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PO Box 3017
Nederland, Colorado 80466
303-258-0495
Since 1995...fostering a lifelong appreciation of the environment and promoting an environmentally aware, responsible, and ecologically sound community.
Wild Bear is proud to have opened the first non-profit nature center in
Boulder County!
Please consider a tax-deductible gift today to support our efforts to connect all ages to the natural world.
We are so grateful
for our sponsors!
S.L. Gimbel Foundation
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Your donations support our scholarship fund, our workshop series and the nature center vision in general.
Thank you.
Wild Bear provided over 16,000 contact hours connecting children to nature in 2011, and currently 44% of participants many qualify and participate through scholarships.
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The bears... they are awake!
And, they are a wandering! According to David Hoerath, Wildlife Biologist with the Boulder County Parks and Open Space, "the bears may or may not be hungry right away. Some wandering/roaming is common. I think they will be hoping to find critters/carrion that didn't make it through winter (but it was mild and there probably isn't much around or it has already gone bad w/o snow/ice/refrigeration). But they will also be searching for things that are greening up/flowering early."
"It is a wake-up call for mtn/foothills residents to stop feeding birds for the summer (shouldn't do that anyway), put up/take down hummingbird feeders daily, clean/tidy up your compost, and put your trash out the morning of pickup..."
What great advice! Birdfeeders and trash kill bears. Feeding wildlife is never a good idea. Bears who empty our birdfeeder or chow on our trash become aggressive... let's keep the bears wild..and peaceful and shy, shall we?
For great information about living with the bears, see this link.
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Wild Earth Day, a huge success!
We wish to thank the community of Nederland for supporting and participating in the 11th annual Wild Earth Day at Wild Bear Mountain Ecology Center!
Click on the picture to see a full photo album!
We would love to hear your feedback!
Please click on this link to fill out our survey!
We estimate 1,000 people of all ages and from many places came out to meet hawks, snakes, spiders and worms or enjoyed the workshops about creating an EcoVillage with Lonnie Gamble, an expert in sustainability and someone who hasn't paid an electric or heat bill in 20 years! We enjoyed music with David Williams and education with Leave No Trace, Thorne Ecological Institute and Keep It Clean Partnership. Thank you to Art for the Earth for educating us about fracking and to Ned Fire for coming out to talk about how we can prevent disaster. This was a zero waste event and we thank NedCompost and Green Girl Recycling for making that happen!
Powering the entire Wild Earth tent, Prius plug-in electric vehicle conversions, the Solar Gardens Institute display, and the Nedernet Wi-Fi Hot Spot was a portable solar generator called the Solarator ™ provided by Southard Solar!
We'd like to thank sponsors: the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD), My Therapy Company, Seagate Technology, S.L. Gimbel Foundation, Energy Solutions Network, Boulder Hybrid Conversions, Yellow Scene, Wild Mountain Smokehouse, and Backcountry Pizza for making this FREE event happen!
We'd like to thank intern Katie Hyzy and volunteers Greg Ching and Michael McBurnie for serving on the committee to plan and implement this event. We'd like to thank Katrina Harms of Dog House Videos for handling all of the parking for us and Eldora Mountain Resort for providing the cones! We'd like to thank the following volunteers: Jake Baldwin, Chris Bauer, Marieta Bialek, Cat Brantley, Sally and Tristan Brown, Jessi Burg, Laurie and Aiden Castleberry, Tatiana Casey and Kira Haworth, Laurie and Aiden Castleberry, Nicole Delmage, Danielle Dennis, Ana Lu Farina, Keith Gagne, Randy Geitzen, Jan Hummer , Noah Greenberg, Andy Johnson, Freya Henry, Julia Lathan, John and Leslie Marcantonio, Elaine Mason and Hakan Chunton, Lindsay Mitchko and Jordan Morrow, , Mikaela Madelinski, Sarah and Parker Newby, Greg Peterson, Susan Rewinkle and Natalie Taylor, Manda Rudolf, Scott Seymour, Chandra Valenza, and Elizabeth Van Emmerik. THANK YOU!
