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VOC’s 2019 CHAMPIONS PEOPLE & Thank you to the volunteers and partners who went PROJECTS above and beyond to make our work possible this year. • 890 VOC MEMBERS 2019 AWARD WINNERS • 4,634 VOLUNTEERS by the • including 671 YOUTH VOLUNTEERS Steve Austin Mentor of the Year | Glenn Scadden numers • contributed 35,792 VOLUNTEER HOURS 2019 • ON 93 PROJECTS in 63 PLACES… equal to find Curt Chitwood Volunteer of the Year | Rose Beyer a DONATED LABOR VALUE of $958,516 • including 14 YOUTH-ONLY PROJECTS Roni Sherb New Volunteer of the Year | Henry McLaughlin TRAINING & LEADERSHIP Youth Volunteer of the Year | Asher Hoyt • 31 CAIRN YOUTH PROGRAM GRADUATES HABITATS & Your • 22 NEW VOC VOLUNTEER LEADERS Unsung Hero | Christa Whitmore Through VOC’s Stepping Up Stewardship Toolkit… ENVIRONMENT • Planted 3,498 plants, Land Manager of the Year | Town of Castle Rock • 333 VOLUNTEERS & AGENCY STAFF TRAINED place shrubs, and trees – at 30 TRAININGS THROUGH VOC’S OUTDOOR providing habitat for wildlife Partner Agency of the Year | SEP Program at Colorado STEWARDSHIP INSTITUTE (OSI) Department of Public and improving the quality of water resources by the Health & Environment • 13 PROFESSIONAL CONSULTATIONS numers • How-to Guides downloaded 391 times • Planted, harvested, 2019 and donated 240 pounds of produce in 2019 LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE RECREATION urban vegetable gardens ADVISORY COMMITTEE (LDAC) MEMBERS • Restored 12.5 miles of trail and built an additional • 1,150 observations Gordon Carruth Arthur Knapp Paul Smith 9 miles – combined, we worked on enough trail to hike up made in iNaturalist app for and down Mt. Bierstadt three times! Ryan Durham Lisa Thilker Ellen Urell our new Citizen Science Erin King Steve West • Closed and revegetated 1.8 miles of user-created projects, collecting data “social” trails, including the installation of 66 erosion control to inform management barriers and check dams of wildlife and natural 2018-2019 CAIRN MENTORS • Built and restored 315 steps to mitigate trail erosion resources Tamara Atkin Susan Dellinger Pierce Lively and improve trail experience and safety – enough steps to Garrett Bourcier Annelise Howell Rachael Sandoval-Attaway • Mitigated 24 acres take you to the top of Red Rocks 2 ½ times! (about 18 football fields!) of Allison Crouse Sharon Lafer Shawn Quan • Constructed and restored 496 feet of turnpike, invasive weeds puncheon, or elevated tread, allowing sustainable access Printed on a renewable, farmed resource, containing 10% PCW • Thinned 11 acres of through sensitive meadows and wetlands and sign up for our newsletter to stay up-to- things stewardship. with all date 600 South Marion Parkway Denver, CO 80209-2597 303-715-1010 [email protected] voc.org #FindYourPlace with VOC! Follow us on social media @voc_colorado 2019 NEW VOLUNTEER LEADERS trees to improve forest recycled paper with H-UV technology which operates with reduced energy consumption, reduced paper waste, and produces NO ozone emissions. Crew Leaders • Constructed 28 climbing turns and 4 switchbacks, health and mitigate fire risk and built and maintained 1671 sq. feet of rock wall to Paul Amerling Katy Joly Adam Merkel • Opened up 10 acres support sustainable trail grades and minimize erosion David Brewster Linda Larocque Andrew Primo of wildlife habitat by Jamie Burke Jeremy Major Dan Regelson • Installed and maintained 391 water drainage and removing a half-mile of diversion structures to mitigate erosion on trails

Julia Catalini Cathy McCurdy John Ward obsolete fence . Matt Ferrier Erica Miller Lindy Webb • Built 9 bridges totaling 130 feet in length • Built 1,636 feet of buck ‘n’ rail fence and improved and installed 60 campground pads to provide camping opportunities Meet the outdoor champions Crew Chefs Tool Managers Technical Advisors that have minimal impact on the surrounding natural area whose time, talent, resources, Paul Clarke Rosa Chandler Mike Mattice Susan Graham Henry McLaughlin and passion cared for OSI Instructors Joni Loftis 2019 Financial Overview by the Colorado this year. Brandon Smith Revenue Expenses Government Agencies 31% Program Costs 82% Corporations2019 21% numers Administration 10% 2019 VOLUNTEER PHOTOGRAPHERS Foundations 18% Fundraising 8% 2019 YEAR-END REPORT Scott Anderson - Alexander Bliskovsky - Cindy Bond - Sue Daniels Photography - Morgann Dulle This report made possible through the generous support of Sandy Elliott.

