Mel Melcon, Los Angeles Times / September 19, 2011 A picture says a thousand words. In this case, tens of thousands of words. "Tear the thing down already." This is a dam that should be removed. Built in 1947, the 200-foot Matilija Dam, near Ojai, California, was flawed from the onset; depriving beaches 17 miles…
On Monday, September 19th, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer introduced the Beauty Mountain and Agua Tibia Act of 2011, which would expand two existing wilderness areas in northern San Diego County. The bill is a Senate companion to legislation introduced in January and in the last Congress by Repersenative Darrell Issa. Senator Boxer sees both…
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 great group of volunteers partnered with several local environmental organizations and spread out through the Monadnock region of New Hampshire to work on a variety of…
Year of the River: Episode 1 from Andy Maser on Vimeo. The biggest dam removal project in history begins this Saturday on Washington's Elwha River. American Rivers, the national leader in restoring rivers through dam removal, applauded the effort which will revitalize salmon runs and deliver significant cultural, economic, and recreation benefits to the Lower…
Roody Rasmussen, President of Petzl America, a long-time Conservation Alliance member, wrote an eloquent piece in the Ogden, Utah Standard Examiner asking that Utah's members of Congress recognize the economic value of protected public lands as they deliberate over how to manage lands in their state. In the article, Rasmussen references a letter that…
Right now, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking YOUR input on a plan for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that, for the first time, could recommend Wilderness protection for the Coastal Plain – the Refuge's biological epicenter that has been in Big Oil's sights for decades. A Wilderness recommendation would protect this unparalleled…
Conservation Alliance Member Company, Osprey Packs, led the charge for the Boulder Backyard Collective! Here is an excerpt from the Osprey blog……………. It's always a fantastic feeling to donate a little sweat equity to give back to the places we play in and the 2011 Backyard Collective was no exception. Backyard Collective's were started back…
The Conservation Alliance hosted its third annual Boulder Backyard Collective in Colorado on Friday, August 26th. In partnership with the Colorado Mountain Club, Eldorado Canyon State Park, and Conservation Alliance member companies, the Backyard Collective volunteers worked tirelessly on trail maintenance and habitat restoration in Eldorado Canyon State Park. More than 100 volunteers came…
What Southern Utah Wilderness Association is sharing with the rest of Utah…. Wilderness, who are you protecting if for?
