Photo: CLIF Bar and Winter Wildlands Alliance – Glory Peak on Teton Pass in Wyoming We are proud to announce that KEEN, Inc. and FootZone of Bend are the winners of our first annual Outstanding Partnership Awards. We asked our grantees to tell us stories about great partnerships they have with our members, and how these initiatives…
Photo: James Kaiser courtesy of O.A.R.S. Conservation Alliance grantee American Rivers today released its annual America's Most Endangered Rivers report.The report lists the 10 most endangered rivers in the US, and explains why these waterways are in peril. Topping this year's list is the Potomac, which flows through our nation’s capital. The Potomac earned the…
Photo: Andy Bardon As we reported a few weeks ago, Conservation Alliance board member and North Face icon Conrad Anker (above left) is in Nepal preparing for his third attemp at the summit of Mt. Everest. He summited the mountain in 1999 and 2007. The two-month expedition seeks to repeat the historic climb of the…
Utah Governor Gary Herbert is pushing a lawsuit agains the federal government that seeks to give Utah counties control over 25,000 miles of so-called roads that traverse most of Utah's Wilderness-quality federal land. According to Conservation Alliance grantee Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance: "The vast majority of these routes have never been established or maintained, and…
The Bay Area Backyard Collective brought together more than 60 volunteers for a day of invasive plant removal with the guidance of our partners at Marin County Parks. Volunteers from Marmot, CamelBak, Clif Bar, REI and and The North Face hiked a steep incline to reach four areas for Himalayan Blackberry, Barbed Goat Grass and Pioneer Fennel removal in the Terra Linda Sleepy Hollow Preserve….
Seattle's Pike Place Market Last week I had to opportunity to venture north, to Seattle, and visit a number of our member companies. Seattle is a big city, full of sights, sounds, and a hustle-and-bustle we don't have in Bend, Oregon. As I negotiated my way through a maze of freeways, only one thought…
The nearly 23 million-acre National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska supports a stunning diversity and abundance of wildlife. Right now, the U.S. Department of the Interior is writing its first-ever, comprehensive plan for the entire Reserve, providing the opportunity to protect the most important places for wildlife. Teshekpuk Lake, on the coastal plain of the Reserve, is…
In April 2011, The Conservation Alliance invested $500,000 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 a…
Photo: Steven Kazlowski / www.lefteyepro.com Right now, Shell Oil's drill ships are on their way to America's Arctic Ocean. Shell hopes to begin drilling in our Arctic waters in a matter of weeks with no viable plan to clean up an oil spill in the Arctic's extreme conditions, which range from sea ice up…
On Friday, April 20th, President Obama, under the 1906 Antiquities Act, designated Fort Ord as a National Monument. Located on the central California Coast in Monterey, the Ford Ord National Monument encompasses approximately 14,650 acres and provides recreational opportunities including hiking, bicycling, and horseback riding. "This national monument will not only protect one of the…
