Wildlife Watch
Protect Wildlife & Educate Visitors at Evergreen Lake!
Wildlife Watch Dates for 2025:
Volunteer Training May 10, 10am-12pm at Evergreen Lake
Spring Season: May 16-June 22 Fall Season: September 19- October 26
Passionate about wildlife? Join the Wildlife Watch Team and help keep both animals and people safe! Spend time outdoors at Evergreen Lake, engaging with visitors and sharing best practices for coexisting with local wildlife.
In partnership with
Evergreen Audubon, Denver Parks & Rec, and Wild Aware,
this project relies on volunteers to educate the public—especially about our local elk during calving season (Spring) and rutting season (Fall).
Make a real impact, enjoy nature, and help protect our wildlife.
Join us today!
Volunteer training will be held on
Saturday, May 10 from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm at Evergreen Lake.
We will meet at the picnic tables just next to the parking lot.
Photo courtesy of Misti RobertsonElk Mommas Need your Help
Wild Aware works with the Evergreen Audubon, 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, & wildlife guides has given Wildlife Watch volunteers the means to entice curiosity & start conversations. Each year, hundreds of lake visitors stop at the cart to learn about the abundant wildlife in Colorado & the Evergreen vicinity.
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.
Know before you go:
Care for Colorado Leave No Trace Principles
The Care for Colorado Leave No Trace Principles were created in a partnership between the Colorado Tourism Office and the Leave No Trace organization to address recreation-related impacts in Colorado.
