Wildlife Watch
Protect Wildlife & Educate Visitors at Evergreen Lake!
The 2025 Fall Season Starts This Week! September 19- October 26
Sign up for your shift today!
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!
Sign-up Genius Page is Open!
Access Code: 2473
Wildlife Watch 2025 Fall Season
Friday, September 19 - Sunday, October 26
Volunteer Mentor Program
If this is your first season with Wildlife Watch, you can schedule your first few shifts with one of our seasoned volunteers.
Contact Emma Vasicek, ExecutiveDirector@EvergreenAudubon.org, for more information.
Wildlife Watch is a collaborative program supported by Evergreen Audubon, Denver Parks & Recreation, and Wild Aware. Our mission is to foster wildlife awareness, safety and appreciation in our mountain community.
This mission is possible because of YOU!
Photo courtesy of Misti Robertson
Elk 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.