Individuals 18% cogives.org/VOC Jessica Hughes - David Kennedy - Jeanne Kerr - Owen Lavin - Greg Lobser - Julie Majors Partner Organizations 6%

Jessie Marie Photography - Sharon Menard - Cosima Reichenbach - Timothy Starr Earned Revenues 6% What are you grateful for? favorite trail, healthy Your forests, thriving wildlife? care take it is, help Whatever a Colorado it scheduling by of VOC to contribution Gives Day at www.voc.org

Individuals 18% cogives.org/VOC Jessica Hughes - David Kennedy - Jeanne Kerr - Owen Lavin - Greg Lobser - Julie Majors Partner Organizations 6%

by the 2019numbers VOC’s 2019 CHAMPIONS PEOPLE & Thank you to the volunteers and partners who went PROJECTS above and beyond to make our work possible this year. • 890 VOC MEMBERS 2019 AWARD WINNERS • 4,634 VOLUNTEERS by the • including 671 YOUTH VOLUNTEERS Steve Austin Mentor of the Year | Glenn Scadden numers • contributed 35,792 VOLUNTEER HOURS 2019 • ON 93 PROJECTS in 63 PLACES… equal to find Curt Chitwood Volunteer of the Year | Rose Beyer a DONATED LABOR VALUE of $958,516 • including 14 YOUTH-ONLY PROJECTS Roni Sherb New Volunteer of the Year | Henry McLaughlin TRAINING & LEADERSHIP Youth Volunteer of the Year | Asher Hoyt • 31 CAIRN YOUTH PROGRAM GRADUATES HABITATS & Your • 22 NEW VOC VOLUNTEER LEADERS Unsung Hero | Christa Whitmore Through VOC’s Stepping Up Stewardship Toolkit… ENVIRONMENT • Planted 3,498 plants, Land Manager of the Year | Town of Castle Rock • 333 VOLUNTEERS & AGENCY STAFF TRAINED place shrubs, and trees – at 30 TRAININGS THROUGH VOC’S OUTDOOR providing habitat for wildlife Partner Agency of the Year | SEP Program at Colorado STEWARDSHIP INSTITUTE (OSI) Department of Public and improving the quality of water resources by the Health & Environment • 13 PROFESSIONAL CONSULTATIONS numers • How-to Guides downloaded 391 times • Planted, harvested, 2019 and donated 240 pounds of produce in 2019 LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE RECREATION urban vegetable gardens ADVISORY COMMITTEE (LDAC) MEMBERS • Restored 12.5 miles of trail and built an additional • 1,150 observations Gordon Carruth Arthur Knapp Paul Smith 9 miles – combined, we worked on enough trail to hike up made in iNaturalist app for and down Mt. Bierstadt three times! Ryan Durham Lisa Thilker Ellen Urell our new Citizen Science Erin King Steve West • Closed and revegetated 1.8 miles of user-created projects, collecting data “social” trails, including the installation of 66 erosion control to inform management barriers and check dams of wildlife and natural 2018-2019 CAIRN MENTORS • Built and restored 315 steps to mitigate trail erosion resources Tamara Atkin Susan Dellinger Pierce Lively and improve trail experience and safety – enough steps to Garrett Bourcier Annelise Howell Rachael Sandoval-Attaway • Mitigated 24 acres take you to the top of Red Rocks 2 ½ times! (about 18 football fields!) of Allison Crouse Sharon Lafer Shawn Quan • Constructed and restored 496 feet of turnpike, invasive weeds puncheon, or elevated tread, allowing sustainable access Printed on a renewable, farmed resource, containing 10% PCW • Thinned 11 acres of through sensitive meadows and wetlands and sign up for our newsletter to stay up-to- things stewardship. with all date 600 South Marion Parkway Denver, CO 80209-2597 303-715-1010 [email protected] voc.org #FindYourPlace with VOC! Follow us on social media @voc_colorado 2019 NEW VOLUNTEER LEADERS trees to improve forest recycled paper with H-UV technology which operates with reduced energy consumption, reduced paper waste, and produces NO ozone emissions. Crew Leaders • Constructed 28 climbing turns and 4 switchbacks, health and mitigate fire risk and built and maintained 1671 sq. feet of rock wall to Paul Amerling Katy Joly Adam Merkel • Opened up 10 acres support sustainable trail grades and minimize erosion David Brewster Linda Larocque Andrew Primo of wildlife habitat by Jamie Burke Jeremy Major Dan Regelson • Installed and maintained 391 water drainage and removing a half-mile of diversion structures to mitigate erosion on trails

Individuals 18% cogives.org/VOC Jessica Hughes - David Kennedy - Jeanne Kerr - Owen Lavin - Greg Lobser - Julie Majors Partner Organizations 6%

by the 2019numbers Wilder: 8 Feet of Fur and Advocacy Expanding Access, Fostering Connections Lockheed Martin Thank you to the At least 70% of Coloradans in the San Luis Valley Continues a Legacy following companies Dear Friends: play outside, yet less than 1% for supporting This year, we celebrated VOC’s 35th anniversary! As we look back on another engage in outdoor stewardship. In July, volunteers built 550 feet of trail of Stewardship VOC through a To adequately care for the complete with a bridge, drainage structures, successful season, we are grateful to the thousands of people who make our Nearly 25% of VOC’s funding custom Corporate outdoors, we need to reach and a rock retaining wall. This wasn’t just any important stewardship work possible: the volunteers who spend their weekends comes through corporate beyond 1% in a big, bold way - a VOC weekend, however. For the locals of San Stewardship with on the trail, the organizations and land agencies with whom we partner, and our sponsors; many businesses way that only an eight-foot-tall Luis, this trail was special. a Team (SWAT) generous donors and funders. It takes a community to care for Colorado. volunteer, too. Others, like creature can accomplish. Nestled near Culebra Peak – one of Colorado’s Lockheed Martin, go above and volunteer project: As we wrap up 2019, however, we’re also looking forward. In one of our favorite only 14ers on private land – lies San Luis, the comic strips, Calvin offers to his best friend, Hobbes, a simple but poignant Over the years, we’ve had beyond to have a lasting, positive Adobe many conversations about state’s oldest town. It is a mere half-square mile observation: “You know what’s weird? Day by day nothing seems to change. But impact on the land. Ambient Energy the mounting issues facing and home to about 630 people, but San Luis pretty soon, everything’s different!” Indeed, even for VOC, things seem different Lockheed Martin has been a Anadarko Colorado’s outdoors. With whomever we have spoken – land manager, volunteer is rich in Hispano culture and heritage. Yet the than they were just a year ago! As we enter 2020, the urgency of our work feels major supporter of VOC since the Boeing organization, retailer – one thing was paramount: the need for a statewide campaign that area is also fraught with a long history of land heightened. We recognize how much Colorado has changed over the past five years, beginning, generously donating teaches people how to behave when playing outside. rights struggles. Today, more than 99% of the county is Bureau of Land particularly in urban areas. There are many indicators that our population, and our privately owned. each year since 1988. They’ve Management So, when Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) approached us to partner on their “Generation use of the outdoors, will continue to increase, leading to inevitable impacts on our also organized several corporate Eating Recovery Center Wild” campaign, it was a natural fit. Generation Wild had already inspired families to get Rito Seco Park is part of