The Western Slope Conservation Center is proud to announce that it has received over $137,000 from the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission to complete the trail system at the Paonia River Park. The Paonia River Park is the only developed public access point along the North Fork of the Gunnison [...]
Introduction The Western Slope Conservation Center 2016 Strategic Plan is the product of a multi-year process of stakeholder gatherings, board sessions, and committee meetings. It defines who we are, what we do, and why we do it. It prioritizes three program goal areas: Public Lands, Watershed [...]
The Western Slope Conservation Center has a long legacy of working towards responsible conservation solutions with unlikely partners. With the help of Arch Coal Company, we developed the Conservation Assistance Program (CAP) which we used to permanently protect over 10,000 acres of land in [...]
On January 8th, 2016, the Western Slope Conservation Center added its voice to the groundswell of community support to cancel all or part of the 65 leases issued without appropriate NEPA analysis since 1993 on the White River National Forest (WRNF), an area that includes the Thompson Divide. In [...]
The Western Slope Conservation Center, supported by the Colorado Water and Energy Research Center (CWERC) at the University of Colorado Boulder, collected local groundwater samples in September of 2014 and June of 2015 in order to provide a baseline of water quality conditions in the North Fork of [...]
Use this interactive map to understand the local issues you are interested in–from irrigation to energy development. The data that is illustrated in these maps is accurate and reliable, and together they tell a story of conservation in Delta County. Some particularly interesting layers to [...]
The Conservation Center’s mission is supported by pillars of public lands and education and outreach. Together, these two pillars give us a platform to empower our community, regardless of age, to understand the lands around them. And while we love to connect adults to nature and educate them [...]
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 [...]
Have a passion for the outdoors, species identification, or your local river? Perhaps all three? If you’re craving an outlet for any of these, then we have good news for you: on August 7th and 8th the Conservation Center is hosting a BioBlitz at the Paonia River Park! [...]
Over 400,000 acres of spruce-fir and aspen groves throughout the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests have died in the last decade, and everyone on the Western Slope likely has questions about the beetle epidemic and diseases that are to [...]