City of Fort Collins Engage

Welcome to Engage!  Engage helps you manage your involvement, either as a participant or volunteer, sponsored by the FC Volunteer Program. Browse the calendar, edit your profile, and get involved!

Special habitats like prairies, foothills, waterways, and forests are conserved for wildlife and people by the City of Fort Collins Natural Areas Department.  Everyone is welcome to treasure and steward these beloved outdoor places. Thanks to community-driven sales tax ballot measures, there are 52 conserved natural areas and 114 miles of trail with more being added each year. See the Natural Areas Map (pdf).

Natural Areas Explorer is your guide to free natural area activities, June-October. Register here, by creating or signing in to you account.

 

Featured Activities

Pollinator Garden at Lee Martinez Park

 

We are looking for a small group of volunteers to maintain the pollinator garden at Lee Martinez

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2025 Volunteer Engagement Summit Profile Photo

2025 Volunteer Engagement Summit

  Thursday, 28 August 2025

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Upcoming Activities   Calendar

Wade the River Profile Photo  Sign Up Wade the River
  Thursday, 07 August 2025 |   09:30 AM | Lee Martinez Park

Where: Poudre Trail. Park at the tennis courts at Lee Martinez Park and follow the paved trail west until you come to a small beach on the north side of the trail. When: Thursday, August 7th, 9:30am - 12pm. Registration highly suggested, but n...

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Campfire with Full Moon Hike Profile Photo  Sign Up Campfire with Full Moon Hike
  Friday, 08 August 2025 |   07:30 PM | Coyote Ridge Natural Area

Where: Coyote Ridge Natural Area, meet at the cabin, approximately 1 mile down the trail. It will take approximately 30 minutes to hike to the cabin, so PLEASE plan accordingly so that you are at the cabin at or before 7:30 p.m. program will begin...

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Sunset 'Just Be' Yoga and Meditation Profile Photo  Sign Up Sunset 'Just Be' Yoga and Meditation
  Wednesday, 13 August 2025 |   07:15 PM | Shields St River Access

Where: Park at Shields Street River Access. We will walk along the Poudre Trail, under the bridge to McMurry Natural Area. We will set up along the riverbank off of the trail. A volunteer will meet you at Shields Street River Access and direct you...

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Listening in the Dark: Bat Biology at Gadwall Ponds Profile Photo  Sign Up Listening in the Dark: Bat Biology at Gadwall Ponds
  Thursday, 14 August 2025 |   07:00 PM | Kingfisher Point Natural Area

When: Thursday, August 14th, 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Where: Meet at the Kingfisher Point parking lot off of Timberline Road at 7:00 p.m. Extra parking can be found at the Natural Areas' NIX Farm campus (1745 Hoffman Mill Road). Note that if you ...

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Raptors and Nature @ Bobcat Ridge Profile Photo  Sign Up Raptors and Nature @ Bobcat Ridge
  Friday, 15 August 2025 |   09:00 AM | Bobcat Ridge Natural Area

Where: Bobcat Ridge Natural Area. Please meet at the pavilion roughly 0.25 miles from the parking lot at 9:00a.m. Join a volunteer naturalist on a 1 mile hike through Bobcat Ridge. The raptor presentation will be at 10:00a.m. - 11:0 0a.m. in the p...

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Backyard Wildlife at the Museum of Discovery Profile Photo  Sign Up Backyard Wildlife at the Museum of Discovery
  Friday, 15 August 2025 |   10:00 AM | Fort Collins Museum of Discovery

This activity is in partnership with the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery "Nature All Around Us" Exhibit! Please stop by the museum to check out the exhibit and learn more about the natural world that surrounds us. When: Friday, August 15th 10...

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Nature Photography with a Smartphone Profile Photo  Register Nature Photography with a Smartphone
  Saturday, 16 August 2025 |   08:30 AM | Riverbend Ponds Natural Area |  Registration Required

Where: Riverbend Ponds Natural Area. Park at Prospect Rd. parking lot. When: Saturday August 16, 8:30 - 10:30 am Program Description: Your too can take great nature photos with your smartphone. We will learn the basics of nature photograp...

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Nature Lovers Adventure Series: Wet Boots - Biological Sampling in the Cache la Poudre River Profile Photo Volunteer Nature Lovers Adventure Series: Wet Boots - Biological Sampling in the Cache la Poudre River
  Wednesday, 20 August 2025 |   06:00 PM | McMurry Natural Area

This program is run by the Poudre River Public Library District, please sign up on their website: https://poudrelibraries.librarycalendar.com/event Learn about how the City tracks the health of our home river: the Cache la Poudre. Get your hand...

Co-Volunteers: Bernadette K, Kayla F
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Prairie Stories by the Campfire Profile Photo  Register Prairie Stories by the Campfire
  Friday, 22 August 2025 |   06:30 PM | Coyote Ridge Natural Area |  Registration Required

*Registration for this program is required and will close at midnight on 8/8. .* Where: Coyote Ridge Natural Area, meet at the cabin, approximately 1 mile down the trail. When: Friday, Aug. 9, 6:30 - 8:00p.m. Program Description: Spend a...

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Ghostly Echoes from the Last Ice Age Profile Photo  Sign Up Ghostly Echoes from the Last Ice Age
  Saturday, 06 September 2025 |   10:00 AM | Soapstone Prairie Natural Area

When: Saturday, September 6th, 10-11 a.m. Where: Soapstone Prairie. Meet at the North Parking Lot. Activity Description: Ever wonder why a pronghorn runs so fast? Why do some delicious melons lie rotting on the ground uneaten? Perhaps it n...

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