Volunteers turned out in record numbers for the Portland Backyard Collective! Over 300 participants from Conservation Alliance business members Columbia, KEEN, Icebreaker, Merrell, REI, and The North Face worked together across seven sites on a variety of stewardship projects at Sellwood Park, Tryon Creek State Park, Willow Creek, Springwater Trail and Forest Park. Event partners…
Summer Outdoor Retailer Wrap-Up * We had a record crowd at The Conservation Alliance Breakfast. * We announced CLIF Bar & Company as a new Pinnacle Member. * We INKED close to 1,000 Conservation Alliance Supporters with CA Tattoos! * We generated 1000 postcards to Sen. Harry Reid and Rep. John Boehner urging them to…
Clif Bar & Company has committed to become The Conservation Alliance's next Pinnacle Member. Pinnacle Membership is reserved for companies that contribute at least $100,000 annually to the organization. "Clif Bar has a long history of supporting conservation efforts, so it was natural for us to invite the company to become a Pinnacle Member," said…
Please join us for this summer's Outdoor Retailer Conservation Alliance breakfast! We are pleased to welcome Aaron Ralston as our guest speaker this year! Aron Ralston is an adventurer who inadvertently gained fame when he hiked into a remote area of Utah's canyon country, and accidentally dislodged a boulder that crushed and pinned his right…
It's that time again! Outdoor Retailer is less than one week away, so make sure to mark your calendars for The Conservation Alliance events and promotions! The Conservation Alliance Breakfast – Day 2 Conservation Alliance Breakfast: Arrive Tried, Leave Inspired. Join us for The Conservation Alliance Breakfast and hear from guest speaker Aron Ralston,…
Join in Vasque's trail festivities at Summer OR and celebrate the debut of the new, less-is-more trail runner, the Pendulum, and the updated lighter, faster and more breathable Breeze 2.0 GTX boot. Kicking off Day 1 of the show in style, Vasque is bringing the party to their booth with the Infamous Stringdusters, cold beers…
Designs from CamelBak, SmartWool, and Osprey featured in ‘Tattoo Parlors' at Outdoor Retailer Summer Market The Conservation Alliance Outreach Committee selected three winning designs from among the 15 submitted during the Conservation Alliance Temporary Tattoo Design Contest. Todd Bischoff, global graphic designer for SmartWool, John Duran, industrial design manager for CamelBak, and Tim Calkins,…
Photo: Jeff Widen Bill Would Protect More Than 100,000 Acres in San Juan National Forest, Designate 38,000 acres of new Wilderness Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today introduced a bill to protect more than 100,000 acres of the Hermosa Creek Watershed, an area in the San Juan National Forest north of Durango. The bill…
Thousands of ocean miles. Over 900 miles inland. To nearly 7,000 feet in elevation. The migration of the salmon and steelhead of the Columbia and Snake River Basin is truly one-of-a-kind. The bad news: at 1% of their historic abundance, wild salmon remain on life support. The good news: the spawning habitat for these fish…
For more than 20 years, the American River Conservancy (ARC) has been working to permanently protect rivers and wildlands in the central Sierra Nevada foothills. REI has consistently provided support for the American River Conservancy's conservation, stewardship, and education programs. In addition to funding several years' worth of stewardship and education projects, REI's commitment to…
