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Reducing emissions, building resilience.

We drive solutions for a healthy environment and community.

Western Resilience Center (formerly known as Yampa Valley Sustainability Council) brings people and science together through action to protect the lands and communities of Western Colorado, building resilience for our way of life and the natural world we love.

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Our Mission

Our mission is to serve as a leader, catalyst and resource for building a sustainable and resilient Yampa Valley region.

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Learn

Explore local climate initiatives from forest resilience and watershed health to clean energy and low-carbon transportation.

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Get Involved

Join hands-on volunteer events, sign up for our newsletter or become an EV Ambassador. There’s a role for everyone.

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Help sustain this work by donating, sponsoring a program, or investing in our community’s future.

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Join the Environmental Ballot Info Session

Join Western Resilience Center for a VIRTUAL Environmental Ballot Info Session to learn about Proposition 137 (Direct Sporting Goods Sales Tax Revenue for Conservation), and Yampa Valley RTA (Regional Transportation Authority) Ballot Issue 7A, and to hear from unopposed Routt County Commissioner District 3 candidate Sonja Macys. A Q&A session will follow.

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