The Salazar Center for North American Conservation works to connect diverse leaders, communities, and resources across the North American continent in order to accelerate the pace and scale of equitable, innovative, and durable solutions for nature and all people.

Register for the International Symposium on Conservation Impact
Join conservation leaders to discuss how we accelerate and measure progress toward global biodiversity targets while exploring the potential power of our economy to be a positive force for nature.
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Annual Report
Our 2023 Annual Report highlights milestones in advancing innovative conservation, fostering collaboration, and supporting biodiversity across North America, showcasing impactful programs, partnerships, and progress toward resilient communities.
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Nearby Nature
Climate & Environmental Resilience: The Salazar Center and our project partners are the recipient of NSF Civic Innovation Challenge funds to support our work in the city of Denver responding to pollinator decline with community-informed climate-resilient habitat.
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Celebrating biodiversity action
On International Day of Biodiversity 2024, Jen Kovecses reflects on the importance of nature in our lives and why biodiversity was a central theme in the 2023 Symposium. Conservation works; we should do more of it!
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Culture as an objective for and a means of achieving a Wellbeing Economy
Read Executive Director Leslie Harroun's latest article for nature.com about the role of culture both as an objective and as a means of achieving a Wellbeing Economy.
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Inaugural Peregrine Accelerator awards implementation funding
The inaugural Peregrine Accelerator program ended with a presentation event; nine teams from across the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo river basin shared their final proposals with the Center and a panel of experts.
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