Ask Atti: Supporting New Staff

To parrot this question in another way: How do you manage turnover in your organization? How do you support new staff working in collaborative conservation? Atti, the Peach-faced Lovebird, studiously gathered responses from other WCCN partners to support Crystal, and many people suggested that new staff should meet with many people to listen, ask questions, […]

Rabbit Creek: A Recipe for Restoring Riparian Areas

By George and Sarah Seidel, John Fusaro and Heather Knight The Seidel family have a ranching operation in Livermore.  The main part of the ranch lies along Rabbit Creek which affords habitat for diverse terrestrial and riparian species, including cottonwoods, willows, birch and alder, turkey, beaver, black bear, mountain lions, numerous songbirds, and Preble’s Meadow […]

North Fork Poudre SCT Update

The North Fork Poudre River Species Conservation Team (SCT) continues to work toward the recovery of Preble’s meadow jumping mouse (PMJM), a threatened mammal listed under the Endangered Species Act. The establishment of SCT’s along Colorado’s northern Front Range is a first of its kind effort, designed to give a voice to local communities in […]

SPECIAL EVENT in Fort Collins Oct 5!

CCC proudly presents Dr. Krithi Karanth Living with Wildlife:Insights from 24 Years of Science, Conservation & Education Date & Time:Wednesday, October 512 pm to 1 pm MT Location:Colorado State UniversityWagar 133 Dr. Krithi Karanth, Chief Conservation Scientist & Director at the Centre for Wildlife Studies India, will give a talk at Colorado State University from noon to 1 […]

Request for Proposals – Fellows Program 2023

The CCC is seeking innovative conservation projects to receive funding and support through the Collaborative Conservation Fellows Program. August 30, 2022. Contact: Allison Brody, allison.brody@colostate.edu  The Center for Collaborative Conservation is currently seeking applicants interested in receiving funding to plan and implement a meaningful project, delve into the practice of collaborative conservation, and join a […]

From Theory to Practice – themes of successful collaboration

By Allison Brody, CCC Associate Director of Learning8/18/2022 Partnerscapes surveyed 87 collaboratives throughout the western US in 2020 to find out what these collaboratives were accomplishing, how they evaluate their progress, and some of the challenges and opportunities they face. Like others (e.g., Wilkens et al 2021), they were able to tease out some themes common to […]

Get Ready for Confluence 2022 – Travel Logistics

We hope you’ll be able to join us and our many partner organizations at the Western Collaborative Conservation Network’s regional meeting, Confluence. Confluence will be hosted at Chico Hot Springs in Pray, Montana from Sept 19-21, 2022. Registration has now closed. There will be no on-site registration available. As many of you are aware, in […]

Meet Aireona, our Director of Practice and WCCN’s coordinator

Aireona Bonnie Raschke, Ph.D. hit the ground running when she joined the Center for Collaborative Conservation (CCC) a few short months ago, taking the lead on organizing a biennial conference, jumping into working group meetings, and getting to know as many people as she can who are working on collaborative conservation. As the Associate Director […]

Meet the Fur and Feathered Friends of the CCC!

We have gone through quite the transition at the CCC in recent months! As we’ve gained many new faces on our team, we wanted to take a moment to recognize our fur and feathered friends who put a smile on our faces, offer snuggles and pets when we are in need of comfort, join our […]

Save the Date: Upcoming Webinar on Infrastructure Law and Forest Collaboratives

Mark 9 a.m. MST on May 25 in your calendars to join JW Associates, Southern Rockies Fire Science Network, Fire Adapted Colorado, Colorado Forest Restoration Institute, and the CCC for a webinar on the Infrastructure Law and Forest Collaboratives: Overview and Program Potential.  Register here!  Topics and speakers include: General overview of IIJA and its relevance to forest […]