Costilla County’s efforts to Steve West volunteer projects with VOC, often natural resources and thus, on VOC’s work. Fastly outside and explore nature. Now, VOC would help make sure change that story. Developing the public park is a priority with The Mission Continues, a This past July, our Board and senior staff convened in Salida for our annual planning children and families knew how to care for it. for County Commissioners, and VOC was ready to help! veterans service organization. Great-West Financial retreat. We invited guests representing funders, land managers, stewardship With a grant from the San Luis Valley Conservation and Enter Wilder: “half-yeti, half-mountain goat, all friend”. GOCO JLL groups, and the outdoor industry to help us look at the future of stewardship in Connection Initiative (SLV CCI) and the guidance of local This year Lockheed Martin took their stewardship introduced him this summer to remind kids and kids-at-heart Lockheed Martin Colorado. Our goal was to create realistic scenarios of the future by understanding partners, we trained local area Crew Leaders and recruited commitment even further. On October 4th, 13 of the magic in nature. Now, under VOC’s leadership, this employees successfully completed Independent Marathon the “critical uncertainties” that will affect how VOC approaches our work in the Valley residents for the July project. gentle giant is traveling across the state as Colorado’s newest Stewardship for Trails Training through VOC’s Outdoor next decade. Two major uncertainties quickly rose to the top: climate change Monarch Investment spokescreature for stewardship. As one who calls the woods home, When the project weekend arrived, volunteers ranging from 17 to 85 years old – several Stewardship Institute (OSI). This training enables and Management and technology. In the former, we contemplated whether humans will respond Wilder is sharing his words of wisdom, “You are what you leave behind”. of whom were descendants of San Luis’ founding families – joined together to extend them to independently perform trail maintenance in Group proactively or reactively to the changing climate. In the latter, we considered the park’s hiking and biking trail, traversing past beaver ponds and connecting to historic partnership with land managers. Newmont Mining how the technology of the future could either positively or negatively impact the With his tricked-out Wildermobile and jam-packed social calendar, Wilder is here to stay – cabin ruins. changing hearts, minds, and ultimately behavior when it comes to how we engage with the They were taught by VOC’s accomplished, jack-of- Noble Energy outdoors. This nexus of technology and climate change, already playing out in our For Costilla County residents, volunteers’ efforts will have an impact far beyond the July great outdoors. all-trades volunteer leader, Steve West. A former Pivot Energy lives today, will inevitably influence how we experience the outdoors—from the weekend. As one local volunteer stated, “This is personal. This is my park.” technologies and equipment we use, to the places we can go, to the many different Learn more about how VOC and Wilder are teaming up for outdoor stewardship at Lockheed Martin employee, Steve has led hundreds of Prologis Check out our 2019 Project Map at bit.ly/2019voc to see the many places where VOC volunteers on VOC projects in the past 30 years – and types of people who will be able to access remote places. We will keep you informed voc.org/wilder. Schneider Electric volunteers worked this year. trained hundreds more as an OSI Master Instructor. as we continue to consider these important factors. S&P Global This training will allow Lockheed Martin employees In this report, you’ll find stories of how VOC has already taken a long-term, statewide The Mission Continues to “adopt” portions of the Bear Creek Trail and other approach to stewardship. In the coming year, we will again offer volunteer projects Long-Term Experience Meets Local Expertise in the Arkansas River Valley connecting trails in partnership with Denver Mountain The North Face that meet ongoing recreational demands, but we’re also planning for new project We’ve learned a lot in our 35-year history, and we’re sharing with BVSC to recruit and train local-area Parks, performing important trail maintenance tasks UMB Bank experiences that will help prepare our state for these “critical uncertainties”. These these lessons through our Stepping Up Stewardship Toolkit. As volunteers in crew leadership through VOC’s on their own time. These newly trained independent U.S. Forest Service include constructing wetlands to prevent floods; re-establishing natural areas lost to we expand these efforts, all of Colorado benefits as more groups Outdoor Stewardship Institute (OSI). stewards will soon be trusted partners to Denver Viasat land development; and expanding training in crosscut and chainsaw work to enable become better equipped to develop local volunteer programs Later in the summer, BVSC’s Executive Mountain Parks, helping to accomplish important work volunteers to create healthier, more fire-resilient ecosystems. Vivax Pros and meet increased stewardship needs. Director, Nancy Anderson, joined VOC’s while also providing the employees with meaningful Woods Boss Brewing We rely on your financial help and ask that you support this important work as we Three decades ago, VOC was one of few stewardship Board at our strategic planning retreat in opportunities to connect with, and care for, the Xcel Energy look towards 2020 and beyond. Your gift today will enable VOC to take action that organizations in Colorado. Today, there are many – some large Salida. She provided local insights from one outdoor places they enjoy. will create a better future for Colorado’s outdoors, and for all of us who enjoy them. and some small, many of whom are mobilizing local trail users. This is of Colorado’s rural, outdoor recreation- Contact Anna at Please give generously by using the enclosed contribution envelope or donate how the Buena Vista Singletrack Coalition (BVSC) started two years ago, formalizing as a based communities – an important [email protected] to learn online at voc.org/supportVOC. nonprofit in 2018. perspective as we look to advance stewardship across the state. more about how your Gratefully, This year, BVSC and VOC joined forces to strengthen stewardship in the Upper Arkansas No one group can take care of Colorado alone. By working together, VOC’s proven company can be a Valley. First, as a “Toolkit Tester”, BVSC used VOC’s Stepping Up Stewardship Toolkit to practices can be applied to better meet local needs. The number of groups working on- champion for Colorado, fine-tune their marketing, risk management, and volunteer engagement efforts, while the-ground can increase, engaging more people in more communities. Together, we can or Dan at [email protected] providing important feedback to VOC to make the Toolkit more effective. spread an ethic of stewardship across the state. to learn more about training opportunities. Ann Baker Easley Jeff Trujillo Next, we utilized BVSC’s connections with area residents and businesses to rally 70 Learn more about VOC’s resources for stewardship organizations at Executive Director 2019 Chair of the Board of