Thank you from all of us at Wild Bear Mountain Ecology Center downtown and remember to inspire each other to take care of the earth!
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Summer Camp highlights!
Summer camps run all summer for ages 5-15.
Wild Bear offers special workshops for ages 10 and older. These are specifically for this age group and taught by masters! Spaces are limited!
Fly fishing in the wild!
Every Tuesday.
Sign up for one day or EVERY Tuesday to discover the mysterious world of fly fishing! Learn from experts to understand the natives and non-natives, what they are feeding on, and replicate invertebrates through fly tying.
Meet at Wild Bear Mountain Ecology Center, discover the insect hatchings and prepare for an amazing day traveling to the secret holes of the Nederland area. Cast your line and practice the strategies for ecologically sound catch and release fly fishing.
Dustin Mastro has been teaching Wild Bear's fly fishing classes for the past 2 years. He is an expert and grew up in Nederland!
Cost: $60/day
Time: Every Tuesday June 5-July 31 9am-3pm
Fly fishing gear is provided. Preregistration is required.
All workshops begin and end at Wild Bear in downtown Nederland, Colorado.
Thank you Orvis for providing us with top notch gear for our summer camp!
To register, contact us at registrar@wildbear.org or call 303-258-0495. To download the registration form click here. To see a full schedule of workshops for ages 5-15, click here. Wild Bear provides a shuttle service from Boulder. Please inquire.
The Intuitive Dancing Warrior
A Summer Program for Girls & Boys Ages 10 & Up
Every Wednesday 9am to 3pm, June 6 to August 1
Cost: $60/day
For Young Warriors/Healers/Scholars in the Tribe
Why do Warriors intuitively know where the booby traps are?
It is because they can feel it. It is because they have "dirt time" with primitive skills. They weave their feeling ability and skills together into a seamless web that allows them to live in and feel the forest. These are ordinary skills of extraordinary beings. The beings I speak of are human beings. Bring your human being to camp this summer, to study the ancient ways of the Intuitive Dancing Warrior.
Like the Warrior Sage of old, learn intuitive and primitive skills of:
Communicating in a Language All Nature Knows Through
Dance, Movement, Voice, Sound, Poetry, Storytelling
Fire Making
Finding Water
Building Shelters
Finding Food on the Land
Navigating Aidlessly Across the Landscape
Listening to the Language of Birds
Tracking Patterns of Animals
Crafting Tools Off the Land
Sharpening Your Senses to the Presence of Others in the Forest
Shooting Arrows
Throwing Knives
Playing Scout Games
Learning the Medicine of the Land
Creating Masks and Animal Forms
Having Fun
Making New Friends
Exploring Forest Creeks and Ponds
Being One with Place
Have fun with your wild self and your wild friends!
Mary Margaret Sweeney, PhD has been mentoring children and adults in primitive wilderness skills since 2003. Since 1988 Mary has taught applied and theoretical psychology and education in various colleges and corporations. Her interest in wilderness therapy inspired her to pursue combining these career interests. Mary has a passion for role modeling connection to nature as a path to greater awareness, and for serving others by sharing her knowledge and skills. Mary draws on her practice of energy work, dream work, primitive skills, sacred hunting, fishing and ceremony to inform her program design.
Cost: $60/day
Time: Every Wednesday 9am-3pm
All workshops begin and end at Wild Bear in downtown Nederland, Colorado.
Preregistration is required.
To register, contact us at registrar@wildbear.org or call 303-258-0495. To download the registration form click here.2q1 To see a full schedule of workshops for ages 5-15, click here. Wild Bear provides a shuttle service from Boulder. Please inquire.
From the Earth
Clay Workshops for ages 10 and older
Every Thursday June 7- Aug 2 9am-3pm
with Candace Newlove...
