Colorado State University

The Conservation Fellows Program supports students, faculty, and practitioner projects that use a collaborative approach to help communities improve their livelihoods and contribute to local and global conservation goals. This innovative program provides critical experience to our fellows and practical assistance to communities around the world. Your contribution will help support:

• Teams of fellows collaborating with communities to develop solutions for conservation and livelihoods.
• Training for new fellows in developing a collaborative conservation project

The practitioner program is working directly with conservation practitioners to develop more opportunities for training in ccollaborative skills and tools. These skills and tools are critical to practitioners as they work on complex conservation and livelihood issues. Your contribution will help support:

• Practitioner Planning Workshop, February 28 – March 2, 2018
• Practitioner Training, June 2018
• Program expansion from 1/2 time to fulltime!
• Future trainings, designed by practitioners for practitioners

The Undergraduate Internship Program provides hands-on internship for undergraduate students to gain experience working with practitioners on real-world issues in real communities using collaborative skills and tools. The skills gained through these internships give students a head start on entering the workforce. so that they hit the ground running and are better prepared to be effective leaders in conservation. Your contribution will help support:

• Student internship placements with practitioners
• A coordinator position to support program growth