Fort Collins Conservation Conference

Conservation

The "People and Land in a New Century: A Blueprint for Conservation that Works" conference will address the changing face of natural resources management.
In the face of rapid change, institutions, agencies, universities, and practitioners are working on a new kind of conservation. On the ground, conservationists are re-examining the role of institutions and experimenting with new forms of governance.
It is time to coalesce this vast amount of tinkering and experimentation into a coherent blueprint for conservation that works. In other words, it is time to examine, now that top-down conservation (federalism) is in decline and disarray, whether these new types of conservation that are more regional and bottom-up in nature, are compatible with democracy.
This conference will be held on Tuesday, April 3 in the Cherokee Ballroom, Lory Student Center (LSC), and on Wednesday, April 4 in the Greyrock Room (LSC).
The conference will run from 8:00 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The event is free, open to the public, and requires no preregistration.