2020 Virtual Symposium on Conservation Impact

The Center’s 2020 International Symposium on Conservation Impact highlighted best-in-class examples in North American cities of enhancing natural systems to improve community health and support climate resilience. The symposium featured a broad group of policy leaders, practitioners, and researchers who work in and around cities.

You can view the complete agenda, as well as variety of recordings from the virtual event:

Connectivity Challenge Prize Finalist Pitch Event

Watch Borderlands Restoration Network win the prize, and read more about their winning project.

• Watch prize pitches by finalist teams: Cascadia Partner Forum, Borderlands Restoration Network, National Audubon Society, The Nature Conservancy, and Climate Science Alliance
• Check out the graphic recording of the event, as well as a timelapse, by Heartwood Visuals

Working and Communicating Effectively in Rural Communities Workshop

• Watch the 3-part recording from the workshop on this playlist
• Learn more about the workshop

Symposium on Conservation Impact

Recordings from the symposium include:

• Keynote address by Congresswoman Deb Haaland
• City Resilience panel featuring Leticia Gutiérrez Lorandi, Allegra “Happy” Haynes, and Sadhu Johnston
• CSU state of the research panel
• Keynote address by Dr. Mustafa Ali
• Funders panel featuring Dana Bourland, Lois DeBacker, and Laura Martinez Pepin Lehalleur
• Check out the graphic recording of the event, as well as a timelapse, by Heartwood Visuals

Thank you to our sponsors and partners!

The symposium was made possible with support from our sponsors, Jim Kelley and Amie Knox; Trinchera Blanca Foundation, an affiliate of The Moore Charitable Foundation, founded by Louis Bacon; Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO); Dig Studio; and Colorado Parks and Wildlife,  as well as a number of generous individual donors.

We would also like to thank our partners, who helped us craft a meaningful and substantive symposium. They include The Trust for Public Land, the National Wildlife Federation, the City and County of Denver, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the Wilburforce Foundation.