Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced yesterday a 20-year moratorium on new uranium mining on 1.1 million acres surrounding the Grand Canyon. The Conservation Alliance funded Grand Canyon Trust for their campaign to win this moratorium. Congratulations to Grand Canyon Trust and all of the organizations that worked so hard to preserve the integrity of one…
In 2008, The Conservation Alliance awarded American Whitewater a grant to launch American Whitewater's Colorado River Stewardship Program to protect and restore water flows in streams throughout Colorado. On November 30th, 2011, Instream-Flow water rights that protect streamflows critical to ecosystem health on the Upper Colorado was filed, ensuring that the Colorado River will…
Although this success officially took place back in February; The Conservation Alliance just learned about it – so to us – it's breaking news and we want to celebrate! Because of the hard work of Conservation Alliance grantee, Appalachian Trail Conservancy, 840 acres have been permanently protected in Pennsylvania. We supported the Appalachian Trail…
SAVE THE DATE:The Conservation Alliance BreakfastFeaturing: To The ArcticA multimedia presentation by wildlife photographer Florian SchulzFriday, January 20, 2012 7-9 AMThe Marriott, Salons F-I, Salt Lake CityClick here for full details Review of grant requests on the Winter 2012 ballot to follow.Friday, January 20, 2012 9-10 AMThe Marriott, Salons F-I, Salt Lake City The Canadian…
Conservation Alliance members, Marmot Mountain, LLC and The Grassroots Outdoor Alliance, a buying group of nearly 36 independent specialty retailers, teamed up in October to raise $5,270 for the Conservation Alliance. GOA and Marmot raised the funds through the sale of Marmot PreCip™ jackets and pants sold in 22 participating GOA stores. For each purchase…
On September 13th, 2011, more than 100 volunteers from Eastern Mountain Sports, Briggs & Riley Travelware, EarthTec, NEMO Equipment, Jetboil, and Polartec came out to support the East Coast Backyard Collective. This event was organized in conjuction with Eastern Mountain Sports' annual Anniversary Clean Up Day. This great group of volunteers partnered with several local…
Projects funded by The Conservation Alliance took an important step forward yesterday when the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved five bills to protect more than 125,000 acres of Wilderness. Among the bills were three initiatives that would protect Wilderness in Washington, Oregon, and Tennessee, as follows: The Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Pratt…
Save the Date! The Conservation Alliance Breakfast Friday, January 20, 2012 To the Arctic A multimedia presentation by: Wildlife Photographer Florian Schulz Friday, January 20, 2012, 7-9 AM The Marriott, Salons F-I, Salt Lake City Click here for more details and watch the video below for a sneak peak of To the Arctic…
Last Wednesday, the Condit Dam, on the White Salmon River in southeastern Washington, was breached. For more than 98 years, this 125-foot dam choked off passage to salmon and created a reservoir. Work to remove this dam began 20 years ago. In 1992, The Conservation Alliance provided funding to American Whitewater to start the process….
Conservation Alliance members may recall that in 2006, our funding helped Montana Wilderness Association secure a permanent prohibition on new oil and gas development on 300,000 acres of public land on Montana's Rocky Mountain Front. We received some good news today from Brian Sybert, Executive Director of MWA. "I wanted to share with you…
