The Conservation Alliance led a delegation of member companies from Montana to Washington DC to meet with Capitol Hill offices to demonstrate support for a proposal to protect nearly 700,000 acres of Wilderness in Montana. Senator Jon Tester introduced the Forest Jobs and Recreation Act in July. The legislation would protect public lands throughout the…
Conservation Alliance grantee Wilderness Support Center reports that Rep. John Salazar introduced legislation today that would protect 61,000 acres of Wilderness in the San Juan mountains of Colorado. The legislation would expand the existing Mt. Sneffels and Lizard Head Wilderness Areas, establish the McKenna Peak Wilderness in western San Miguel County, create the Sheep Mountain…
Many of you remember seeing Bill McKibben speak at The Conservation Alliance Breakfast last January. His talk focused on 350.org, an international movement to convince climate treaty negotiators in Copenhagen in December to push for a treaty that will bring atmospheric CO2 levels down to 350 parts per million. The organization organized an international day of…
Conservation Alliance co-founder The North Face has teamed up with 350.org to raise awareness about global warming. Specifically, TNF is supporting 350.org's effort to convince negotiators at the upcoming climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark to develop a treaty that calls for reducing atmospheric CO2 levels to 350 parts per million. Check out TNF's creative "Pass…
After years of dedicated effort, Conservation Alliance grantee WaterWatch succeeded in its effort to remove the Savage Rapids Dam from Oregon's Rogue River. Crews completed the removal project — ahead of schedule — on October 10 at 11 AM. The Rogue now runs free for 153 miles. Check out the two videos below. The first is…
Conservation Alliance grantee California Trout reports that a deal was reached last week to remove four dams on the Klamath River, and restore 300 miles of important salmon habitat. Cal Trout was a party to the negotiations, which would result in the largest dam removal in US history. The Klamath dams are widely blamed for…
On behalf of CRAG-VT, I’d like to thank our volunteers for their involvement in the CRAG-VT/Backyard Collective Adopt –a-Crag event at Upper West Bolton cliff! Fifty-six volunteers, including people from five non-profits, spent a beautiful fall day with friends improving the trails at Upper West. This was CRAG-VT’s largest and most successful trail event to…
On Saturday, I co-hosted the East Coast Backyard Collective, on behalf of Conservation Next, with Climbing Resource Advocacy Group Vermont (CRAG-VT), a non-profit that recently got money from Conservation Alliance, Access Fund and others to permanently conserve a popular climbing cliff in Vermont and to protect recreation rights on that land. Saturday, fifty six volunteers, some…
Conservation Alliance grantee New Mexico Wilderness Alliance is celebrating the introduction of Senator Jeff Bingaman's Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Wilderness Act. The legislation would protect more than 400,000 acres of public land in southern New Mexico. We supported this campaign with a $35,000 grant earlier this year. Click here for more information.
Conservation Alliance grantee Appalachian Voices reports that the EPA has decided to "hold for extended review" 79 applications from coal companies to dump the tops of mountains into nearby river valleys while extracting coal in Appalachia. Under the Bush Administration, these applications would have sailed through, but the decision to closely consider their environmental impacts shows…