Directors volunteers to continue BVSC’s work in building the Camp Elevation Trail. We also worked steppingupstewardship.org. Wilder: 8 Feet of Fur and Advocacy Expanding Access, Fostering Connections Lockheed Martin Thank you to the At least 70% of Coloradans in the San Luis Valley Continues a Legacy following companies Dear Friends: play outside, yet less than 1% for supporting This year, we celebrated VOC’s 35th anniversary! As we look back on another engage in outdoor stewardship. In July, volunteers built 550 feet of trail of Stewardship VOC through a To adequately care for the complete with a bridge, drainage structures, successful season, we are grateful to the thousands of people who make our Nearly 25% of VOC’s funding custom Corporate outdoors, we need to reach and a rock retaining wall. This wasn’t just any important stewardship work possible: the volunteers who spend their weekends comes through corporate beyond 1% in a big, bold way - a VOC weekend, however. For the locals of San Stewardship with on the trail, the organizations and land agencies with whom we partner, and our sponsors; many businesses way that only an eight-foot-tall Luis, this trail was special. a Team (SWAT) generous donors and funders. It takes a community to care for Colorado. volunteer, too. Others, like creature can accomplish. Nestled near Culebra Peak – one of Colorado’s Lockheed Martin, go above and volunteer project: As we wrap up 2019, however, we’re also looking forward. In one of our favorite only 14ers on private land – lies San Luis, the comic strips, Calvin offers to his best friend, Hobbes, a simple but poignant Over the years, we’ve had beyond to have a lasting, positive Adobe many conversations about state’s oldest town. It is a mere half-square mile observation: “You know what’s weird? Day by day nothing seems to change. But impact on the land. Ambient Energy the mounting issues facing and home to about 630 people, but San Luis pretty soon, everything’s different!” Indeed, even for VOC, things seem different Lockheed Martin has been a Anadarko Colorado’s outdoors. With whomever we have spoken – land manager, volunteer is rich in Hispano culture and heritage. Yet the than they were just a year ago! As we enter 2020, the urgency of our work feels major supporter of VOC since the Boeing organization, retailer – one thing was paramount: the need for a statewide campaign that area is also fraught with a long history of land heightened. We recognize how much Colorado has changed over the past five years, beginning, generously donating teaches people how to behave when playing outside. rights struggles. Today, more than 99% of the county is Bureau of Land particularly in urban areas. There are many indicators that our population, and our privately owned. each year since 1988. They’ve Management So, when Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) approached us to partner on their “Generation use of the outdoors, will continue to increase, leading to inevitable impacts on our also organized several corporate Eating Recovery Center Wild” campaign, it was a natural fit. Generation Wild had already inspired families to get Rito Seco Park is part of Costilla County’s efforts to Steve West volunteer projects with VOC, often natural resources and thus, on VOC’s work. Fastly outside and explore nature. Now, VOC would help make sure change that story. Developing the public park is a priority with The Mission Continues, a This past July, our Board and senior staff convened in Salida for our annual planning children and families knew how to care for it. for County Commissioners, and VOC was ready to help! veterans service organization. Great-West Financial retreat. We invited guests representing funders, land managers, stewardship With a grant from the San Luis Valley Conservation and Enter Wilder: “half-yeti, half-mountain goat, all friend”. GOCO JLL groups, and the outdoor industry to help us look at the future of stewardship in Connection Initiative (SLV CCI) and the guidance of local This year Lockheed Martin took their stewardship introduced him this summer to remind kids and kids-at-heart Lockheed Martin Colorado. Our goal was to create realistic scenarios of the future by understanding partners, we trained local area Crew Leaders and recruited commitment even further. On October 4th, 13 of the magic in nature. Now, under VOC’s leadership, this employees successfully completed Independent Marathon the “critical uncertainties” that will affect how VOC approaches our work in the Valley residents for the July project. gentle giant is traveling across the state as Colorado’s newest Stewardship for Trails Training through VOC’s Outdoor next decade. Two major uncertainties quickly rose to the top: climate change Monarch Investment spokescreature for stewardship. As one who calls the woods home, When the project weekend arrived, volunteers ranging from 17 to 85 years old – several Stewardship Institute (OSI). This training enables and Management and technology. In the former, we contemplated whether humans will respond Wilder is sharing his words of wisdom, “You are what you leave behind”. of whom were descendants of San Luis’ founding families – joined together to extend them to independently perform trail maintenance in Group proactively or reactively to the changing climate. In the latter, we considered the park’s hiking and biking trail, traversing past beaver ponds and connecting to historic partnership with land managers. Newmont Mining how the technology of the future could either positively or negatively impact the With his tricked-out Wildermobile and jam-packed social calendar, Wilder is here to stay – cabin ruins. changing hearts, minds, and ultimately behavior when it comes to how we engage with the They were taught by VOC’s accomplished, jack-of- Noble Energy outdoors. This nexus of technology and climate change, already playing out in our For Costilla County residents, volunteers’ efforts will have an impact far beyond the July great outdoors. all-trades volunteer leader, Steve West. A former Pivot Energy lives today, will inevitably influence how we experience the outdoors—from the weekend. As one local volunteer stated, “This is personal. This is my park.” technologies and equipment we use, to the places we can go, to the many different Learn more about how VOC and Wilder are teaming up for outdoor stewardship at Lockheed Martin employee, Steve has led hundreds of Prologis Check out our 2019 Project Map at bit.ly/2019voc to see the many places where VOC volunteers on VOC projects in the past 30 years – and types of people who will be able to access remote places. We will keep you informed voc.org/wilder. Schneider Electric volunteers worked this year. trained hundreds more as an OSI Master Instructor. as we continue to consider these important factors. S&P Global This training will allow Lockheed Martin employees In this report, you’ll find stories of how VOC has already taken a long-term, statewide The Mission Continues to “adopt” portions of the Bear Creek Trail and other approach to stewardship. In the coming year, we will again offer volunteer projects Long-Term Experience Meets Local Expertise in the Arkansas River Valley connecting trails in partnership with Denver Mountain The North Face that meet