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Meet our 2024 Zoo Conservation Interns

Meet our 2024 Zoo Conservation Interns

Hi! My name is Annie, and I am so excited to be a part of the internship team here with Denver Zoo and Denver Mountain Parks. I moved to Colorado from Texas just a few years ago to pursue my love for the outdoors and being in nature with my two pups, Remus and Finn,...

Reflections on the 2023 Zoo Conservation Internship

Reflections on the 2023 Zoo Conservation Internship

December 28th, 2023 To The Denver Mountain Parks Foundation, Now that I come to the end of the 2023 internship, I wanted to begin my reflection with an enormous thank you to all the people who made this opportunity possible and helped guide me through this incredible...

Transportation Micro-Grant Program

Transportation Micro-Grant Program

The Denver Mountain Parks Foundation recognizes that equity of access is vital. For many citizens of Denver, the greatest barrier to visiting the Denver Mountain Parks is affordable, available transportation. The Denver Mountain Parks Foundation is addressing this...

Denver Zoo Conservation Internship

Denver Zoo Conservation Internship

We are committed to creating opportunities for Education, Conservation and Preservation in the Denver Mountain Parks. In 2023 we began a two-year collaboration with the Denver Zoo to fund a college-level internship for work on Zoo science projects at Summit Lake and...

Axton Ranch Floristic Study

Axton Ranch Floristic Study

In 2021 and 2022, we collaborated with the Denver Botanic Gardens to undertake a complete floristic inventory of the Axton Ranch Mountain Park. Over the course of two years, interns from the Denver Public Schools and Denver Botanic Gardens scientists cataloged...

Video Tour of the Denver Mountain Parks

Our most excellent friend Tommy Matthews created this amazing video tour of a few of the Denver Mountain Parks.  You can read his full blog post on the Olmsted 200 website Here.

Axton Ranch Floristic Study

Axton Ranch Floristic Study

The Denver Mountain Parks Foundation is excited to announce that it has partnered with the Denver Botanic Gardens on a floristic study of the newest Denver Mountain park Axton Ranch. Thanks to the...

Denver Gifts Bison to Arapahoe and Cheyenne Tribes

Denver Gifts Bison to Arapahoe and Cheyenne Tribes

The Denver Mountain Parks Foundation is excited to share an important update about Denver’s 2 bison herds. The donation of bison to the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes and the Tall Bull Memorial Council will...