The Wildlife Legacy Trust of the Community Foundation Serving Boulder County is dedicated to providing for the preservation and protection of wildlife and their habitats, as well as the rescue and care of injured and orphaned wildlife.

Through organizations that support healthy ecosystems, rehabilitate wildlife, and educate and advocate on behalf of wildlife, the Wildlife Legacy Trust strives to ensure balanced wildlife ecology in Boulder County and the surrounding communities in the face of increased growth and urbanization.

The Challenge

Wildlife in the Rocky Mountain region face increasing challenges to their survival. The rapid urbanization of our rural and previously uninhabited areas is eliminating wildlife habitats at a terrifying rate. Many species simply have no place to go. Even in wilderness areas, human recreation puts additional stress on animals, which creates many negative effects on their well-being. Increased foot and bicycle traffic on trails and in mountain parks has an enormous impact on wildlife.

The wildlife in the increasingly urban areas face even more difficult problems than habitat loss. Wild animals sustain injuries and often death primarily from encounters with domestic pets, contact with automobiles and collisions with buildings.

Domestic pets are by far the prime source of wildlife injury and death. House cats catch millions of wild animals annually (as many as 200 million nationwide by one account). If pets are not vaccinated, they can transfer diseases such as canine and feline distemper.

Automobiles cause a huge amount of wildlife mortality and injury. Increasing traffic, high speeds, and construction of roads in rural areas take a devastating toll on wild animals.

Collisions with buildings are particularly hazardous for birds. An enormous number of birds slam into picture windows daily. As more and larger houses are built in rural areas, the frequency of structure collisions increases dramatically.

The Opportunity

The Wildlife Legacy Trust believes that it is the responsibility of the citizens of the Rocky Mountain community to ensure the preservation of our wildlife and their ecosystems.

Through a donation to the Wildlife Legacy Trust you are helping injured and orphaned wildlife, the preservation of habitat and species, and education and wildlife advocacy programs that will leave an enduring legacy.

The Wildlife Legacy Trust is an endowed fund of the The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County. All donations are income tax deductible and are directed to organizations that are focused primarily in Boulder County and Northern Colorado.

The fund awards grants to selected nonprofit wildlife-related groups on a competitive basis, based on recommendations from an advisory board of community members and wildlife experts.

For More Information

For more information about the Wildlife Legacy Trust, please call us at 303-442-0436 (toll free: 1-877-744-7239), or send e-mail to info@commfound.org.

The Wildlife Legacy Trust Advisory Board

• Dr. Sharon Greenleaf La Pierre, Founding Member and Chair
• David A. Bruce, Founding Member
• Jeanne Scholl

The Wildlife Legacy Trust Website