The Western Collaborative Conservation Network (WCCN) promotes and supports community-based collaborative conservation efforts that strengthen and sustain healthy landscapes, vibrant communities, and thriving economies.
Increasing population demands on limited resources, declining land management capacity, uncertain climate patterns, and unpredictable natural events are making the West’s natural resources, communities, and economies vulnerable.
The Western Collaborative Conservation Network connects partners across more than nine states in the West to advance the practice of community-based collaborative conservation. Read on to learn how we make it happen.
Through our newsletter, social media, and regional map of collaboratives, we connect with each other, share knowledge and experiences, tell impactful stories, and create a stronger community.
Through our working groups, we tell the story of community-based collaborative conservation, analyze and address barriers to collaboration, and create learning opportunities to grow collaborative capacity.
Confluence is the WCCN’s biennial gathering that provides an indispensable space for learning and professional community-building within the collaborative conservation field. This gathering’s location interchanges between Fort Collins, CO (where the WCCN is based), and hubs of collaborative conservation across the West.
We are individuals and organizations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Wyoming—and expanding across the West—working in forests, grasslands, and watersheds.
Learn more about our members, where they are located, and how to connect with us!
Join our mailing list to receive regular collaboration opportunities and our quarterly newsletters that promote stories to learn and engage in with our network across the West.
Many supporters give money and/or time to make the WCCN work. Core financial support for the WCCN comes from:
See our full list of individuals and organizations who support the WCCN with time and funding.
We believe that increased collaboration builds stronger communities and creates enduring conservation actions.
To learn more, contact the WCCN Communications Team at Conserve@Colostate.edu
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