Introducing the 10 Year Review of the CCC Fellows Program: An Assessment of Impacts
Introducing the 10 Year Review of the CCC Fellows Program: An Assessment of Impacts For the last ten years, the CCC Fellows Program, unlike other fellowships, has challenged and trained students, faculty, and conservation practitioners to engage directly with communities that depend on conservation efforts for their livelihoods. In 2019, a 10-year retrospective evaluation was […]
Breaking Down Barriers and Reducing Conflict Over Wolves in Colorado
10/23/20 By Mireille Gonzalez, CCC Fellows Cohort 10, PhD Student in the Human Dimensions of Natural Resources at Colorado State University Matt Collins, CCC Fellows Cohort 10, Masters Student in the Human Dimensions of Natural Resources at Colorado State University Taylor Heid, Masters Student in Conservation Leadership at Colorado State University Originally published by our […]
Bias and Cultural Consequences in Conservation
10/22/20 By Alex Few, Fellows Cohort 10, Working Wild Challenge Coordinator, Western Landowners Alliance Originally published by our partners at The Institute for Science and Policy Bias and Cultural Consequences in Conservation I picked up my daughter up from daycare last week and was handed a laminated placemat she had crafted that morning for “hunting week.” […]
A Path Forward for Wolves: Lessons from Past Reintroductions
10/2/20 By Brielle Manzolillo, Cohort 10 CCC Fellow, Masters Student in Forest and Rangeland Stewardship at Colorado State University Originally published by our partners at The Institute for Science and Policy A Path Forward for Wolves: Lessons from Past Reintroductions In April of 2019, I sat in my closet trying to hide from the noise of […]
Conservation fellows announced, set to study wolf reintroduction
Our 10th cohort of Collaborative Conservation Fellows was awarded $48,000 for work on the potential future of wolves in Colorado. Can we find a path forward together on this controversial canid? The Source recent wrote about the Fellows and their projects, you can read it here: https://warnercnr.source.colostate.edu/center-for-collaborative-conservation-ccc-announces-new-conservation-fellows/
Lessons from the Mongolian Sustainable Rangeland Collaborative: Reflections from a CCC Undergraduate Fellow
Lessons from the Mongolian Sustainable Rangeland Collaborative: Reflections from a CCC Undergraduate Fellow By Oliver D’Orazio, Cohort 9 Upon learning about the Center for Collaborative Conservation (CCC) at CSU, I immediately wanted to become involved. My volunteer experience with conservation groups and the National Park Service had shown me the exigent need for compromise and communication […]
The land is green, but there is little for livestock to eat
The land is green, but there is little for livestock to eat By Cini Brown and the Mongolian Sustainable Rangeland Collaborative (Fellows Cohort 9) It has been over a year since we returned to Colorado after spending a month in Mongolia. I am not sure what I expected to find when I got there. I […]
New Directions New Questions
9.29.2019 New Directions New Questions by Kailey Carlson, Fellows Cohort 9, Undergraduate Student in Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Starting as an undergrad on a project I knew nothing about, this all began with my attempt to understand the complexity of the centuries of cultural conflict between wildlife and herders in the Amboseli National Park […]
2-3-2 Community Biomass Enterprise Development Blog Update by Tim Reader – Cohort 9
This quarters Blog highlights Members of our Fellows Team visit to Quality Timbers and Wood Products LLC., in the small community of Antonito, Colorado, to facilitate collaboration among their custom milling operation and a developing local guild of Timber Frame Builders in Durango, Colorado. Established and operated by an Amish family, the mill has been […]
Trying New Things: Expanding my Interdisciplinary Training with Social Science Methods in Ecology
Trying New Things: Expanding my Interdisciplinary Training with Social Science Methods in Ecology By Jake Marinkovich, Fellows Cohort 9, Undergraduate student in Ecosystem Sciences and Sustainability Key Words: Ecology, Social Sciences, Fuzzy Cognitive Map, Ethiopia Everyone has their comfort zone. That area right in your wheelhouse where you know you have a complex understanding of […]
