Get Involved: Evergreen (Area 1)

Volunteer help is needed at the Como Shooting Range to do regular maintenance projects such as picking up trash and changing out targets.

Summer is the busiest time of year for this range, so volunteer assistance is primarily needed from late May to October. Shifts will occur on Mondays, to clean up after high weekend usage, and Fridays, to get the range ready again for the weekend. 

Due to the heavy nature of the backing boards, volunteering in pairs will be required

Training is required to participate in this volunteer role. Training for the 2026 season at Evergreen Lake will be held on Saturday, May 9th.

Volunteers educate Evergreen Lake visitors on wildlife interactions and CPW rules as well as collect information about wildlife sightings.

Evergreen Lake is a popular spring and summer recreation area for folks around Colorado. People can enjoy a variety of activities here like walking, running, paddle boarding, and fishing. Humans are not the only ones who enjoy the lake, however. This area is a common gathering space for the local elk herd as well. During the spring calving season, cow elk will find places around the shore in the cover of the willows to have their calves. Unsuspecting visitors can easily stumble upon a cow and calf pair before the elk start to move to higher elevations in mid-June.

That’s where you come in! Colorado Parks and Wildlife has wildlife education ambassador teams across the front range. Ambassadors are a critical volunteer role who provide education at both stationary pop-up education tables, and while roving the trails by hiking to connect with visitors. Education efforts are geared towards safe and ethical wildlife viewing, elk behavior and biology, and Leave No Trace Principles. In this role you will be supported by local District Wildlife Managers, the CPW Northeast Region Volunteer and Education Coordinators.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Kait Evensen for more information.

Training is required to participate in this volunteer role. Training for the 2026 season on Mount Blue Sky will be held on Saturday, May 30th.

Volunteers educate Mount Blue Sky visitors on wildlife interactions and CPW rules as well as collect information about wildlife sightings.

Did you know that the Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway is the highest paved road in North America? Visitors from all over the world take the 28 mile journey from Idaho Springs to stand at the top of one of Colorado’s famed 14ers. The road winds people through three distinct ecological zones, the montane zone, the subalpine forest, and finally the alpine tundra. Each of these zones features incredible natural beauty and a host of wildlife viewing opportunities. The most charismatic of those opportunities being Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep and mountain goats who migrate to the high elevation alpine meadows and ridgelines during the heat of the summer. Due to the number of human visitors to Mount Blue Sky, many of these animals have become habituated to human presence and have no issue with hanging out in parking lots and other recreation areas. At the same time, many visitors to this area are not from Colorado and do not understand that these animals are wildlife and not domesticated livestock.

That’s where you come in! Colorado Parks and Wildlife has wildlife education ambassador teams across the front range. Ambassadors are a critical volunteer role who provide education at both stationary pop-up education tables, and while roving the trails by hiking to connect with visitors. Education efforts are geared towards safe and ethical wildlife viewing, bighorn sheep and mountain goat biology and behavior, Alpine Tundra recreation best practices and safety, and Leave No trace Principles. In this role you will be supported by local District Wildlife Managers, the CPW Northeast Region Volunteer and Education Coordinators.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Kait Evensen for more information.