The Colorado Environmental Film Festival comes to Paonia! Come support the Western Slope Conservation Center while indulging in 2 hours of inspiring and beautiful films. Film topics range from climate change to the bee crisis to the Grand Canyon. Drink cider, eat popcorn, and watch films with your [...]
The 2017 WSCC Annual Meeting included a powerful talk by Dr. John Hausdoerffer, Professor of Environmental Sustainability & Philosophy at Western State Colorado University. Dr. Hausdoerffer spoke on how we as a community draw inspiration from the land with an interactive talk titled “A [...]
Over 100 attend Western Slope Conservation Center’s 4oth Anniversary Annual Meeting on Sunday, February 12th 2017 A packed house of Conservation Center members, staff, and board brought their chili, thoughtful questions, and checkbooks to celebrate a remarkable year of conservation on the [...]
Western Slope Conservation Center to hold annual meeting in Hotchkiss As the world gets smaller, WSCC urges the Western Slope to think big Hotchkiss, CO – All community members are welcome to the Conservation Center’s annual meeting from 3-6 pm, at Memorial Hall in Hotchkiss on Sunday, February [...]
Mountainfilm on Tour to Arrive in Paonia at the Paradise Theatre on Nov. 11th Paonia/CO– Mountainfilm on Tour brings inspiration and education about important issues to audiences around the world. The tour will soon visit Paonia at the Paradise Theatre on November 11th with documentary films that [...]
Many communities with mining legacies across the country are faced with major challenges of transitioning their local economies while also stewarding their lands and watersheds. Creative, community oriented reclamation can turn environmental liabilities into community centerpieces, generating [...]
Register online today- Click here! Although last year’s float trip was cancelled due to the weather, the Western Slope Conservation Center is excited to announce that our float trip is back! This year will mark our 16th year and we are anticipating an exciting event. Our float trip provides a [...]
The Western Slope Conservation Center has a legacy of protecting the places we love. From restoring, and monitoring the North Fork of the Gunnison River to empowering landowners to protect over 11,000 acres of land in permanent conservation easement to teaching nearly every Delta County 4th [...]
April 7, 2015 – Local community organizations band together to lead Earth Day events Each year, Earth Day — April 22 — marks the anniversary of what many consider the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. This year Earth Day organizers anticipate that over a [...]
April 3, 2015 – Colorado’s largest homegrown film festival is traveling to the North Fork Valley. On April 23 and 24, the Paradise Theater and Western Slope Conservation Center are partnering to present Mountainfilm on Tour, a collection of independent films focusing on the natural [...]