Cost: $60/day
 Garden Art ~ Thursdays June 7/14/21 Use clay to build your own garden art, imitating the beauty of Colorado's native wildflowers. Hike in the mountains around Nederland and learn to identify local wildflowers and pollinating insects. Use the natural beauty you find as your inspiration for hand-made clay pieces. Learn and practice a variety of clay techniques such as hand-building, glazing, firing and decorating. Create some pieces to take home and place into your own garden at home.
Bird Houses and Habitats ~ Thursdays June 28/July 5 & 12
Are you fascinated by songbirds, raptors or woodpeckers? Observe the nesting habitats of your favorite birds in the wild and then build a bird house or nest of your own using a combination of clay and natural materials. Learn clay techniques such as slab building, glazing, firing and decorating. Visit a local osprey nesting grounds and try to catch a glance of these amazing birds of prey! Take home your bird house to place in your own backyard.
Pit Fire Pottery ~ Thursdays July 19/26 & August 2 Learn to make pottery in the traditional Pueblo fashion. Try your hand at coil building, hand burnishing, and firing in an outdoor pit
fire in the style of Maria Martinez. Connect to the earth through clay, understanding the elements of the earth that create the properties of clay, the importance of building a relationship with the your piece, burnishing it with stones to create a smooth effect, applying slip to create prehistoric designs and placing it carefully into the "pit fire" to return it to the earth. Buried in cow manure and straw, the firing process adds its own story before it is retrieved the next day from the pit.
We are so excited to have Candace Newlove teaching our clay classes! She has been involved in the arts community for many years. Please see her website:
http://www.candacenewlove.com/About_Candace.html to learn about her great work!
Cost: $60/day
Time: Every Thursday 9am-3pm
All workshops begin and end at Wild Bear in downtown Nederland, Colorado.
Preregistration is required.
To register, contact us at registrar@wildbear.org or call 303-258-0495. To download the registration form click here. To see a full schedule of workshops for ages 5-15, click here. Wild Bear provides a shuttle service from Boulder. Please inquire.
Wild Bear has many wonderful camps
for the summer for your child.
- How about joining in on a Friday workshop at Chautauqua! See this link...
- Check out this link for all of our other workshops in the mountains at Wild Bear Mountain Ecology Center.
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Mark your calendar!
2nd Wildflower Gala
the evening of
Thursday, July 26
at the Stage Stop Inn
Enjoy an evening of great music, silent auction and wildflowers! Join us for the gala fundraiser to support Wild Bear Mountain Ecology Center.
Details to come!
If you'd like to volunteer for the organization of the gala, please email us at gala@wildbear.org
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Introduction to Essences
with Eric Scott Bresselsmith
Wednesday May 16 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
$20 includes hydrosol
Wild Bear Mountain Ecology Center
Eric has been self studying and practicing wholistic living since 1987 when he found himself on the end of hoe on a certified organic farm in the coastal mountains of Oregon. Fathering a son in 1992 deepened his commitment to personal wellness and caring for all of his families health needs. Embarking on the journey of an essential oil distiller in Autumn 2009 has opened a passion for studying chemistry and linking the mysteries of aromatics to the foundations of the scientific arts. Please join him as he tells the story of essential oils, the importance of their creation, quality and the fundamentals of interacting with plants of your own community.
Essential Oils Presented
2 mil $15 5 mil $30 Hydrosol $15
Ponderosa Pine
- Ponderosa Pine Cone
- Pinion Pine
- Pinion Pine Cone
- Engelmann Spruce
- Scotch Pine
- Austrian Pine
- White Fir
- Pinion/Juniper co-distillation
- Utah Juniper
- Common Juniper
- Juniper/Sage co-distillation
Great Western Sage Brush
- Rabbit Brush
- Rabbit/Sage Brush co-distillation
- Grindelia "Gum Weed"
To register, email us at registrar@wildbear.org
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We wish you a wonderful day! Be sure to get outside, breathe the fresh air and listen to nature.
Wild Bear is open to visitors Monday-Saturday, 12pm-5pm. Please Visit us! We are on the busline from Boulder, located next to the Carousel of Happiness in downtown Nederland.
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