Students in the Master’s in Conservation Leadership program have worked in various locations throughout Colorado and the interior mountain west, as well as nearly 20 other countries around the world, for their Capstone Projects. Locations and organizational partners vary from year to year depending on the needs and capacity of organizations, and the interests of students.

Is your organization interested in becoming a Capstone Project Partner? Check our Partnering Information webpage, and apply here.

PARTNERS

The Master’s in Conservation Leadership program has worked with dozens of conservation partners to provide Capstone projects for students. Spanning nearly 20 countries and dozens of conservation issues, our partners have included:

Logo	Name of Organization	Thematic Topics	Project Location
	AIDER		Lima, Perú
	Ambio		Chiapas, México
	Big Thompson Watershed Coalition	Responding to Climate Change	Loveland, Colo.
	Blue Ventures		Bristol, United Kingdom
	Bluff Lake Nature Center	Protected Area Management (Urban), Conservation Education and Outreach	Denver, Colo.
	Bureau of Land Management	Conservation and Development, Protected Area Management, Responding to Climate Change	Grand Junction, Colo.
	Center for Protected Area Management	Protected Area Management, Conservation and Development, Responding to Climate Change	Central America
	Colorado Haiti Project	Conservation and Development, Responding to Climate Change	Louisville, Colo. / Haiti
	Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas		México City, México
	Conservation Solutions Afrika		Nanyuki, Kenya
	Continental Divide Trail Coalition	Human Dimensions of Wildlife, Protected Area Management	Golden, Colo.
	Comité de Cuenca del Valle de Jovel		San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico
	Daraja		Nanyuki, Kenya
	Department of Conservation, The Papa Atawbai		New Zealand
	Denver Zoo	Human Dimensions of Wildlife	Denver, Colo.
	Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust	Human Dimensions of Wildlife	Jersey, Channel Islands
	Eagle Valley Land Trust	Protected Area Management	Edwards, Colo.
	Ecosur		México
	Environmental Defense Fund		Remote
	Ewaso Lions	Human Dimensions of Wildlife	Nairobi, Kenya
	FoCo Cafe		Fort Collins, Colo.
	The Conservation Fund El Triunfo A.C. (FONCET)		Tuxtla Gutiérrez, México
	Friends of the Yampa	Responding to Climate Change, Protected Area Management	Steamboat Springs, Colo.
	Gorilla Guardians and Red Rocks Initiative	Conservation and Development, Protected Area Management	Musenzi, Rwanda
	Greater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao		New Zealand
	Grevy's Zebra		Nairobi, Kenya
	Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias		México
	Isla	Conservation and Development, Protected Area Management, Human Dimensions of Wildlife	Bulgaria / Kosovo
	IUCN Conservation Planning Group	Human Dimensions of Wildlife, Protected Area Management	Remote
	Lacy Consulting Services	Conservation and Development, Human Dimensions of Wildlife	Denver, Colo.
	Metro Denver Nature Alliance	Conservation and Development, Climate Justice	Denver, Colo.
	Mountain Area Land Trust	Protected Area Management	Evergreen, Colo.
	Northern Colorado Foodshed Project	Responding to Climate Change, Conservation and Development	Fort Collins, Colo.
	Pro natura sur, a.c.		Chiapas, México
	Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru (PUCP)		Lima, Perú
	Rocky Mountain Wild	Human Dimensions of Wildlife, Protected Area Management	Denver, Colo.
	The School for Field Studies		Remote
	Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado		Lima, Perú
	Synergy Ecological Restoration		Fort Collins, Colo.
	The Nature Conservancy		Arlington, Va.
	Toledo Institute for Development and Environment (TIDE)		Punta Gorda, Belize
	Trees, Water & People	Conservation and Development	Central America*
	WILDLABS	Conservation Technology, Human Dimensions of Wildlife	Remote
	WWF's Markets Institute	Conservation and Development, Responding to Climate Change	Remote
	Ya’axché Conservation Trust		Punta Gorda, Belize
	YAMPATIKA		Steamboat Springs, Colo.