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Brilliant sunshine greeted volunteers at Riverbend Park last Tuesday in Bend. Volunteers from Ruffwear, REI, Quick Feat International, Oregon Natural Desert Association and Central Oregon Landwatch arrived ready for a day of riparian stewardship lead by our partner, Kolleen Yake, Education Director at Upper Deschutes Watershed Council.    Earlier that morning, 700 locally propagated native plants including cottonwood, water birch, woods' rose, dogwood and…

Patagonia Footwear and Onlineshoes.com are partnering to raise awareness and funds for The Conservation Alliance during Advocate Weeks; October 9th -22nd. During Advocate Weeks, OnlineShoes will highlight some of our grantees on their blog and Patagonia will donate $10 to TCA for every Patagonia shoe sold on OnlineShoes.com. Visit Onlineshoes.com by clicking here. 

Save the Date! The Conservation Alliance Breakfast WILD  A presentation by Cheryl Strayed Thursday, January 24th, 2013 7AM-9AM Marriott Downtown Salons F-I   Salt Lake City, UT  Click here for details      Cheryl Strayed is the author of the acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestselling memoir, Wild. At age 22, Strayed found herself shattered by two…

{worthWILD} OUR RIVERS from Conservation Alliance on Vimeo. The Conservation Alliance has just released Our Rivers, the second video in the worthWILD series, telling the story of a successful partnership between Conservation Alliance grantee American Whitewater and Conservation Alliance member, Portland-based outdoor footwear brand, KEEN, in their efforts to save rivers nationwide. This documentary shows…

           Photo: Scott Smith The U.S. Supreme Court has turned away an appeal challenging a federal rule that bars development on 50 million acres of roadless areas in national forests, including Utah. The justices said Monday they will leave in place a federal appeals court decision that upheld the so called roadless rule that took…

More than 100 volunteers from Eastern Mountain Sports, NEMO Equipment, Polartec, Vibram and ECCO came together for a variety of stewardship projects across the Monadnock Region of New Hampshire last Tuesday.  This year’s Northeast Backyard Collective also marked a special celebration for our hosts at Eastern Mountain Sports as they celebrated their 45th anniversary. Beth…

Summer Grant Announcement! The Conservation Alliance Contributes $700,000 to 19 Organizations We are pleased to announce the results of The Conservation Alliance Summer 2012 Funding Cycle.  We have awarded $700,000 to the 19 organizations listed below.  This brings our 2012 total grant distribution to $1.3 million.  Many great conservation opportunities lie ahead, and we're please to…

  At the Summer OR Show, The Conservation Alliance held a "Post Card Signing" Campaign.  We encouraged you to staple your business card to two postcards, one to be delivered to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the other House Speaker John Boehner.  The message was clear – WILDERNESS = JOBS: To:          Senate Majority Leader…

In April of 2012, The Conservation Alliance awarded the New York – Jersey Trail Conference $35,000 toward their efforts to purchase and transfer land to the State of New York State resulting, in the elimination of the remaining unprotected gaps in the Southern Gunks Greenway. In just six months, we have already seen great results…

           Photo: Florian Schulz It’s been an amazing fight. And, thanks to the efforts of Alaska Wilderness League and many others, oil companies have abandoned drilling for oil in America’s Arctic Ocean – at least until next year. Shell Oil announced, Monday, that it is drastically scaling back its oil drilling operation this year in…