The Foundation’s Work
The Denver Mountain Parks Foundation works to ensure that the Denver Mountain Parks remain a vital part of Denver’s past, present, and future. We advocate for and fund projects in preservation, conservation, and education, the Denver Mountain Parks. We accomplish these goals through direct efforts and partnerships with other non-profit organizations.
Denver Zoo Conservation Internship
We will provide $30,000 over two years to cover the salary of an intern from the Community College of Denver to work with scientists from the Denver Zoo working in the Denver Mountain Parks: Studying the effects of mountain lion urine on big horn sheep and mountain...
Transportation Micro-Grant Program
The Denver Mountain Parks Foundation believes 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...
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
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...
Youth Education and Outreach
Big City Mountaineers: Camping program for underserved 8-13 year olds at Genesee and Katherine Craig Mountain Park. Our first education grant doubles the number of 8-12 year olds from Denver Parks and Recreation La Familia and Central Park rec centers that will get to...
Interpretive Signage
Though Genesee Mountain Park features one of the Front Range’s most iconic attractions, it has long suffered without quality signage to educate the public about Denver’s historic bison herds. The foundation has taken a lead role in advocating for and...
Historic Shelters Capital Campaign
We have worked with Denver Parks and Recreation to identify and prioritize fundraising for the most critical historic preservation projects throughout the mountain park system. As of January 2017, approximately 40% of identified projects have been completed,...
Strategic Plans and Studies
Past projects include: Lobbying for and supporting a major Master Plan, completed in 2008. (Download Master Plan sections, or read the Executive Summary.) Assisting the production of a new logo for the Mountain Parks system, its first, designed by Michael Schwab in...