Our Mission
WilderCulture exists to protect Western lands and the cultural heritage embedded in them — for the people, communities, and wild hearts that depend on them
Education and Culture
Education programming includes university-affiliated archaeological field schools, ecology and stewardship internships, multi-day workshops, naturalist and heritage-led guided tours, and curriculum and research partnerships with museums and academic institutions. Programs are designed to be revenue-generating while reinforcing the company's preservation mission and providing direct community access to protected lands.
Land Stewardship
Field crews execute ecological restoration, wildfire fuels reduction, invasive species removal, riparian and wetland restoration, native revegetation, trail building and maintenance, and ongoing monitoring on public, private, and WilderCulture-held lands. Crews are trained and certified to federal cooperator and contractor standards (S-130/S-190 for fire-adjacent work; A-100 awareness-level archaeological coordination; first aid/CPR; chainsaw and mechanized equipment certifications
Archaeological and Historic Preservation
In partnership with the Colorado Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, federal cultural-resource staff, tribal historic preservation offices, and History Colorado, WilderCulture supports site documentation, condition assessments, stabilization of historic structures, access and fence-line management, and interpretive infrastructure. Where appropriate, WilderCulture acquires properties containing significant archaeological resources or historic structures for direct, long-term preservation management.
WilderCulture's land conservation work is structured around a three-entity framework designed to ensure that protected lands remain protected regardless of any future change to the company itself.
This is the architecture used by mature conservation organizations and the structure most credible to impact funders, foundations, and federal partners
Land Acquisition & Permanent Protection Model
WilderCulture's land conservation work is structured around a three-entity framework designed to ensure that protected lands remain protected regardless of any future change to the company itself. This is the architecture used by mature conservation organizations and the structure most credible to impact funders, foundations, and federal partners.
WilderCulture, PBC
The operating company. Women led, employee owned, holds contracts, employs the conservation crew, originates new acquisitions, and runs the education, culture, and film-location programs that drive operating revenue
WilderCulture Conservation Trust
A separately incorporated 501(c)(3) affiliate, established in Year 1, that holds fee-simple title to acquired conservation properties and accepts charitable contributions toward the land acquisition fund. As a qualified organization under IRC Section 170(h), the Trust is eligible to receive donated conservation easements and historic preservation easements, generating federal tax benefits for donors and ensuring permanent legal standing to defend protections.
Co-held conservation easements
On every acquisition, WilderCulture will record a conservation easement — and where appropriate a historic preservation easement — co-held by an established Colorado land trust (Colorado Open Lands, Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust, the Trust for Public Land, or a regional partner). Co-holding distributes long-term enforcement responsibility and provides redundancy: the easement endures even if either holding organization ever lapses.