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Colorado Office
1425 Market Street #225
Denver, CO 80202
Fax: (303) 825-0594
The staff in the Colorado office of Defenders of Wildlife works to defend the imperiled wildlife of the southern Rockies and Great Plains regions, with a focus on restoring gray wolves and lynx to the southern Rockies, and bison, black-tailed prairie dogs, black-footed ferrets and swift fox to the Great Plains. This staff also organizes Defenders Colorado members to help advance wildlife issues of national and regional importance, such as saving the Endangered Species Act and stopping global warming.
Defenders works with the public, conservation groups, government agencies, scientists, educators, elected officials and Defenders members to lobby for protection of regional wildlife and habitat.
Colorado Defenders, Tell Us About You!
As Colorado's urban centers push outwards and more of our wild lands are developed, we need your help to fight harder than ever to protect our special creatures and places. Fill out this short survey to tell us about yourself, why you care about Colorado's wildlife and wild lands, and what issues matter to you most.
Key Projects:
Restoring endangered black-footed ferrets: From Montana to Kansas, Defenders is helping restore ferrets through financial, political and educational support; Defenders is also fighting proposals to destroy the best remaining ferret habitat on National Grasslands.
Restoring gray wolves to the southern Rockies: Defenders continues to promote wolf reintroduction to Colorado by organizing support from our Colorado members and keeping the issue in the media spotlight.
Assisting tribes with wildlife restoration: Through financial assistance and public education, Defenders is helping tribal wildlife agencies on six Reservations in Montana and South Dakota with their efforts to restore swift fox, bison, black-footed ferrets and prairie dogs.
Building a strong constituency for wildlife: Defenders builds local support for critical national, state and local wildlife and conservation issues. Through community activism, education, media outreach and working with elected officials and local businesses, the Colorado office works to provide a strong and influential voice for Coloradoans supporting wildlife protections.
Key Accomplishments:
- Completed an agreement with the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation to protect 1,000 acres of prairie dogs for 10 years in preparation for black-footed ferret reintroduction (2007).
- Helped the Knife Chief Community Buffalo Project on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation double the size of their bison pasture to 3,000 acres by acquiring grazing leases (2007).
- Generated strong Colorado public support for restoration of wild bison to the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge (2007).
- Bought needed equipment and helped pay salaries of tribal biologists to reintroduce the rare swift fox to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation (2006-2007).
- Bought needed equipment to help the Lower Brule Indian Reservation reintroduce the endangered black-footed ferret and rare swift fox (2006-2007).
- Doubled the size of Fort Peck Indian Reservation’s bison refuge to 10,000 acres by acquiring new grazing leases (2006).
- Through presentations, meet-ups, citizen advocacy trainings and other events and activities, Defenders has built a network of Colorado citizen activists who communicate with their elected officials, work with their local media and organize in their communities to support and strengthen Defenders work in the state. (2005-2007).
