The Bureau of Land Management has released its final management plan for the illegally reduced Bears Ears National Monument. The plan covers only 15 percent of the original monument as designated by President Obama in 2016, and fails to protect most of the lands with cultural and recreational significance.
We have identified four campaigns that we’ll be giving heightened attention through 2020. These four priorities would protect and defend wild places in Alaska, Montana, Utah, and Colorado. We chose these priorities with guidance from our Board Advocacy Committee and based on a variety of factors such as conservation significance, political viability, and proximity to Conservation Alliance member companies.
The CORE Act – the most widely supportive and comprehensive attempt to protect Colorado’s public lands is making its way through the legislative process.
The Conservation Alliance enthusiastically endorses the Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act and looks forward to working with the entire Montana delegation to protect this important watershed this Congress.
Four longtime Conservation Alliance priorities continued their journey through the congressional process today with a hearing in the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Osprey Packs, KEEN Footwear, Northwest Rafting Co., and Peak Design are the winners of The Conservation Alliance Outstanding Partnership Awards for 2019.
Restoring protections for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is important to a majority of Americans. We want to take solace in the fact that there exists at least one significant place where we didn’t let greed destroy the wild. Where wildlife roams free and man is but a visitor. It is about much more to the Gwich’in.
Participating Member Companies: Brooks Running, Cascade Designs, MSR, Therm-a-rest, Filson, Grayl, Nuun, Nikwax, Outdoor Research, Perpetual Motion NW, REI, Yukon Trading Company
On July 7th Senator Jon Tester of Montana reintroduced the Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act, a bi-partisan, Montana-made bill that will protect the headwaters of the storied Blackfoot River. For over a decade, longtime Conservation Alliance grantee, Montana Wilderness Association (MWA), has been working with a diverse coalition of stakeholders to secure protections for this landscape.
