Favorites on Friday: Crossing the Divide. Collaboration in Colorado’s High Country.

 A guest post by Aaron Clark, IMBA Conservation Manager The International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) has been collaborating with the conservation community in Colorado to help re-craft and vet a land protection proposal in Colorado's Central Mountains and more recently on lands in Colorado's Gunnison County. These proposals intend to protect both the wild and…

Secretary Jewell: If Congress Won’t Act, We Will

Twice over the past two weeks, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell has said publicly that if Congress continues to drag its feet on moving broadly-supported legislation to protect wild places on our federal lands, President Obama will step in and designate these areas as national monuments. "If Congress doesn't step up to act, then the President…

Favorites on Friday: Success in Yellowstone

Conservation Alliance Grantee, Winter Wildlands Alliance, celebrated the Final Yellowstone Winter Visitation Plan from the National Park Service, governing snowmobile and snowcoach use in Yellowstone Park.  The Plan provides protections for this pristine winter refuge, limits noise and emissions, and provides for a cleaner, quieter experience for skiers and snowshoers.  Beginning in winter 2014-15, this…

It’s a new day for Utah’s Red Rock country: Court Strikes Down Controversial Federal Land Use Plan

The Conservation Alliance has funded work by Earthjustice and Southern Utah Wilderness Association in their efforts to protect roughly three million acres of spectacular, wilderness-quality public lands in Utah's red rock country from destructive oil and gas drilling and off-road vehicle use.  This week, the United States District Court for the District of Utah struck…

Take Action Tuesday: Rivers Without Borders Launches Wild Border Watersheds

Conservation Alliance Grantee, Rivers Without Borders, in conjunction with The University of Victoria's Environmental Law Centre, unveiled a collaborative website this week, Wild Border Watersheds. This website aims to raise awareness of the extraordinary conservation values of the transboundary watersheds shared by British Columbia and Alaska, and to highlight the growing development pressures on those…

Take Action Tuesday VIDEO: The Backyard Collective – Adventures in Your Own Backyard

In August, nearly two hundred Conservation Alliance member company representatives and friends gathered in Portland's Wallace Park for the Portland Backyard Collective, an event that brought together member company employees and local grantees for a day of environmental action. We welcomed friends from Columbia Sportswear, Yakima,  Icebreaker, Merrell, KEEN, REI, Nau, Horny Toad and BrandLive to split into volunteer teams, which then spread…

Favorites on Friday: October 2013 Grantee Update

In October 2013, The Conservation Alliance invested $700,000 in grassroots conservation organizations. Each grant went to a project working to secure permanent protection for a specific threatened wild place. We direct organizations to use our funding over the course of a 12-month period. At the end of the grant period, we ask each group for…