Read this month’s CCC Newsletter! Kicking off with a note from our director, “Water in the West is a wicked problem: a complex challenge that defies resolution. With the Colorado River—which is in a perilous state after a warm, dry …
The WCCN Quarterly Newsletter: “Collaborative Voices of Confluence” is OUT! Read all about it and look at pretty pictures from WCCN partners
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 …
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.
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”.
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.
The element of Confluence that is really exceptional- the kindness and openness of the people that have come to these gatherings.
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 …
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 …
We respectfully acknowledge that Confluence 2024 is taking place on the land of Indigenous peoples. Today, Arizona is home to 22 federally recognized tribes as well as other Indigenous communities, and Tucson is home to the O’odham and the …