Protect Public Lands with Wilderness Workshop

Your support directly enables thoughtful, science-based, community advocacy that protects wilderness, keeps water clean, and cares for public lands with integrity.

Together, we protect public lands and waters: 

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acres of public land under watch — from the Continental Divide to the Utah border.
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participants connected to public lands through hikes and workshops in 2025.
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actions taken in 2025 by members through comments, letters, and petitions.
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acres of land removed from availability for oil and gas development.

Including 652,843 acres of Wilderness, protected, in our surrounding communities.

Annual Membership

— One Gift, One Year of Impact

Every annual donation makes you a member of Wilderness Workshop for a full year — part of the community that sustains conservation where it counts.

Membership benefits include:

  • Being part of a community that shows up for our public lands

  • Staying connected through regular updates and stories from the field
  • Receiving a welcome packet as a small thank-you for standing with us
  • Knowing your gift helps defend wilderness, water, and wildlife in western Colorado
  • Every annual gift — at any level — counts as membership

Sustaining Member

— Monthly Giving

Monthly giving provides steady, dependable support that strengthens our ability to respond to threats as they arise and sustain protection year-round.

Why monthly matters:

  • Enables rapid responses as threats arise
  • Keeps advocacy moving year-round
  • Builds long-term capacity we can count on
  • Small monthly gifts add up to a powerful, lasting impact

Maroon Bells Circle

— Leadership Support

The Maroon Bells Circle recognizes donors whose leadership gifts of $2,000 or more accelerate our work in meaningful ways. These leadership gifts provide essential capacity and flexibility—helping Wilderness Workshop protect wild places at the scale and urgency they deserve.

Circle benefits include:

  • An annual special event open to current and prospective Circle members
  • Two to three private gatherings each year, including receptions with Naturalist Nights speakers
  • Guided hikes and outdoor outings, arranged by request
  • Special briefings with staff, offering deeper insight into priority campaigns and emerging issues

Public Land Protection Fund

In response to escalating and direct attacks on our public lands, wildlife, and climate, Wilderness Workshop is taking decisive action to defend recent conservation victories and confront emerging threats across western Colorado.

Your support helps us:

  • Advocate with Colorado leaders to protect lands and waters
  • Mobilize the community to defend cherished places
  • Rapid-response advocacy through our Conservation Watchdog program
  • Defend iconic landscapes like the Thompson Divide & Camp Hale

Your gift comes with meaningful benefits. Explore which benefits align with your goals and discover how we can create impact together through the Public Land Protection Fund.

Other ways to give

Partner with Wilderness Workshop to support events, programs, and initiatives that protect public lands while demonstrating your commitment to conservation, community, and sustainability. Corporate sponsorships help connect businesses with meaningful, place-based impact. For more information, please reach out to Jennifer Balmes, Marketing and Philanthropy Manager at jennifer@wildernessworkshop.org

Celebrate someone special or honor a loved one by protecting the places they care about. To leave an honor or a memorial, reach out to Jennifer Balmes, Marketing and Philanthropy Manager at jennifer@wildernessworkshop.org

Leave a lasting legacy for wilderness, clean water, and future generations through a bequest or other planned gift. To learn reach out to Jennifer Balmes, Marketing and Philanthropy Manager at jennifer@wildernessworkshop.org

Make a gift of appreciated stock or donate via wire transfer to support our work protecting public lands. Contact Please reach out to Jennifer Balmes, Marketing and Philanthropy Manager at jennifer@wildernessworkshop.orgfor brokerage details and transfer instructions.

There are many ways to support public lands beyond giving. If you’re interested in volunteering, advocacy, or other creative ways to contribute, we’d love to hear from you. Please reach out to Jennifer Balmes, Marketing and Philanthropy Manager at jennifer@wildernessworkshop.org

BECOME A MEMBER

To learn more about Wilderness Workshop, we encourage you to review our Annual Reports and Wild Works Newsletter.

When public lands and waters are protected, the benefits ripple throughout our communities.

Thank you for choosing to support Wilderness Workshop! We are a 501(c)(3) Organization (Tax ID# 74-1900412) and your donation is fully tax-deductible.

Together, we protect public lands:

❱ Advocate for new land and water protections across western Colorado

❱ Put the brakes on new fossil fuel development & other misguided projects

❱ Offer year-round events, building community to celebrate and protect public lands

❱ Support Defiende Nuestra Tierra’s community advocacy program, helping make public lands and their protection accessible for all