Photo: Beauty Spot Blad In 2008, we funded the overall Rocky Fork acquisition through Appalachian Trail Conservancy, with the goal to acquire and protect the 10,000-acre Rocky Fork tract in eastern Tennessee. The 10,000-acre purchase has been completed, and 2000 acres transferred State of Tennessee to become a new state park To learn more,…
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Photo: Crocker Mountain, Marcy Monkman On June 7, 2013, The Trust for Public Land conserved the Crocker Mountain property in Carrabassett Valley, Maine. The land is now owned by the State of Maine and protected by a conservation easement ensuring that it will never be developed and will always be open to public recreational access….
Proving that we at The Conservation Alliance like to work hard and play harder, our own Serena Gordon placed second in the Pro Women's category at the 2013 Marathon Mountain Bike Nationals in Sun Valley, Idaho last weekend. She finished the 41-mile course really darned fast. A lot of work and training goes into…
On a recent Tuesday, we welcomed Ruff Wear, Stanley PMI, Hydro Flask and FootZone Bend who brought along sponsored athletes and friends Stephanie Howe (The North Face, Clif Bar), Jeff Browning (Patagonia) and Max King (Montrail) for a day of restoration on Whychus Creek. Since 1996, the Upper Deschutes Watershed Council (UDWC) has been working to protect and restore the 2000 miles of rivers and streams that flow through Central…
Photo: Blair Witte, John Sterling, and Gareth Martins on Capitol Hill The Conservation Alliance led a delegation to Washington, DC last week, to participate in the annual Great Outdoors America Week (GO Week). The event is designed to convene a broad group of stakeholders to demonstrate widespread support for protected public lands. Representing the…
The Conservation Alliance has released Bolton Valley, the fifth video in the {worthWILD} series. The film tells the story of the Vermont Land Trust's successful effort to purchase and conserve 1,200 acres of Bolton Valley Nordic and Backcountry land. In the spring of 2012, The Conservation Alliance first funded the Vermont Land Trust's…
Photo: Greg Lief This week was an important one for Wilderness. With Senator Wyden at the helm of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, the Senate took a major step toward the passage of public lands bills, sending a total of 14 measures to the House. With unanimous consent, the Senate passed bills to designate…
Refineries using fuel from Canada's Tar Sands threaten heart and lung health in US communities. Tar Sands mining in Canada rips up Boreal forest. Throughout its life cycle, Tar Sands produces much more global warming pollution than conventional oil. And that's why ForestEthics (and many others) are very grateful for Columbia Sportswear's collaboration in developing…
SkiLink is a proposed gondola traversing the Wasatch Mountains from Canyons Resort in Park City to Solitude Mountain Resort in Big Cottonwood Canyon. Marketed as a transportation solution by its supporters, SkiLink is in essence an effort to privatize highly-valued public lands for a development project that is not wanted or needed. It is an…
