Winter Wildlands Alliance reports the following on their effort to limit winter motorized recreation in Yellowstone National Park: "A federal court ruled today that the Bush Administration's decision authorizing snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park violates the fundamental legal responsibility of the National Park Service to protect the clean air, wildlife, and natural quiet…
Renowned writer and global warming activist electrified the audience at The Conservation Alliance Breakfast in August. McKibben spoke passionately about the threats of global warming, and offered hope by focusing on the efforts of his new organization www.350.org. As always, our friends at SNEWS produced a podcast of the speech, which you may check out…
Hello NEXTers, I just participated in International Rivers' letter writing campaign to protect the Baker and Pascua rivers in Patagonia, southern Chile from 5 large hydroelectric dams. You have the chance to help protect Patagonia, too. This is another opportunity for your voice to be heard. As a collective, many voices standing together, ConservationNEXT will make…
A lot of people have asked me for details on both Barack Obama and John McCain's positions on the environment. In an election year, it can be difficult to get a straight answer on anything. In my fairly limited experience, an Administration's impact on the environment and our public lands is largely determined by the people…
Rod Bien, owner of Pandora's Backpack, a retail store in Bend, OR, and Conservation Alliance member company, joined other business leaders in Bend to talk about the economic benefits of Wilderness designation for the Badlands. The Badlands is a 30,000-acre wildland near Bend that Alliance grantee Oregon Natural Desert Association is working to protect. Nice…
Twelve outdoor industry companies have joined The Conservation Alliance since the January OR Show. With a steady increase in membership, the Alliance now boasts 160 companies. The new members are: Backcountry.com; Chuckanut 50K Race; earcomm; Eco-X, Inc.; Headsweats; Hotwax Media; Naukabout; Quick Feat International; Repreve by Unifi; Schoeller Textil, USA; Solstice; and The Active Marketing…
The Conservation Alliance is psyched about a promotion we are doing with Timex called "Return to the Outdoors". Timex has produced three short films that profile well-know outdoor folks talking about the places that are special to them. The first two films feature Conservation Alliance board member Conrad Anker and rockclimber Steph Davis. The most…
Our friends at the Campaign for America's Wilderness distribute an excellent monthly update on efforts to secure new Wilderness designations on public lands throughout the US. The Conservation Alliance has supported many grassroots organizations working at the local level to win these important protections, which safeguard our public lands from logging, mining, oil and gas…
WaterWatch, a recent Conservation Alliance grantee, has been working collaboratively with local, state and federal officials to restore the Rogue River — one of Oregon's premiere whitewater and salmon/steelhead streams — by removing four dams on the stream. The first of those dams — the Elk Creek Diversion — was removed on July 16. Check…
Thanks to everyone who helped launch ConservationNEXT at the Outdoor Retailer Show in Salt Lake last weekend. The party was a hoot, and it was great to see so much interest in building an online social network focused on grassroots conservation work. The ConservationNEXT site will continue to evolve. We now have more than 100…
