Key Theme: Climate change

Webinar: Indigenous Leadership on Climate Change

This inaugural Connecting for Conservation webinar series was the first in a two-part series on indigenous approaches to conservation. It served as a continuation of a conversation around Native American heritage and tribal stewardship, which began at the Salazar Center’s 2019 symposium and featured Loren BirdRattler and Terry Tatsey of the Blackfeet Nation and Eli Enns of the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nation.

The webinar featured Dr. Beth Rose Middleton and Sara Smith in a discussion of indigenous leadership on climate change.

Dr. Beth Rose Middleton

Associate Professor of Native American Studies, UC Davis

Learn more about Dr. Middleton

 

 

Sara Smith

Midwest Tribal Climate Science Liaison, College of Menominee Nation 

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Dates

Date Start Time End Time
Feb. 20, 2020 1:00 pm 2:00 pm

Contact Information

Dominique Gómez: dominique.gomez@colostate.edu.

Key Themes

  • Climate adaptation
  • Climate change
  • Diversity equity inclusion
  • Healthy landscapes
  • Indigenous conservation

Watch the webinar recording

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.

Working and Communicating Effectively in Rural Communities Workshop
Symposium on Conservation Impact
Watch the symposium playlist on YouTube
This playlist includes videos of each speaker and panel, plus special announcements from throughout the day.

Recordings from the symposium include:

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.

      The Trust for Public Land     National Wildlife Federation    Denver Parks and Recreation   Wilburforce Foundation      William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Contact Information

Catie Boehmer: catie.boehmer@colostate.edu

Sponsored by Trinchera Blanca Foundation, Great Outdoors Colorado, Dig Studio, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Key Themes

  • Climate adaptation
  • Climate change
  • Connectivity
  • Diversity equity inclusion
  • Healthy landscapes
  • Resiliency
  • Urban nature

Watch video clips from the event

View and download presentations

Past Symposia

2019 Symposium on Conservation Impact

The inaugural Salazar Center International Symposium on Conservation Impact established a forum to track, incent, recognize, and reward progress on conservation challenges across North America. It convened 200+ thought leaders from the arenas of conservation policy, practice, and research around the theme of landscape connectivity. Attendees represented 10 different city, county, state, and national agencies; 40 non-profit organizations and universities; and 19 funders from 15 states, Canada, and Mexico. Together, we explored opportunities to connect and collaborate across urban and rural, public and private, and wild and working lands; how landscape-scale conservation is critical to environmental and human health; and what opportunities and challenges exist surrounding their conservation and stewardship.

The Center also launched its first competitive prize for conservation impact at the symposium. The prize is one way in which the Salazar Center is pursuing bold new incentives to advance impactful, community-based conservation partnerships that support conservation at scale.

Speakers included:

Dates

Date Start Time End Time
Sep. 24, 2019 8:00 am 6:00 pm

Location

McNichols Civic Center Building

144 W Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80202

Key Themes

  • Biodiversity
  • Climate change
  • Connectivity
  • Conservation funding and finance
  • Conservation policy
  • Crossing boundaries
  • Diversity equity inclusion
  • Healthy landscapes
  • Indigenous conservation
  • Large landscapes

Watch highlights from the symposium

Download Presentations

Past Symposia