Urban Conservation and Community Fellowship Program

n 2024, The Conservation Fund’s Parks with Purpose program will launch the inaugural cohort of the Urban Conservation and Community Fellowship Program. The UCC Fellowship Program is aimed at identifying high-potential individuals interested in working with community-based, nonprofit organizations. Each UCC Fellow will be placed with a nonprofit, community partner host organization and develop a twelve (12) month work plan in collaboration with the host, the Fund and the UCC Fellowship Advisory Council. The UCC Fellowship Program will provide full-time experience working at the community-scale assisting communities realize park, trail or other greenspace visions and related social, economic and environmental benefits.