CCC Fellows Cohort 14 Training Retreat – A Jam-Packed Trip to Remember!
CCC Fellows Cohort 14 traveled to Fort Collins for the Fellows training retreat: learning, field trips, presentations, panel, & more!
WCCN’s “Collaborative Voices of Confluence”
The WCCN Quarterly Newsletter: “Collaborative Voices of Confluence” is OUT! Read all about it and look at pretty pictures from WCCN partners
Mentorship Match at Confluence 2024
A reflection by Nicole Reese This year, Confluence 2024 included a Mentorship Match, an opportunity for attendees to be paired for a mini-mentorship experience. Roughly 65 people participated in the Mentorship Match, and the result for many was a connection to learn from their mentor/mentee and also to get a taste of the potential benefits […]
Threaded Together: Strategies for Engaging Emerging Leaders
The session at Confluence reminded us that this work – engaging young people in conservation, cultivating their passion, and creating opportunities for growth – are the building blocks for a career of impact. They are also key components of mentorship, and feedback from this session will inform the creation of a mentorship toolkit, which will be available later this year.
Collaborative Conservation Tools & Resources
We at the Western Collaborative Conservation Network (WCCN) and the Center for Collaborative Conservation (CCC) have put together a collaborative, live document: “Collaborative Conservation Tools and Resources”.
Reflections on Confluence 2024 Keynote Speaker: Lorraine Marquez Eiler
Lorraine Marquez Eiler, who is a Hia C-ed O’odham Elder, and the co-founder and board vice-president of the International Sonoran Desert Alliance (ISDA – https://www.isdanet.org/), was our keynote speaker for Confluence 2024. And I couldn’t have been more honored and excited when she accepted our invitation to come speak with the Confluence audience as our keynote. Lorraine is a collaborative visionary with decades of experience, not only working with partners from a variety of professional backgrounds, but among partners from three different nations – the Tohono O’odham Nation, Mexico, and the United States.
CCC News: May 2024
Join us this month as we reflect on WCCN’s Confluence 2024 and the recent CCC Fellows Cohort 14 Retreat. Also in this newsletter, we share exciting upcoming opportunities to connect with the Western Collaborative Conservation Network (WCCN), the CCC Fellows Program, and the Colorado Forest Collaboratives Network (CFCN). As it’s graduation season, happy graduation to […]
National Forest Foundation’s Collaborative Capacity Program for Forests & Communities
The National Forest Foundation is thrilled to announce the launch of the Collaborative Capacity Program for Forests & Communities (CCP). The CCP is a new program that builds capacity within and across collaborative groups to achieve forest stewardship goals in ways that are most inclusive and equitable. The program views collaboration as a cornerstone for […]
CCC News: April 2024
See what the CCC is up to this month in our monthly newsletter- this month, we’re thinking deeply about feedback, hosting Fellows Cohort 14, reflecting on WCCN Confluence 2024, saving the date for CFC Summit, and more! Read it all here: https://mailchi.mp/2b3399ff9f87/ccc-news-april-2024
Meet the Sponsors of WCCN Confluence 2024
photo by Matthew Juneau Collaborative conservation is often fueled by passion and volunteerism of individuals like those who serve on the WCCN Steering Committee, those who spent many hours on the Confluence Planning Committee, and those who helped out at the event. To all of you: THANK YOU! Collaborative conservation also usually requires funding, including […]
