The Western Slope Conservation Center is currently accepting applications for a Community Organizer. Position Summary The Western Slope Conservation Center (WSCC) is looking for a skilled organizer to build grassroots support for our conservation campaigns to protect and enhance the public lands of [...]
BBC World News recently featured the North Fork Valley’s fight to protect our public lands from irresponsible oil & gas development. In a segment focusing on climate change, BBC highlights the Trump Administration’s attempts to open ever-increasing acres of our public lands and wild [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 28, 2019 Trump Administration Seeks to Steam-Roll Colorado’s “Farm to Table Capital” BLM Moves to Open North Fork Valley to Fracking and Oil and Gas Development NORTH FORK VALLEY, CO. – ‘Unsurprised and undefeated’ is how many in this rural valley are [...]
How to Be a Beneficial Species: A Conversation Between Pioneering Conservation Biologists David Inouye and Michael Soule Featuring Environmental Scientist Robin Smith – Moderated by Dawn Reeder and Rita Clagett Paradise Theatre in Paonia – May 20 – 7pm $15 Suggested Donation We [...]
Riparian Habitat Restoration and Tree Planting Volunteer Day – May 17 The Western Slope Conservation Center is working on a riparian habitat restoration project with the North Delta Ditch company along the Uncompahgre River south of Delta. We are looking for volunteers to help plant small [...]
Pitch in for Recycling with the Western Slope Conservation Center! Heading to the North Fork Community Fair & Solutions Expo on May 18? Of course you are! Help us keep Paonia Town Park clean and recycle responsibly! WSCC will coordinate the recycling efforts at the North Fork Community Fair [...]