Interior Secretary Ken Salazar was in Grand Junction, CO this week to dedicate the new Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area, a 210,000-acre wildland protected in March. The Conservation Alliance supported protections for the area with grants to Colorado Environmental Coalition and Western Colorado Congress. In his dedication, Salazar referred to the economic benefits of protecting places like the Dominguez…
Each year, we receive two formal reports from our grantee organizations describing the progress they've made on their conservation projects with the help of our funding. It is always exciting to sit down and read these reports, and realize just how much great conservation work is going on in the US and Canada. We hope…
American Whitewater, a Conservation Alliance grantee, was featured prominently in a good article in the New York Times about the benefits of dam removal to whitwater paddlers. Though the premise seems obvious to most of us, it's nice to read in the Times that we are now in "the age of dam removal." The article…
This is a great example of Conservation Alliance member companies working together with our Grantees. Save our Wild Salmon's Communications Manager Emily Nuchols appeared as a guest blogger on Cloudveil's Blog site. Check it out and see a picture of Buster moving on the dance floor! http://www.themountainculture.com/2009/07/31/giving-lonesome-larry-a-river/.
The Conservation Alliance celebrated our 20th Anniversary in style at the Outdoor Retailer trade show last week in Salt Lake City. Thanks to contributions from 21 member companies, we were able to pull together a fun evening event that featured live music from the Outdoor Industry All-Star Band and Pictures And Sound. Participants included Alliance…
Conservation Alliance grantee WaterWatch played a key role in securing a $5 million stimulus program grant to remove Gold Ray Dam, a defunct hydropower dam on the main stem of Oregon's Rogue River. With the removal of Savage Rapids Dam this year, Gold Ray Dam remains the last barrier to fish passage and recreation on…
Conservation Alliance grantee Montana Wilderness Association reports that Senator John Tester introduced legislation on Friday that will protect nearly 700,000 acres of public land in Montana. The proposal would protect special wild areas in three parts of the state, and comes as the result of a stakeholder process that included conservation groups and the timber industry. Click…
On Friday, July 10 employees from six Portland area Conservation Alliance member companies joined together for a day of trail restoration in Portland's Forest Park. The work of nearly 50 volunteers from KEEN, REI, Columbia, Lizard Lounge, Horny Toad, Nau created significant results for the Forest Park Conservancy, our host organization. In addition to these participating…
photo: Justin Bastien Conservation Alliance Program Associate Krissy Moehl placed 2nd among women and 13th overall in the Western States 100 Endurance Race in California last weekend. She's pictured here with her mom just after crossing the finish line with a time of 19 hours, 26 minutes, 2 seconds. For those of you not in…
Conservation Alliance grantee Central Oregon LandWatch has succeeded in its campaign to secure a protective designation for the 500,000-acre Metolius River Basin in Central Oregon. The new protections halts two proposed destination resort developments, and ensures a permanent ban on such developments in the future. LandWatch won these protections when the Oregon legislature passed a…