ongoing recreational demands, but we’re also planning for new project We’ve learned a lot in our 35-year history, and we’re sharing with BVSC to recruit and train local-area Parks, performing important trail maintenance tasks UMB Bank experiences that will help prepare our state for these “critical uncertainties”. These these lessons through our Stepping Up Stewardship Toolkit. As volunteers in crew leadership through VOC’s on their own time. These newly trained independent U.S. Forest Service include constructing wetlands to prevent floods; re-establishing natural areas lost to we expand these efforts, all of Colorado benefits as more groups Outdoor Stewardship Institute (OSI). stewards will soon be trusted partners to Denver Viasat land development; and expanding training in crosscut and chainsaw work to enable become better equipped to develop local volunteer programs Later in the summer, BVSC’s Executive Mountain Parks, helping to accomplish important work volunteers to create healthier, more fire-resilient ecosystems. Vivax Pros and meet increased stewardship needs. Director, Nancy Anderson, joined VOC’s while also providing the employees with meaningful Woods Boss Brewing We rely on your financial help and ask that you support this important work as we Three decades ago, VOC was one of few stewardship Board at our strategic planning retreat in opportunities to connect with, and care for, the Xcel Energy look towards 2020 and beyond. Your gift today will enable VOC to take action that organizations in Colorado. Today, there are many – some large Salida. She provided local insights from one outdoor places they enjoy. will create a better future for Colorado’s outdoors, and for all of us who enjoy them. and some small, many of whom are mobilizing local trail users. This is of Colorado’s rural, outdoor recreation- Contact Anna at Please give generously by using the enclosed contribution envelope or donate how the Buena Vista Singletrack Coalition (BVSC) started two years ago, formalizing as a based communities – an important [email protected] to learn online at voc.org/supportVOC. nonprofit in 2018. perspective as we look to advance stewardship across the state. more about how your Gratefully, This year, BVSC and VOC joined forces to strengthen stewardship in the Upper Arkansas No one group can take care of Colorado alone. By working together, VOC’s proven company can be a Valley. First, as a “Toolkit Tester”, BVSC used VOC’s Stepping Up Stewardship Toolkit to practices can be applied to better meet local needs. The number of groups working on- champion for Colorado, fine-tune their marketing, risk management, and volunteer engagement efforts, while the-ground can increase, engaging more people in more communities. Together, we can or Dan at [email protected] providing important feedback to VOC to make the Toolkit more effective. spread an ethic of stewardship across the state. to learn more about training opportunities. Ann Baker Easley Jeff Trujillo Next, we utilized BVSC’s connections with area residents and businesses to rally 70 Learn more about VOC’s resources for stewardship organizations at Executive Director 2019 Chair of the Board of Directors volunteers to continue BVSC’s work in building the Camp Elevation Trail. We also worked steppingupstewardship.org. Wilder: 8 Feet of Fur and Advocacy Expanding Access, Fostering Connections Lockheed Martin Thank you to the At least 70% of Coloradans in the San Luis Valley Continues a Legacy following companies Dear Friends: play outside, yet less than 1% for supporting This year, we celebrated VOC’s 35th anniversary! As we look back on another engage in outdoor stewardship. In July, volunteers built 550 feet of trail of Stewardship VOC through a To adequately care for the complete with a bridge, drainage structures, successful season, we are grateful to the thousands of people who make our Nearly 25% of VOC’s funding custom Corporate outdoors, we need to reach and a rock retaining wall. This wasn’t just any important stewardship work possible: the volunteers who spend their weekends comes through corporate beyond 1% in a big, bold way - a VOC weekend, however. For the locals of San Stewardship with on the trail, the organizations and land agencies with whom we partner, and our sponsors; many businesses way that only an eight-foot-tall Luis, this trail was special. a Team (SWAT) generous donors and funders. It takes a community to care for Colorado. volunteer, too. Others, like creature can accomplish. Nestled near Culebra Peak – one of Colorado’s Lockheed Martin, go above and volunteer project: As we wrap up 2019, however, we’re also looking forward. In one of our favorite only 14ers on private land – lies San Luis, the comic strips, Calvin offers to his best friend, Hobbes, a simple but poignant Over the years, we’ve had beyond to have a lasting, positive Adobe many conversations about state’s oldest town. It is a mere half-square mile observation: “You know what’s weird? Day by day nothing seems to change. But impact on the land. Ambient Energy the mounting issues facing and home to about 630 people, but San Luis pretty soon, everything’s different!” Indeed, even for VOC, things seem different Lockheed Martin has been a Anadarko Colorado’s outdoors. With whomever we have spoken – land manager, volunteer is rich in Hispano culture and heritage. Yet the than they were just a year ago! As we enter 2020, the urgency of our work feels major supporter of VOC since the Boeing organization, retailer – one thing was paramount: the need for a statewide campaign that area is also fraught with a long history of land heightened. We recognize how much Colorado has changed over the past five years, beginning, generously donating teaches people how to behave when playing outside. rights struggles. Today, more than 99% of the county is Bureau of Land particularly in urban areas. There are many indicators that our population, and our privately owned. each year since 1988. They’ve Management So, when Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) approached us to partner on their “Generation use of the outdoors, will continue to increase, leading to inevitable impacts on our also organized several corporate Eating Recovery Center Wild” campaign, it was a natural fit. Generation Wild had already inspired families to get Rito Seco Park is part of Costilla County’s efforts to Steve West volunteer projects with VOC, often natural resources and thus, on VOC’s work. Fastly outside and explore nature. Now, VOC would help make sure change that story. Developing the public park is a priority with The Mission Continues, a This past July, our Board and senior staff convened in Salida for our annual planning children and families knew how to care for it. for County Commissioners, and VOC was ready to help! veterans service organization. Great-West Financial retreat. We invited guests representing funders, land managers, stewardship With a grant from the San Luis Valley Conservation and Enter Wilder: “half-yeti, half-mountain goat, all friend”. GOCO JLL groups, and the outdoor industry to help us look at the future of stewardship in Connection Initiative (SLV CCI) and the guidance of local This year Lockheed Martin took their stewardship introduced him this summer to remind kids and