High Country Conservation Advocates

High Country Conservation Advocates Dedicated to protecting the health, integrity, and beauty of the public lands, waters and wildlife of Colorado's Gunnison Country. https://linktr.ee/hccacb

HCCA is an environmental advocacy organization that collaborates with local stakeholders and policymakers, applies sound science, educates, and upholds the environmental laws affecting our community. We recognize that environmental sustainability is the key to a healthy economy. We advocate for protection along the high alpine tundra of the Raggeds Wilderness and Collegiates, past the steep cliffs

of the Black Canyon, from the North Fork of the Gunnison River’s rolling scrub oak hills and aspen groves, to the rushing waters of the Lake Fork. Our work ensures these iconic public lands and waters will be healthy for generations to come.

Join HCCA next week on Thursday, June 11 for a HCCA Happy Hour featuring a special screening of Our Future, Our Lands: T...
06/04/2026

Join HCCA next week on Thursday, June 11 for a HCCA Happy Hour featuring a special screening of Our Future, Our Lands: The GORP Act. 🍻🌄

Enjoy light appetizers on HCCA for an evening of conversation, community, and conservation at the Eldo Brewery at 5:30 PM.

Announcing our 2026 HCCA Hike schedule! 🥾🌄Come hike with us and learn more about HCCA’s work to protect our public lands...
06/02/2026

Announcing our 2026 HCCA Hike schedule! 🥾🌄

Come hike with us and learn more about HCCA’s work to protect our public lands while engaging with other caring folks.

Click the link in our bio or visit hccacb.org/hcca-hikes for information on each hike and registration. 🔗

BEAT THE CHEAT on Signal Peak Recap! 🌾Earlier this month HCCA joined Gunnison Trails and the County Cheatgrass Coordinat...
05/29/2026

BEAT THE CHEAT on Signal Peak Recap! 🌾

Earlier this month HCCA joined Gunnison Trails and the County Cheatgrass Coordinator for a map and pull of the invasive cheatgrass on Signal Peak. With the help of 26 volunteers we pulled just over 80 pounds of cheatgrass! Volunteers also mapped the entirety of the Contour Trail and numerous other patches along the Flow Track and the G Loop. 💪

Thank you to for putting on the 4th Annual Beers, Bands & Barbed Wire Strands! This event gives our community an opportunity to steward the landscapes our wildlife depend on.

Itching to get out help pull more cheat? Join for the Annual Gunnison City Cheatgrass Pull tomorrow! Visit hccacb.org/events or click the link in our bio to learn more. 🔗

Join HCCA at the Annual Gunnison City Cheatgrass Pull Day on Saturday, May 30th! 🌾💪BEAT THE CHEAT across the Gunnison Ci...
05/28/2026

Join HCCA at the Annual Gunnison City Cheatgrass Pull Day on Saturday, May 30th! 🌾💪

BEAT THE CHEAT across the Gunnison City limits by pulling the invasive plant before it seeds. Every hand makes a difference—come out, pull out some cheatgrass, and be part of the solution!

Volunteers will meet at Legion Park in Gunnison at 9 AM before splitting into groups to pull cheatgrass across the City of Gunnison. After returning to Legion Park we will enjoy some drinks and snacks provided by HCCA as we admire our hard work! Each volunteer will also receive a special BEAT THE CHEAT sun hoody! *(While supplies last)

Click the link in our bio or visit hccacb.org/events to learn more! 🔗

Missed HCCA last weekend at the I-Bar? You’re in luck, we have a packed summer tabling schedule with plenty of opportuni...
05/21/2026

Missed HCCA last weekend at the I-Bar? You’re in luck, we have a packed summer tabling schedule with plenty of opportunities to stop by, connect with us, and learn more about our current work 🌞

Click the link in our bio or visit hccacb.org/subscribe to stay up to date on where we’ll be next. We hope to see you soon! 🔗

BEAT THE CHEAT on Signal Peak! 🌾 💪This Saturday, May 16 join HCCA at Backcountry Hunters and Anglers 4th Annual Beers, B...
05/12/2026

BEAT THE CHEAT on Signal Peak! 🌾 💪

This Saturday, May 16 join HCCA at Backcountry Hunters and Anglers 4th Annual Beers, Bands and Barbed Wire Strands to kick off the stewardship season and celebrate CO Public Lands Day.

Volunteers can choose from hands-on projects that directly benefit wildlife habitat and public lands:
- Remove obsolete barbed wire fencing to improve habitat connectivity
- Restore critical wet meadows
- Join HCCA and the City of Gunnison in mapping and pulling invasive cheatgrass threatening wildlife habitat

Click the link in our bio or visit hccacb.org/stewardship to learn more and register! 🔗

Happy Earth Day from HCCA! 🌎 💚Looking for simple ways to make a difference? Start here. This Earth Day, we’re sharing th...
04/23/2026

Happy Earth Day from HCCA! 🌎 💚

Looking for simple ways to make a difference? Start here. This Earth Day, we’re sharing three easy actions you can take to support conservation—today and every day.

Ready to get involved? Visit the link in our bio or head to hccacb.org to take action and become a local advocate. 🔗

We’re grateful for our partners, supporters, and sponsors who help make conservation possible across the Gunnison Country and beyond. 💪

03/27/2026

Join us for a Night of Conservation Storytelling on Wednesday, April 8! 🎥 🌄

HCCA and filmmaker Cody Perry are excited to showcase an evening of films celebrating the landscapes, rivers, and communities in and around the Gunnison Basin.

The night features Our Lands, Our Future: The GORP Act video series, sharing voices from across our region about the importance of protecting public lands, followed by Common Waters—a powerful film about the fight to protect the public’s right to float, scout, and portage Colorado’s rivers.

Date: Wednesday, April 8
Doors: 6:00 PM
Films: 6:30 PM
Location: Western Colorado University Theater
🎟 Cost: FREE!

Stay after the films for a short conservation storytelling panel with filmmakers and local voices.

Come celebrate public lands, rivers, and the power of storytelling. We hope to see you there!

Big news for HCCA — Advocacy Director, Jon Hare, elected to the STOR Committee! 📣👏We’re proud to share that Jon Hare, Ad...
03/18/2026

Big news for HCCA — Advocacy Director, Jon Hare, elected to the STOR Committee! 📣👏

We’re proud to share that Jon Hare, Advocacy Director at High Country Conservation Advocates, was recently elected to serve on the Sustainable Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (STOR) Committee with Gunnison County.

Jon’s election to STOR strengthens our voice and amplifies HCCA’s ongoing efforts to ensure that the conservation of our public lands, waters and wildlife remains a high priority amid the growth in tourism and outdoor activity in the Gunnison Country.

Learn more about the STOR Committee and HCCA’s role by clicking the link in our bio to visit hccacb.org/blog or Gunnison County’s website! 🔗

Have you read the newest edition of The Town that Said ‘Hell, No!’ by Paul Andersen? 📚Pick up the newest edition today a...
03/05/2026

Have you read the newest edition of The Town that Said ‘Hell, No!’ by Paul Andersen? 📚

Pick up the newest edition today at HCCA’s online store by clicking the link in our bio or visiting hccacb.org/category/store and revel in the 47 year fight save our beloved mountain—Red Lady! 🔗

This powerful account is expertly told by renowned Colorado author, Paul Andersen. The successful culmination of the mine fight in 2024 is, thus far, the crowning achievement for High Country Conservation Advocates!

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P. O. Box 1066
Crested Butte, CO
81224

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Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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