Nick Zielinski for CCA 2025

Colorado Canyons Association (CCA) plays an integral role in fostering stewardship, education, and awareness of Colorado’s National Conservation Areas.  These landscapes are the lifeblood of recreation in Western Colorado.  In a year of uncertainty, CCA needs your help to ensure these lands have a sustainable future.  Through free and reduced cost K-12 programming, volunteer work, and public education events, CCA makes sure that every dollar you give has a direct impact.   

We use these landscapes every day.  Whether mountain biking at Kokopelli, hiking Big Dominguez, or fishing Gunny Gorge, these places underwrite our quality of life.  So, I’m asking you to invest in their future by donating to Colorado Canyons Association today.   

Please help us ensure the longevity of McInnis Canyons, Dominguez-Escalante, and Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Areas. 

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Colorado Canyons Association Work and Impact 

Some of the most breathtaking and storied landscapes in North America—McInnis Canyons, Dominguez-Escalante, and Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Areas—are also our communities’ wild backyards. These places define our quality of life and deepen our shared sense of place.

At Colorado Canyons Association (CCA), we work to ensure these public lands remain vibrant and protected for generations to come. Each year, we connect thousands of kids and adults to their NCAs through hands-on education, volunteer stewardship, and community experiences that inspire care and connection. 

Whether on foot, hoof, bike, boat, or ATV, CCA helps people build lasting relationships with the landscape and with one another.

Our work continues, strengthening community stewardship and ensuring Colorado’s NCAs thrive. 

So far in 2025...

• 2832 learners received place-based education on the lands and rivers of our National Conservation Area - 306 joined us on day-long or overnight river trips...

• 210+ CCA volunteers dedicated over 1,800 hours to stewarding their public lands…

• And over 500 adults connected to their public lands through CCA's community events! 

Thank you for caring about the landscapes that make our home such an amazing place!   With your donation we can help more kids experience our rivers, plant more native vegetation, connect more of our neighbors to the land, positively impact our wildlife and water and give back to the resources that give so much to us.