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Black Diamond gets a high-five from The Conservation Alliance team for their outstanding partnership with Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance.  We applaud BD’s commitment to the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, an organization focused on preserving Utah’s remaining desert wild lands, known collectively as America’s redrock wilderness. Deeda Seed, from Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, tells the story of how…

A unique partnership between the Bureau of Land Management, the Bridgeport Indian Colony, Bodie Hills Conservation Partnership and employees from Patagonia in Reno, NV, resulted in a cleanup project at an old shooting range adjacent to Travertine Hot Springs in Bridgeport, CA. . On May 22, volunteers from Patagonia’s Reno, Nevada Service Center helped clean up the area off Jack Sawyer Road. The area was littered with shell casings, old targets and…

 Earlier this month, we announced the winners of our Outstanding Partnership award. The award recognizes member companies who go above and beyond in building relationships with Conservation Alliance grantees. TheGreater Yellowstone Coalition is one of two grantees who nominated Black Diamond as an outstanding partner. “Black Diamond has supported the work of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition for nearly…

Eagles Nest Outfitters (ENO), located in Ashville, North Carolina was nominated by Conservation Alliance grantee, Wild South, for their outstanding efforts to be the conservation in the South Eastern United States.  ENO has been an outstanding partner of Wild South for many years and the two organizations share a very special common ground; their mutual passion and respect…

Breaking news from The Wilderness Society: New Mexico’s Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks officially became a new national monument on May 21, riding a wave of local support and fulfilling a promise made by President Barack Obama in his State of the Union address to “protect more of our pristine federal lands for future generations.” President Obama used his authority…

We are celebrating this morning after learning that on Wednesday, President Obama will sign a proclamation designating the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument in New Mexico. Conservation Alliance grantee, New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, has been leading the effort to secure protection for the area for the past decade and we have made three grants to…

From American River Conservancy: “The Forest Group has been an excellent partner and advocate for the American River Conservancy, both locally and as a national voice for ARC as a member of The Conservation Alliance.  The Forest Group staff always goes out of their way to help make ARC’s projects visible to The Conservation Alliance…