kids-at-heart Lockheed Martin Colorado. Our goal was to create realistic scenarios of the future by understanding partners, we trained local area Crew Leaders and recruited commitment even further. On October 4th, 13 of the magic in nature. Now, under VOC’s leadership, this employees successfully completed Independent Marathon the “critical uncertainties” that will affect how VOC approaches our work in the Valley residents for the July project. gentle giant is traveling across the state as Colorado’s newest Stewardship for Trails Training through VOC’s Outdoor next decade. Two major uncertainties quickly rose to the top: climate change Monarch Investment spokescreature for stewardship. As one who calls the woods home, When the project weekend arrived, volunteers ranging from 17 to 85 years old – several Stewardship Institute (OSI). This training enables and Management and technology. In the former, we contemplated whether humans will respond Wilder is sharing his words of wisdom, “You are what you leave behind”. of whom were descendants of San Luis’ founding families – joined together to extend them to independently perform trail maintenance in Group proactively or reactively to the changing climate. In the latter, we considered the park’s hiking and biking trail, traversing past beaver ponds and connecting to historic partnership with land managers. Newmont Mining how the technology of the future could either positively or negatively impact the With his tricked-out Wildermobile and jam-packed social calendar, Wilder is here to stay – cabin ruins. changing hearts, minds, and ultimately behavior when it comes to how we engage with the They were taught by VOC’s accomplished, jack-of- Noble Energy outdoors. This nexus of technology and climate change, already playing out in our For Costilla County residents, volunteers’ efforts will have an impact far beyond the July great outdoors. all-trades volunteer leader, Steve West. A former Pivot Energy lives today, will inevitably influence how we experience the outdoors—from the weekend. As one local volunteer stated, “This is personal. This is my park.” technologies and equipment we use, to the places we can go, to the many different Learn more about how VOC and Wilder are teaming up for outdoor stewardship at Lockheed Martin employee, Steve has led hundreds of Prologis Check out our 2019 Project Map at bit.ly/2019voc to see the many places where VOC volunteers on VOC projects in the past 30 years – and types of people who will be able to access remote places. We will keep you informed voc.org/wilder. Schneider Electric volunteers worked this year. trained hundreds more as an OSI Master Instructor. as we continue to consider these important factors. S&P Global This training will allow Lockheed Martin employees In this report, you’ll find stories of how VOC has already taken a long-term, statewide The Mission Continues to “adopt” portions of the Bear Creek Trail and other approach to stewardship. In the coming year, we will again offer volunteer projects Long-Term Experience Meets Local Expertise in the Arkansas River Valley connecting trails in partnership with Denver Mountain The North Face that meet ongoing recreational demands, but we’re also planning for new project We’ve learned a lot in our 35-year history, and we’re sharing with BVSC to recruit and train local-area Parks, performing important trail maintenance tasks UMB Bank experiences that will help prepare our state for these “critical uncertainties”. These these lessons through our Stepping Up Stewardship Toolkit. As volunteers in crew leadership through VOC’s on their own time. These newly trained independent U.S. Forest Service include constructing wetlands to prevent floods; re-establishing natural areas lost to we expand these efforts, all of Colorado benefits as more groups Outdoor Stewardship Institute (OSI). stewards will soon be trusted partners to Denver Viasat land development; and expanding training in crosscut and chainsaw work to enable become better equipped to develop local volunteer programs Later in the summer, BVSC’s Executive Mountain Parks, helping to accomplish important work volunteers to create healthier, more fire-resilient ecosystems. Vivax Pros and meet increased stewardship needs. Director, Nancy Anderson, joined VOC’s while also providing the employees with meaningful Woods Boss Brewing We rely on your financial help and ask that you support this important work as we Three decades ago, VOC was one of few stewardship Board at our strategic planning retreat in opportunities to connect with, and care for, the Xcel Energy look towards 2020 and beyond. Your gift today will enable VOC to take action that organizations in Colorado. Today, there are many – some large Salida. She provided local insights from one outdoor places they enjoy. will create a better future for Colorado’s outdoors, and for all of us who enjoy them. and some small, many of whom are mobilizing local trail users. This is of Colorado’s rural, outdoor recreation- Contact Anna at Please give generously by using the enclosed contribution envelope or donate how the Buena Vista Singletrack Coalition (BVSC) started two years ago, formalizing as a based communities – an important [email protected] to learn online at voc.org/supportVOC. nonprofit in 2018. perspective as we look to advance stewardship across the state. more about how your Gratefully, This year, BVSC and VOC joined forces to strengthen stewardship in the Upper Arkansas No one group can take care of Colorado alone. By working together, VOC’s proven company can be a Valley. First, as a “Toolkit Tester”, BVSC used VOC’s Stepping Up Stewardship Toolkit to practices can be applied to better meet local needs. The number of groups working on- champion for Colorado, fine-tune their marketing, risk management, and volunteer engagement efforts, while the-ground can increase, engaging more people in more communities. Together, we can or Dan at [email protected] providing important feedback to VOC to make the Toolkit more effective. spread an ethic of stewardship across the state. to learn more about training opportunities. Ann Baker Easley Jeff Trujillo Next, we utilized BVSC’s connections with area residents and businesses to rally 70 Learn more about VOC’s resources for stewardship organizations at Executive Director 2019 Chair of the Board of Directors volunteers to continue BVSC’s work in building the Camp Elevation Trail. We also worked steppingupstewardship.org. VOC’s 2019 CHAMPIONS PEOPLE & Thank you to the volunteers and partners who went PROJECTS above and beyond to make our work possible this year. • 890 VOC MEMBERS 2019 AWARD WINNERS • 4,634 VOLUNTEERS by the • including 671 YOUTH VOLUNTEERS Steve Austin Mentor of the Year | Glenn Scadden numers • contributed 35,792 VOLUNTEER HOURS 2019 • ON 93 PROJECTS in 63 PLACES… equal to find Curt Chitwood Volunteer of the Year | Rose Beyer a DONATED LABOR VALUE of $958,516 • including 14 YOUTH-ONLY PROJECTS Roni Sherb New Volunteer of the Year | Henry McLaughlin TRAINING & LEADERSHIP Youth Volunteer of the Year | Asher Hoyt • 31 CAIRN YOUTH PROGRAM GRADUATES HABITATS & Your • 22 NEW VOC VOLUNTEER LEADERS Unsung Hero | Christa Whitmore Through VOC’s Stepping Up Stewardship Toolkit… ENVIRONMENT • Planted 3,498 plants, Land