Just five years ago, the Texas Tribal Buffalo Project (TTBP) started with fewer than 10 buffalo. Today, their herd has grown to 40 across two properties, reshaping both ecosystem health and community resilience in Texas. What was once nearly lost is being carefully rebuilt by the TTBP, an Indigenous-led initiative founded by Lipan Apache descendant…
Written by Aniyah Mulligan (Communications Coordinator, Rappahannock Tribe), Patricia Morris (Marketing & Planning Specialist, Rappahannock Tribe), Jody Couser (Senior Vice President of Communications, Chesapeake Conservancy) In September 2023, The Conservation Alliance (TCA) awarded a grant to Chesapeake Conservancy in support of the project, “Rappahannock Return to the River: Restoring Tribal Land for Conservation.” The funding…
By Destiny Williams, Partnership Coordinator, Alabama River Diversity Network (TCA 2024-26 Confluence Program grantee) In the heart of Alabama, amidst the rich soil and history of the Black Belt Region, lies a landscape brimming with untold stories and ecological wonders. The term “Black Belt” in America refers to a region historically characterized by its dark,…
Growing up in the ‘50s and ‘60s on Valentine Street in East St. Louis, Lillie Marable-Douglas and her siblings learned to ride bikes, mastered skating on the sidewalks, played stick-ball in the streets and swung on swings made from tires. “It was just a time of a lot of fun,” she says.
By Amelia Arvesen As featured on Osprey’s blog. . As mining companies descend upon Northwest British Columbia, Indigenous people in Southeast Alaska grow uneasy. Any toxic waste deposited into the transboundary rivers as a result of operations flows downstream to them, impacting their food security and way of life. After all, water doesn’t stop flowing…
Over thirty years ago the Virginia Wilderness Committee (VWC) under the leadership of Ernie Dickerman proposed protecting Shenandoah Mountain’s most outstanding places as Wilderness.
When Lillie Douglas was growing up on Valentine Street in East St. Louis, Illinois, she remembers roller skating down the sidewalks in her neighborhood. She swung from tire swings suspended in the trees and played stickball in the street.
Rivers connect us. They bring people together along waters that flow from one community to the next. They provide a connection to nature through wildlife viewing and outdoor recreation. And they provide habitat for a diversity of species that create thriving ecosystems. We’re excited to see the Black River watershed and its inhabitants experience all…
The conservation community has lost a humble giant. Adam Kolton, executive director of Alaska Wilderness League passed away early Monday morning. Our thoughts and condolences are with Adam’s loving wife and two sons, and with his Alaska Wilderness League family during this tragic time.
For the first time since our inception in 1989, we are changing how we invest in key partners working to protect our most iconic landscapes.
