a partner since 1999. WRV conducts several restoration projects each year on BCPOS lands. |
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City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks collaborates closely with WRV on several local stewardship projects each year in our home town. |
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Rocky Mountain National Park became a partner in 2004. Since then, we have planned collaborate on four large wetland and alpine restoration projects. By the end of 2007, we'll have planted nearly 70,000 native plants, shrubs and trees. We look forward to many years of work surrounded by RMNP's spectacular beauty. |
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The US Fish and Wildlife Service and the US Geological Survey became partners in 2004 when we began a long term effort to help restore parts of the Illinois River at the Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge. |
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JCWI has collaborated with WRV on nearly ten major restoration projects in the Left Hand Canyon and James Creek watersheds, since 1999. |
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The Outdoor Stewardship Institute and WRV have collaboratively developed a restoration-centered crew leader training curriculum and are co-hosting training sessions on crew leadership, trail skills and technical habitat restoration skills. |
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Colorado State Parks has collaborated with WRV on eight major restoration projects (as of 2007) at St. Vrain State Park and Eldorado Canyon State Parks. St. Vrain State Park has co-hosted our crew leader trainings. We are working with them to establish a "Friends of St. Vrain State Park" group to assist with the long term restoration of park. WRV hopes to expand our work to other State Parks in the coming years. |
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The Nature Conservancy works with WRV to conduct restoration on their preserves in Colorado, particularly Phantom Canyon. |
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Natural Resource Services has provided donations toward our projects and technical expertise in the design of our restoration projects. |
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The Colorado Native Plant Society works to protect and preserve native plants throughout Colorado. They collaborate with WRV to recruit volunteers for our restoration projects and they provide native plant experts to support our botany trainings and monitoring program. |
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The Colorado Fourteeners Initiative is working to develop sustainable trail systems on all of Colorado's Fourteeners. WRV will collaborate with CFI in 2008 to restore alpine habitat on the Mt. Democrat/Bross Trail. |
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The Society for Ecological Restoration, Central Rockies Chapter, has helped us recruit volunteers, including restoration professionals with key skills to assist in the design of our projects. |
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The Colorado Riparian Association helps WRV recruit volunteers, including restoration professionals with key skills to assist in the design of our projects. |
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LWOG works to protect the Left Hand Creek Watershed and collaborates with WRV on large restoration projects in and near Left Hand Canyon |
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Rocky Mountain Llamas provides free llama transport of tools, gear and food to our backcountry project sites. |
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The Indian Peaks Wilderness Alliance helps WRV identify restoration sites and recruit volunteers for projects on local wilderness land. |
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Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado work together to engage Coloradoans in the stewardship of public lands. Occassionally, we collaborate on specific habitat restoration projects. |
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WRV works with the Growing Gardens "¡Cultiva!" program to bring youth to beautiful wilderness locations for important habitat restoration work. |
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WRV collaborates with the Colorado Youth Program to engage youth in a variety of restoration projects. |
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WRV collaborates with the "I Have A Dream" Foundation in Boulder to engage disadvantaged youth in local wetland restoration projects. |
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Computer Trouble Shooters provides discounted professional office computer/network/internet support to WRV. |
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Claudia Strijek has provided excellent graphic design services for WRV marketing materials, including a beautiful banner and our "Gaining Ground" Newsletter. |
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Big Owl Designs provides discounted professional web development services to WRV. |
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Budhoe's Backhoe provides discounted heavy equipment support to prepare our restoration sites. 303-877-5267 |
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Fire Break Tree Service is based in Loveland, CO. They have provided professional tree thinning services to complement the work of our volunteers on forest and grassland restoration projects. |
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Trail Ridge Runners 4WD Club obtained the Colorado State OHV Grant that paid for our Left Hand Canyon Restoration in 2004. They also provide logistical and volunteer support to our ongoing restoration projects. |
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Hillbillies 4x4 Club 303-424-6107 |
The Hillbillies 4x4 Club is our partner for restoration projects near Rainbow Lakes and FR505. They have provided volunteers and vehicles and helped us obtain project funding. |