Manager of the Year | Town of Castle Rock • 333 VOLUNTEERS & AGENCY STAFF TRAINED place shrubs, and trees – at 30 TRAININGS THROUGH VOC’S OUTDOOR providing habitat for wildlife Partner Agency of the Year | SEP Program at Colorado STEWARDSHIP INSTITUTE (OSI) Department of Public and improving the quality of water resources by the Health & Environment • 13 PROFESSIONAL CONSULTATIONS numers • How-to Guides downloaded 391 times • Planted, harvested, 2019 and donated 240 pounds of produce in 2019 LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE RECREATION urban vegetable gardens ADVISORY COMMITTEE (LDAC) MEMBERS • Restored 12.5 miles of trail and built an additional • 1,150 observations Gordon Carruth Arthur Knapp Paul Smith 9 miles – combined, we worked on enough trail to hike up made in iNaturalist app for and down Mt. Bierstadt three times! Ryan Durham Lisa Thilker Ellen Urell our new Citizen Science Erin King Steve West • Closed and revegetated 1.8 miles of user-created projects, collecting data “social” trails, including the installation of 66 erosion control to inform management barriers and check dams of wildlife and natural 2018-2019 CAIRN MENTORS • Built and restored 315 steps to mitigate trail erosion resources Tamara Atkin Susan Dellinger Pierce Lively and improve trail experience and safety – enough steps to Garrett Bourcier Annelise Howell Rachael Sandoval-Attaway • Mitigated 24 acres take you to the top of Red Rocks 2 ½ times! (about 18 football fields!) of Allison Crouse Sharon Lafer Shawn Quan • Constructed and restored 496 feet of turnpike, invasive weeds puncheon, or elevated tread, allowing sustainable access Printed on a renewable, farmed resource, containing 10% PCW • Thinned 11 acres of through sensitive meadows and wetlands and sign up for our newsletter to stay up-to- things stewardship. with all date 600 South Marion Parkway Denver, CO 80209-2597 303-715-1010 [email protected] voc.org #FindYourPlace with VOC! Follow us on social media @voc_colorado 2019 NEW VOLUNTEER LEADERS trees to improve forest recycled paper with H-UV technology which operates with reduced energy consumption, reduced paper waste, and produces NO ozone emissions. Crew Leaders • Constructed 28 climbing turns and 4 switchbacks, health and mitigate fire risk and built and maintained 1671 sq. feet of rock wall to Paul Amerling Katy Joly Adam Merkel • Opened up 10 acres support sustainable trail grades and minimize erosion David Brewster Linda Larocque Andrew Primo of wildlife habitat by Jamie Burke Jeremy Major Dan Regelson • Installed and maintained 391 water drainage and removing a half-mile of diversion structures to mitigate erosion on trails

Individuals 18% cogives.org/VOC Jessica Hughes - David Kennedy - Jeanne Kerr - Owen Lavin - Greg Lobser - Julie Majors Partner Organizations 6%

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VOC 2019 Board of Directors Allison Altaras Sean Bahoshy Amy Beatie Jim Bedwell Ginny Brannon Suzanne Connors Jeff Cornelius Paige de Kock Gerald Free Jack Ihle Thank you to our friends, partners, Dara MacDonald and donors for a successful Denny O’Malley season of stewardship! Andy Rylance Your support makes our work possible. Matt Teeters Jeff Trujillo Tarn Udall THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS (from October 17, 2018 to October 17, 2019)

VISIONARIES ($50,000) CONSERVATORS ($1,000 - $4,999) Adobe Johnson Foundation of the Rockies Ambient Energy Mike O’Brien Living Trust AMR National Forest Foundation Andrew Eiseman and Brian Braa Bing Beverage US Forest Service - Rio Grande National Forest Blake and Mollie Boettcher US Forest Service - Rocky Mtn Region 2 Bob and Linda Zaparanick Bob and Shari King STEWARDSHIP SOCIETY ($25,000 - $49,999) Bob Van Wetter and Betsy Brew Bureau of Land Management - Colorado State Office Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLC Buena Vista Singletrack Coalition City and County of Denver Parks & Recreation Burrell Family Foundation Colorado Parks and Wildlife City of Aurora El Pomar Foundation City of Colorado Springs Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) Clif Bar & Company CoBank Jay Kenney and Emily Sinclair Community First Foundation Noble Energy, Inc David and Nancy Marlow REI Dry Dock Brewing Co Sandy Elliott Eating Recovery Center Edward A and Sharon L Menard Xcel Energy Foundation Empower Retirement Eric Meer & Melany Matheson TRUSTEES’ CIRCLE ($10,000 - $24,999) Fastly Anadarko Petroleum Corporation George C Schamel II Bank of America Charitable Foundation Ginny Brannon Colorado Lottery High Line Canal Conservancy IQ Wired, Inc Colorado Native Jeff Cornelius CORE Consultants Jefferson County Schools Edward & Ann C Levy Charitable Trust Jennifer and Michael Freeman Firman Fund JLL John and Mary Bayard Fred & Jean Allegretti Foundation Karl and Barbara Friedman Freeport-McMoRan Foundation/Climax Molybdenum Laura Chappell Rick and Susie Grossman Mary Agster Roundup Riders of the Rockies Heritage & Monarch Investment and Management Group Trails Foundation NewGen Strategies & Solutions Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC Town of Castle Rock Park Burger Patagonia Denver Store LEADERSHIP CIRCLE ($5,000 - $9,999) Peter and Kathleen Metcalf Alpine Bank Peter Kirsch and Pat Reynolds Boeing Pivot Energy City of Boulder Open Space & Mountain Parks Prologis RevGen Partners Costilla County Government Rose Beyer Eastern San Luis Valley Trails Coalition Ryan Durham Harlan and Lois Anderson Family Foundation S&P Global Lawrence N Greenleaf Masonic Lodge #169 Sam Packer and Sue Collins Sean and Melissa Bahoshy Lockheed Martin Steve West & Ronda Rolain Marathon Petroleum Foundation Stuart Miner and Mary Hashem National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance The Humphreys Foundation Newmont Mining Corporation The Kroger Co Foundation The Laura Jane Musser Fund PB and K Family Foundation The North Face Denver Store Rendezvous Foundation Tobin Osteen and Sabrina Molund Salesforce Todd and Priscilla Clayton San Luis Valley Conservation and Connection Initiative UMB Bank Viasat Inc Schneider Electric Vivax Pros Suncor William McIntyre The Summit Foundation Woods Boss Brewing Wayne and Cathy Zahm GUARDIANS ($500 - $999) Bob and Marcia Schilpp Tarn Udall Alan Davison Cal Fulenwider III The American College of Greece Amy Beatie Candace Boyle The Butts Family Ashton J Villars, Jr Chris Yuan-Farrell The Dennis Family Bill Gorham and Joanne McGee Connor Reich The Garofalo Family Charlotte and Reed Pritchard Dara MacDonald The Halverson Foundation Chris Conboy David and Jen Kahn The Sidney B & Caleb F Gates Fund Cia Wenzel David and Laura Fisher Tim and Carolyn Bishop Colorado Health Foundation David Bell and Family Tina Holm Jesse Dan and Jennifer Grooters David Riter TJ Carson Danny Leybzon DeDe Williams Tom and Ellen Fairley Darwin Wasend Donald Heppermann and Nancy Felker Wendy Hodges David and Ellen Easley Doris Burd Wesley Go and Sook Hee Lee David and Patty Shelton Dorothy and Brian Kern Wild Tribute Dean and Sheila Winstanley Elizabeth Gilstrap Denny O’Malley Ellen Spangler TRAILBLAZERS ($249 & under): Frank and Monty Kugeler Denver Broncos Football Club 815 individuals gave a Trailblazers level G & T Carruth Desirae McCutchen gift in 2019. Please accept our sincerest Garden Club