The Salazar Center sparks conservation innovation and action to secure a thriving future for North America’s lands, waters and the life they support.
We bring people together across borders, cultures, and sectors to solve shared conservation challenges. Our efforts catalyze 21st-century conservation thinking and doing by:
- Convening great thinkers from across disciplines, sectors, and the continent.
- Investing in compelling ideas, projects, partnerships, and people.
- Amplifying tools, tactics, and stories to enrich and expand the field.
Who We Are
We are a small but mighty team of passionate nature lovers committed to connecting and uplifting people across the continent in their efforts to conserve the lands and waters that they depend upon and love. Guided by the vision of Ken Salazar, we marshal human resources and ingenuity to create common ground and connectivity across wildlands, rural communities, and urban centers.
The Salazar Center is hosted by Colorado State University, a land-grant institution and globally respected leader in environmental and conservation research. CSU is recognized for its preeminent conservation programs and interdisciplinary strength.
Founder
The Salazar Center was founded by former US Secretary of Interior, US Senator, and Colorado Attorney General Ken Salazar, based on his desire for people across North America to find common ground on the most pressing conservation challenges we face. As the nation’s 50th Secretary of Interior, Salazar led the nation’s efforts on conservation, including the designation of ten national parks and ten national conservation and wildlife refuges and the organization of more than 100 other conservation and preservation projects in the United States.
Colorado State University Land Acknowledgment
CSU’s Land Acknowledgment is a statement crafted by a variety of Indigenous faculty and staff, as well as other officials at CSU. The statement recognizes the long history of Native peoples and nations that lived and stewarded the land where the university now resides. The land acknowledgment statement also maintains the connection Native people and nations still have to this land.
We are enthusiastic about having the CSU Land Acknowledgment video available for the CSU campus and community. If your department is interested in sharing this video on your website or social media, please link to the official Land Acknowledgment website for complete context about the Land Acknowledgment. The website will contain ways for everyone to engage with the Land Acknowledgment and to keep updated to any possible changes.