 In 2000, Shafroth launched the Colorado Conservation Trust (CCT), a statewide community foundation focused on land conservation in Colorado.During his seven-year tenure, CCT raised more than $18 million and leveraged another $30 million in conservation investments.At the request of Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Shafroth served as principal deputy assistant secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks at the Department of the Interior from February 2009 until June 2011.