THE STORY:
A merger of Center for Native Ecosystems and Colorado Wild, Rocky Mountain Wild protects the southern portion of our namesake Rocky Mountains.
Encompassing the entirety of Colorado, northern New Mexico, southern Wyoming and eastern Utah, the Southern Rocky Mountain ecoregion boasts the highest summits in the entire Rocky Mountain range. With an average elevation of 9,670 feet and 54 peaks soaring above 14,000 feet, our region is truly the rooftop of North America. These mountains slope to meet high desert mesas and red rock canyons to the west and golden prairies to the east.
More than 180 species and subspecies found in the Southern Rocky Mountains are endemic (found no where else in the world), making our region one of the most biologically rich areas in the lower 48 states. We conserve a diversity of forest, river, sagebrush, alpine and desert habitats to preserve a diversity of plant and animal life for future generations. In addition, we preserve and restore the ancient migration corridors that link habitat areas to one another, enabling wildlife to travel safely to forage, hunt, mate and seek refuge from a warming climate in cooler, high altitude territory.
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