Help ESWA Support Wilderness!

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Help Us Support Our Wilderness!

This is a call to action regarding ESWA's mid-year fundraising drive!

Please support us here if you can!

Our local Wilderness Areas need your support. Wildfire risk and activity are both well above average, Wilderness-related grant funders are seeing up to triple normal application volumes, and ESWA projects with our Forest Service partners are becoming larger, more complex, and more expensive. ESWA is also supporting Wilderness-focused Forest Service staffing. Our Forest Service partners depend on ESWA to help care for our precious Wilderness Areas.

While volunteers are the backbone of ESWA, we also depend on members who are able to contribute financially. Please follow this link if you are able to support ESWA'S mission financially.

The July 12th celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Eagle's Nest Wilderness was a great reminder of how the combined efforts of passionate people can make amazing things happen. It was also a worthy reminder of how much our support continues to matter.

We’ve been fortunate in the past to have several members contribute in the $1,000-$10,000 range. While any support makes an impact, these larger contributions make a huge difference and can often be highlighted as challenge grants.

Please contact Frances Hartogh, 2026 ESWA Chair, or Steve Gray, current fundraising committee chair, with questions.

Click here for details on major ESWA expenditures / funding needs.

Click here for details on ESWA accomplishments in 2025.

Frances Hartogh, 2026 Chair

Eagle Summit Wilderness Alliance (ESWA)

720-320-0749

frances.hartogh@gmail.com

For Wilderness!

Steve Gray

Chair - ESWA Fundraising Committee

202-297-9963

stevegray68@verizon.net

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Donate to Our Mid-Year Giving Campaign

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Your Donation's Impact

Learn more about your DONATION’S IMPACT here. As an all-volunteer organization, ESWA applies 100% of your donation to directly support our programs. Some key areas of impact are:

• $1,000 pays for a cross-cut saw

• $2,500 provides 1st Aid training to sawyers and volunteer rangers

• $3,500 covers annual cost of the Sawyer program clearing Wilderness trails

• $5,000 funds Volunteer Wilderness Ranger program for a year

• $6,000 covers annual cost of our llama-supported backcountry work trips

• $10,000-$20,000 is ESWA’s cash contribution to major trail/bridge projects

• $20,000 provides for one seasonal USFS Wilderness ranger

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT OF ESWA’S MISSION TO PROTECT YOUR EAGLES NEST, HOLY CROSS, PTARMIGAN, AND FLAT TOPS WILDERNESS!

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Donate to Our Mid-Year Giving Campaign

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