of Denver Gary Nelson gratitude for your support of outdoor George and Cornelia Gibson Graham and Cathy Hollis stewardship! Greg and Mary Helen Stults George and Dorothy Heyliger Jackie and Tim Griggs Gertrude Grant GIFTS IN MEMORY OF: Jake Isaacson Glenn Scadden Bailey and Yeti Jeff and Mia Trujillo Greg and Rebecca Watson Carolyn Reid Joe Chastain and Nancy Clark Grover Cleveland Charmian Choate Karl Zipf Hannah Morvay Photography Dos Chappell LL Bean Park Meadows Henry Trujillo Ellie Henke Laura M Harmon Ian and Meghan Thomas Jeffery Swain Margaret A McKechnie Jack Ihle Jennifer Heth Martha Records and Richard Rainaldi Jackie Sanderson Joshua Pink Martin & Mythily Herz James and Mary Burger Linda Pancratz Matt and Allison Altaras Jamie Burke and Monica VanBuskirk Mary Jo Egloff Matt Teeters Jan Schmidt Matthew Kern Mike Winter Jasmine Grimes Nancy V Trujillo Mountain View Elementary Jason and Ann Blake Riley and Casey Mr & Mrs Les Cole Jessica Newman Robert Leatherwood Mr and Mrs Robert Saunders Jim and Jana Kay Martin Roni Sherb Mr and Mrs Wallach Jim Bedwell Terry Joseph Mckee OtterCares Foundation Joe and Janet Miller Patty Caraway Joel and Jean McCormack GIFTS IN HONOR OF: Peter Blair, Jr June M Cvelbar Alex and Andrea Alma Peter L MacDonald Karen Garcia Ben and Kathleen Ziff Raphael Gay Laura Lindley Ben Haynes Ryan Chase Laurie Alexander Bob Van Wetter and Betsy Brew Scott VanEyk Lee Rimel Carolyn Reid Setlak Family Linda Lee Charles Turner Steve Austin Lisa M Lewis Clayton Zenisek Stu Roberts and Lulu Gould Liz Davenport Cormac Galvin The Chappell Family Lyndon Berry Greg Verschelden The Denver Foundation Lynn Formanek Heather Kauffman and Greg Willis The Elliott Family Martha Fulford Kelly Kaufmann The Herbig Family Matthew Rutherford Jake Isaacson Tim and Sue Damour Michelle Bergen & Lisa Hubchik Jeff Cornelius Tim Wohlgenant Mike Papula and Chris Olsen Katherine Fulford Todd Landrum Mike Ward Maserati Kevin Sheahan Voodoo Doughnut Mimi and Courtney Pullen Mr and Mrs Chavez Wanebo Family Mr and Mrs Roy Knappe, Jr Mr Jeff Alford Mrs Jane Wingle Sharon Menard SUPPORTERS ($250- $499) Patsy Landaveri Sigrid Freese AmazonSmile Foundation Patty and Ed Wahtera Starbuck Family Amy Oden Robert Folzenlogen Steve Austin Andy Rylance Rocky Mountain Triumph Club, LLC Stuart Miner Ann Lederer & Robert Hickler Ronald Bendall Barry Dolan Anna Zawisza Shira Kieval and Vardaan Chawla Tim Damour AppNexus Inc Spencer Denison and Kara Horner William Penberthy Bane Family, ie Boyle Family, Chappell Stephen Ruyle Family & Woods Family Steve and Jackie Norris T Burnett

We strive for excellence to accurately and properly recognize all of our individual, corporate, foundation, government, agency and other supporters. We apologize in advance for any discrepancies or errors. Please notify us of any changes. CORPORATE MATCHING GIFTS Adobe EnCana Cares Foundation Robert Half Apple Inc Facebook Rust-Oleum Cares Bank of America Charitable Janus Henderson Foundation Salesforce Foundation, Inc Kaiser Permanente Scripps Howard Foundation Blackbaud Inc McKinsey & Company Shell Oil Company Foundation Boettcher Foundation Noble Energy, Inc The Hartford CenturyLink Clarke M Williams Oppenheimer Funds TIAA-CREF Foundation PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP US Bank DCP Midstream Matching Gifts Progressive Insurance Foundation Western Union Foundation Program Prologis Xcel Energy Foundation

IN-KIND SUPPORTERS ($100+ Value) 10th Mountain Division Huts Denver Beer Co Red Bird Farms Colorado Native Denver Botanic Gardens REI American Adventure Expeditions Denver Zoo Rocky Mountain Sunscreen Amy Beatie and Declan Galvin Dry Dock Brewing Co Royal Crest Dairy Arapahoe Basin Earth Treks Climbing Center Sam’s No 3 Aspen Skiing Company Einstein Bros Bagels Scheels Avery Brewing Company Empty Quiver Archery Snooze AM Eatery Backcountry Access, Inc Enlightened Equipment Sobo 151 Bare Republic FERAL Starbucks barre3 Cherry Creek and Highlands Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park The North Face Explore Fund Square Google Thump Coffee Bear Creek Distillery Hogan Lovells US LLP Topo Designs Big Agnes Homefill Town of Dillon Bing Beverage Honey Stinger Vail Valley Mountain Trails Alliance Boathouse Cantina Hydro Flask Wild Friends Chick-fil-A Loveland Iconergy Wolf Creek Ski Area Chick-fil-A Brighton KEEN Footwear YETI Coolers, LLC Clear Fork Cider Kimpton Hotel Monaco Denver Jake Isaacson Colorado Cider Company LL Bean Park Meadows John Fielder Colorado Lottery Lagunitas Brewing Co Tim and Sue Damour Colorado Parks and Wildlife Melanzana Mountain Gear Cheryl St John - Artist Comedy Works Mountain Khakis Andrea Nelson & Matt Wilgenbusch Container Collective Nest Fresh Eggs Corbeaux Clothing Noble Energy, Inc $99 AND LESS CorePower Yoga Odell Brewing Company Thank you to all who provided food Corner Post Meats Origin Hotel Red Rocks and/or product donations for VOC’s Corvus Coffee Oveja Negra 2019 season! Your support is greatly Crazy Creek Patagonia Denver Store appreciated by our volunteers, Crazy Mountain Brewery Pure Barre Denver - Cherry Creek partners, and employees. Crestone Brewing Co Raquelitas Tortillas

2019 PROJECT PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS Alpine Achievers Initiative Colorado Parks and Wildlife Teens Inc Baca National Wildlife Refuge - Arkansas Headwaters Recreation The Urban Farm Bureau of Land Management Area Town of Castle Rock Parks & - Arkansas Headwaters Recreation - Barr Lake State Park Recreation Dept Area - Castlewood Canyon State Park Trails 2000 - Grand Junction Field Office - Cherry Creek State Park U.S. Forest Service - Gunnison Field Office - Golden Gate Canyon State Park - Blanco Ranger District - Royal Gorge Field Office - Jackson Lake State Park - Boulder Ranger District - San Luis Valley Field Office - Lory State Park - Clear Creek Ranger District Bluff Lake Nature Center - Roxborough State Park - Conejos Peak Ranger District Buena Vista Singletrack Coalition - State Forest State Park - Dillon Ranger District Cal-Wood Education Center - Stagecoach State Park - Divide Ranger District City and County of Denver Parks and - Staunton State Park - Eagle-Holy Cross Ranger District Recreation Friends of the Dillon Ranger District - Gunnison Ranger District City of Aurora Open Space and Natural Grow Local Colorado - Leadville Ranger District Resources Division Headwaters Trails Alliance - Pikes Peak Ranger District City of Boulder Open Space & High Line Canal Conservancy - Saguache Ranger District Mountain Parks High Plains Environmental Center - South Platte Ranger District City of Brighton Jefferson County Open Space - Sulphur Ranger District City of Colorado Springs Parks, Keystone Science School - South Park Ranger District Recreation, and Cultural Services La Veta Trails Vail Valley Mountain Trails Alliance City of Greeley Parks and Recreation Mile High Youth Corps Wildland Restoration Volunteers City of Lakewood Mountain Park Environmental Center Yampatika Colorado Fourteeners Initiative Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory Colorado Mountain Club Rocky Mountain Conservancy Colorado Mountain College San Luis Valley Great Outdoors (SLVGO) Colorado Young Leaders South Suburban Parks and Recreation Continental Divide Trail Coalition District