Transforming Lives & Landscapes

The ECO Initiative aims to provide comprehensive paid green job training for individuals coming from historically underserved populations, including justice-impacted individuals, those currently homeless or at risk of experiencing homelessness, and opportunity youth. Creating meaningful professional development opportunities locally and supporting underserved and underrepresented communities

ECO participants train for 255 hours in:

  • Habitat restoration techniques

  • Proper tool usage + maintenance

  • Identification of native and invasive species

  • Job readiness

  • Much more!

THe Power of Nature

People experiencing homelessness, justice-impacted individuals, and those facing other significant challenges due to racial, gender and other inequities can have complex needs that extend beyond employment. Research shows that immersing ourselves in natural environments has profound benefits for both our physical and mental well-being.

Green workforce

To prevent further biodiversity loss and mitigate for a changing climate, it is necessary to bolster the environmental job sector with trained workers from diverse backgrounds.

Our Solutions

With a coordinated network of partners, Canyonlands aims to build an intentional workforce, proficient to meet the compounding natural resource management needs across the country and handle the challenges of tomorrow.

Coordinated Network

Canyonlands ECO program provides individuals with living wage stipend, consistent work hours, on the job training, professional and community interaction opportunities, and daily lunch for field intensive workdays, allowing participants to re-enter the workforce with a regained confidence in themselves and others.

We do this through a coordinated network of agency partners, sponsors, and corporate collaborators.