Our Work

Since 1975, Keystone Policy Center has helped public, private, and civic-sector leaders solve complex problems and advance good public policy. We rely on our independence, our commitment to good science, and our skills in designing and leading consensus-building processes to establish new partnerships, reduce conflict, and produce policy agreements.

  • Colorado’s Outdoors Strategy

    Colorado’s Outdoors Strategy

  • Public Lands Recreation and Tourism

    Public Lands Recreation and Tourism

    Keystone addresses public lands conservation, recreation and access, and resource use challenges with collaborative solutions. Our recent work includes:

  • Mule Deer

    Mule Deer

    Mule Deer Facing declines of mule deer populations across the Centennial State, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife worked with the Keystone Policy Center in 2014 to seek input statewide on strategies to confront this problem. The Keystone Policy Center worked with the state to solicit input from sportsmen, landowners, outfitters, biologists, wildlife managers, other state agencies, federal…

  • Wildlife and Habitat

    Wildlife and Habitat

    Keystone catalyzes wildlife and habitat solutions for public and private lands. Our recent work includes:

  • Innovative Genomic Institute Climate Resilience and Genomic Innovation Workshop

    Innovative Genomic Institute Climate Resilience and Genomic Innovation Workshop

    Innovative Genomic Institute Climate Resilience and Genomic Innovation Workshop The Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) hosted an online two-day workshop of international stakeholders to inform IGI’s agenda for genomic innovation to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change. The workshop convened approximately 70 stakeholders from the public, private, and governmental sectors with knowledge in…

  • People, Public Lands and Climate Collaborative

    People, Public Lands and Climate Collaborative

    People, Public Lands and Climate Collaborative The People, Public Lands, and Climate Collaborative is an informal network of about two dozen U.S.-based NGOs who believe in the importance of a climate plan for public lands. Initially explored in a retreat in December 2019, the Collaborative launched publicly in January 2021 and is organized around a shared framework that outlines…

  • Climate Resilience

    Climate Resilience

    From decarbonization to climate adaptation, Keystone advances public and private sector solutions to mitigate and respond to climate change. Our recent work includes:

  • Keystone Helps Organize, Moderate Discussion at Public Symposium on Human Germline Editing

    Keystone Helps Organize, Moderate Discussion at Public Symposium on Human Germline Editing Keystone Policy Center’s Director of Emerging Technologies Program, Julie Shapiro, moderated a session at an event on human germline editing Oct. 26.  The event was called CRISPR Consensus? and it featured scientists, religious leaders, advocates, policymakers, and others participating in an open symposium on ethics…

  • Cielo Vista Ranch/La Sierra

    Cielo Vista Ranch/La Sierra

    Cielo Vista Ranch/La Sierra The 80,000 acre Mexican Land Grant from 1844 along the Sangre de Cristo range is the only land grant of its kind in Colorado; at 40 years old, it also happens to be the longest running legal dispute in the state. The legal dispute seeks to balance rights that community members…

  • Routt Recreation Roundtable

    Routt Recreation Roundtable

    Routt Recreation Roundtable In early 2019, Keystone worked with stakeholders and community members in Steamboat Springs, CO to develop recommendations for the U.S. Forest Service regarding a controversial system of proposed recreational trails dubbed the Mad Rabbit Trails project. Following the development of those recommendations, Keystone began helping with the establishment of a locally facilitated,…