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Evan Barrientos

Communications Manager, Community Building

Evan Barrientos is the communications manager, Community Building. His passion is using photography, videography, and writing to inspire people to explore and care for nature. From 2018–2025 he managed communications and marketing for Audubon Rockies. He began birdwatching and photography as a child at the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center in Wisconsin and studied Natural Resources at Cornell University. In addition to communications, he has worked in the fields of environmental education, volunteer coordination, land restoration and management, and ecology. 

Articles by Evan Barrientos

An American Avocet forages in a saline wetland.
Securing Gillmor Sanctuary’s Future
December 17, 2020 — A land donation to Audubon’s Gillmor Sanctuary protects the future of shorebird habitat restoration.
A boy looks for pikas in the mountains
A Legacy of Connecting People to Nature
November 22, 2020 — How Cheryl Miller is helping Audubon bring environmental education to thousands of kids in southwest Colorado.
Kids and Family
Habitat Hero at Jack's Solar Garden
July 01, 2020 — Advancing renewable energy while creating bird-friendly habitat.
Native Plants
Flames burn through sageburh.
Cheatgrass, Fire, and Sagebrush
June 30, 2020 — How cheatgrass and other invasives are threatening the very existence of the sagebrush steppe ecosystem.
Grasslands, Aridlands and Forests
Greater Sage-Grouse displays at sunrise. Photo: Evan Barrientos/Audubon Rockies
Sage-Grouse Season Is Upon Us
March 18, 2020 — In sagebrush country, the show goes on.
Katelyn removes a Brown-headed Cowbird from a mist net.
Bird Banding at 12 Years Old
November 15, 2019 — See how Audubon Rockies has helped one young scientist become a skilled bird bander.
A Horned Lark stands on the ground.
May Ranch
September 23, 2019 — An island of grass in a sea of developed land in southeast Colorado.
Conservation Ranching