Organizations Filed Purposes:
For 25 years, Wild Bear Nature Center has helped children and adults forge lifelong connections to nature through creative exploration of the outdoors. Specializing in mountain ecology, Wild Bear welcomes visitors to its hands-on nature center and provides year-round educational programs for people of all ages. Wild Bear Nature Center inspires a lifelong connection to nature and community through creative exploration of the outdoors since 1997. We are key partners in the preservation of Mud Lake Open Space and in 2000 we organized the community to remove 30 tons of trash making it one of the healthiest wetland habitats in Boulder County.
Inspiring a lifelong connection to nature and community through creative exploration of the outdoors.
Children's Workshops: Wild Bear Nature Center provides children ages 5-15 with educational opportunities outside of school hours; after-school, days off, and all summer. Wild Bear is a CCCAP (Colorado Child Care Assistance Program) provider and 48% of participants are identified as low-income and access programs through CCCAP and donor supported scholarships. In 2020 during COVID, Wild Bear provided full day outdoor programs for chldren during the summer and during the school year remote learning so that parents could go to work. Wild Bear provided 231 programs to 1,937 children who explored the Indian Peaks Wilderness, Mud Lake and Caribou Ranch open spaces, and other surrounding natural areas.School Programs: Wild Bear provides natural science programs to surrounding school districts at Mud Lake or at The Nature Center. Wild Bear provided 10 school group programs to 478 children.Intergenerational Family Programs and Visitation: The free interim nature center, located in a commercial space was closed from March to May in 2020 due to the COVID quarantine, but opened again June 1 with strick safety protocal, engaging people of all ages in hands-on nature exhibits. Wild Bear provided 21 adult/family programs to the 3,543 participants and enjoyed 11,983 free general visitors at the nature center.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Jill Dreves | Executive Dir. | 40 | $69,095 |
| Hillary Katz | Secretary | 4 | $0 |
| Brian Curtis | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Sally Brady | Board Member | 4 | $0 |
| Laura Wilkins | Treasurer | 2 | $0 |
| Dorothy Whalen | Board Chair | 6 | $0 |
| Jacob Harmon | Vice Chair | 2 | $0 |
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