Earlier this year, we funded the Oregon Wild Crater Lake Wilderness Campaign with a $35,000 grant. Oregon Wild is working to permanently protect more than 500,000 acres of Wilderness in the backcountry of Crater Lake National Park and in the surrounding roadless wildlands that form the headwaters of iconic Rogue, Klamath, and Umpqua rivers in Oregon. According to Oregon Wild, “Oregon still lags far behind its neighbors with only 4% of our state protected as Wilderness — compared to 15% of California, 10% of Washington, and 8% of Idaho.”
To help Oregon Wild raise money for the Crater Lake Wilderness Campaign, Keen is donating a free pair of boots or shoes to anyone who joins with a monthly gift of $10 or more. Keen is a current Pinnacle Member of The Conservation Alliance, and we’re proud to see them working directly with a local grantee.
To learn more about the significant threat currently facing Oregon’s only national park, or to make a donation toward the Crater Lake Wilderness Campaign, visit oregonwild.org.
Oregon Wild was awarded 12 grants from The Conservation Alliance starting in 1993, for a total of $338,200.
