If you’ve ever seen a pink-splashed bird in high mountain habitat, count yourself lucky! You may have seen one of three species of rosy-finch.

“They’re incredible,” says Conservation Ecologist Janice Gardner. “Some of the most extreme slopes in the western United States serve as their summer habitats."

Volunteers on our projects—from our Boreal Toad Project to Utah Pollinator Pursuit—spend thousands of hours gathering important information about wildlife and habitats in the West. If you volunteer with or donate to one of our projects, you may have wondered where the information goes.

The sun is shining longer each day, and our warm-weather projects are off to a great start! A huge thank you to all who joined our spring volunteer trainings and have hit the ground running. Thank you!

As the weather starts to warm, we anxiously await the "thawing" of our warty neighbors. Soon, our fellow toad-loving volunteers will scour mountains and sagelands for the elusive boreal toad.

From toadlets resting on a desert pond like bubbles to elk bedded in long mountain shadows, the life around us is what colors our existence. Sure, plants, animals, insects, and landscapes sustain our own lives with what we need. But there is a deeper hum drawing humans to places and beings so different from us.

If you're like us, warming weather brings with it the call of the great outdoors—whether that's mountain trails or a neighborhood walk. Get some fresh air and further local conservation efforts through our spring/summer field season!

In partnership with Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter, we're honored to host "Finding Healing through Collaborative Restoration" later this month. Plus, news about socio-environmental research, opportunities in conservation, updates on the rosy-finch project, and more!

Thank you for joining us on "Bear River Is Life: A Discussion on Watershed Programs for Farmers," hosted by The Lower Bear River Conservation Action Plan Implementation Team.

With an inspiring community by our side, we look forward to a new year filled with possibility. There’s still much to do for the wildlife and lands we love. We are grateful to have so many wonderful people turning our mission into reality.