May 13ht, 2024 | Trees in the West Symposium | CSU SPUR. Join for a one-day conference exploring complex and shared sustainability challenges for urban forests in the Western US from diverse perspectives. Connect with your colleagues, learn from experts, and share your insights.
March 21st-23rd | Ways of Understanding and Protecting Land and Water Resources in the Grand Staircase-Escalante Region. We are pleased to announce the 3rd annual symposium on the Grand Staircase-Escalante region. It will be a hybrid meeting with in-person activities at the Escalante Interagency Visitor Center (755 W. Main St., Escalante, UT) and a live Zoom broadcast. The symposium aims to bring together land managers, Tribes, researchers, conservation groups, and interested members of the public to gain knowledge and discuss multiple perspectives on land and water, ecosystem management issues, and ways people engage with the landscape. You can view the full agenda here (and below). Can't make it in person? Register for virtual participation here.
April 2nd-3rd, 2024 | Water Workfoce Summit | Colorado Water Center. Join the Colorado Water Center for the first ever Colorado Water Workforce Summit! Day 1 is a conference-style gathering to identify Colorado’s most urgent water workforce needs and education/training gaps, build synergies between sectors and organizations, and develop next steps for water workforce development. Day 2 features a Water Career and Education Fair designed to connect students with water-related employment and training opportunities. This program is ideal for water industry & employers, water-related educators & trainers, workforce development specialists, and students across Colorado.
April 12th, 2024 | Spring Conference | CAEE. Join CAEE for the Spring Conference to explore the intersection between Social Emotional Learning and Student-Centered and Nature-Centered Practices. We will explore innovative ways to engage students in a learning environment that is not only designed to help them acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions. Expect a day filled with inspiring discussions, hands-on workshops, and a chance to connect with educators across the state!
April 13th, 2024 | Poudre River Cleanup | Coalition for the Poudre River. Spend your Saturday morning with the Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed (CPRW) and Odell Brewing Co, April 13, 9-11am, for a river cleanup in Old Town, Fort Collins. Volunteers will be led by experienced crew leaders and all safety equipment and supplies will be provided by CPRW and Odell's. After the cleanup, stick around Odell's for a River Appreciation Day event from 11am-3pm.
April 15th-17th, 2023 | Partners in the Outdoors | Colorado Parks & Wildlife. Save the date. The Partners in the Outdoors Conference is Colorado's foremost opportunity to cultivate common ground, explore best practices of partnering, and design collaborative solutions with diverse voices and stakeholders to conserve Colorado's outdoor heritage. Our annual conference has quickly become one of the signature events in Colorado bringing together organizations, agencies, schools, businesses and communities engaged in the future of Colorado's conservation and outdoor recreational opportunities.
April 20th & April 27th, 2024 | Earth Month Tree Planting | DAR. In the face of desertification, where our land lay bare and biodiversity scarce, we see not desolation but potential. Trees are the cornerstone of our regenerative design, restoring topsoil, inviting biodiversity, and sequestering carbon. They are the breath of our ecosystem, vital to the resurgence of life in Boulder County. Together, we are DAR: a community dedicated to replenishing our land, restoring our planet, and rekindling the spirit of our community through the power of regenerative agriculture.
April 27th, 2024 | Earth Day, Every Day | Boulder Watershed Collective & City of Lafayette. The City of Lafayette invites residents to enjoy the outdoors and learn about the several ways you can protect the Earth, fight climate change, and create a more sustainable Lafayette. This family-friendly event will have a variety of opportunities for all ages to enjoy.
May 13th, 2024 | Trees in the West | CSU Spur. Join for a one-day conference exploring complex and shared sustainability challenges for urban forests in the Western US from diverse perspectives. Connect with your colleagues, learn from experts, and share your insights. Save the date!
May 13-14th, 2023 | River Rally. The joyful and deeply moving experience of River Rally combats feelings of isolation, overwhelm, and burnout for network members working at the intersection of water and justice and ignites collective action and power for the work ahead. River Network is able to provide many registrants with financial assistance to attend River Rally! Support will range from partial to full registration support, with additional assistance for travel and lodging based on need. Applications will be accepted through February 8, 2024.
May 22nd-24th, 2024 | Rocky Mountain Mining & Reclamation Conference | Mountain Studies Institute. The event will be hosted at a variety of iconic Leadville locations, including Freight, Colorado Mountain College, and Tabor Opera House. There will be a keynote and meet and greet on the evening of Wednesday, May 22nd. Thursday, May 23rd, will be technical talks followed by a reception. Lastly, a variety of tours are scheduled for Friday, May 24th.
June 5th-7th, 2023 | Western Slope Rural Philanthropy Days. Save the date. The Western Slope Rural Philanthropy Days (RPD) conference will be hosted June 5-7, 2024 in Fruita! This opportunity only occurs once every four years in the Western Slope region, serving Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Pitkin, and Mesa counties.
September 11th-13th, 2023 | San Luis Rural Philanthropy Days. Save the date.
September 20th, 2024 | The Colorado River District’s Annual Water Seminar. Save the date.
October 4th-6th, 2024 | Rocky Mountain Cell Friends of the Pleistocene Field Trip. Come explore the paleoclimatology and geomorphology of central Utah! This Friends of the Pleistocene (FOP) trip is motivated by recent and ongoing research into how one of the world’s greatest landscapes developed. Presenters will focus on Quaternary features and highlight recent and ongoing research into how the extraordinary features of this region developed.