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CCC News: May 2023

Forest Health Council collaborative updates, Confluence Save-the-Date, jobs, and more. Enjoy! https://mailchi.mp/347b4eb43c2c/ccc-news-may-2023

CCC News: April 2023

CCC News: April introduces our newest cohort of Fellows, announces upcoming workshops, and more opportunities to learn via recorded webinars, read more here: https://mailchi.mp/9499ef5d9888/ccc-news-april-2023

Storyteller’s Circle Kicks Off With a Focus on Video Production

On March 30th, the first Storyteller’s Circle workshop featured guest speaker Christi Bode of Moxiecran Media. Bode is a documentary film producer as well as a director, writer, and storyteller focusing on water, land, natural resources, and the connections between humans and ecological communities. Bode spoke about how communications professionals can find and work with […]

Collaborative Voices – March 2023

Read the inspiring stories and updates from our partners around the American West, learn more about the WCCN working groups, and engage with our Network – Read the WCCN quarterly newsletter here!

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 […]

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