Tickets are now on sale for Mountainfilm on Tour: Paonia 2025! Mountainfilm is a documentary film festival that showcases stories about environmental, cultural, climbing, political and social justice issues. Along with exceptional documentaries, the festival goes beyond the film medium by bringing [...]
There are some big changes happening in the Paonia River Park, and not at the hands of WSCC’s amazing team of volunteers. Beavers have moved into the Park, and are redecorating accordingly. This may seem concerning to many Park visitors, with the sudden felling of trees and increased water [...]
The Western Slope Conservation Center (WSCC) has worked for nearly 50 years to promote locally-led conservation solutions on public and private lands in the North Fork Valley and surrounding areas. The growing momentum surrounding efforts to protect the Dolores Canyons National Monument provides a [...]
By Lauren Hall Ruddell, PhD., WSCC Board Member Four meters on an old building winked at each other, and at the end of each month, whispered in quiet confidence, “Well that’s another $30 that our tenants will have to pay for no reason.” “I know, right, same here,” winked another meter at [...]
There’s been a lot going on at the River Park this month! We are putting into place the final components of the master plan we created in 2013: Two weeks ago, construction began on the outdoor classroom space near Minnesota Creek. Brin and Ben are doing an awesome job with the structure, and [...]