For the last five years, the partnership between Winter Wildlands Alliance (WWA) and CLIF Bar has been strengthening the voices of backcountry skiers, snowshoers and others who enjoy quiet winter recreation. This partnership goes above and beyond; providing in-kind product for partners and events, cash sponsorship of outreach activities and awareness raising through joint marketing…
Photo: Joe Riis The Conservation Alliance funds organizations working to protect threatened wild places throughout North American. In Canada, there are many such places. The Conservation Alliance has contributed more than $900,000 to Canadian organizations working to protect these places. Our ability to fund Canadian organizations including Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Rivers Without…
Photo: Tyler Roemer No matter the size of a company, all The Conservation Alliance members have equal benefits, equal voting rights, and the equal opportunity to make a difference. Conservation Alliance member, FootZone Bend, is a small, independently owned business in Bend, Oregon. FootZone Bend is a local fixture in the Central Oregon outdoor…
Photo: Andy Bardon Earlier this month we wrote about Conservation Alliance board member and The North Face icon Conrad Anker's preparation for his third summit of Mt. Everest. As the weather improved and the summit attempt date drew closer, it was exciting to follow Conrad and his team, online, courtesy of The North Face…
Photo: Juri Peepre Take a minute – Protect the Peace! With one simple action, you can make your voice hear in support of Conservation Alliance Grantee, Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) – and make difference! British Columbia Hydro is proposing the construction of an $8 billion dam and reservoir – know as Site C –…
Photo: Kent Vertress, AW Volunteer American Whitewater, Conservation Alliance grantee and nation-wide advocate for the preservation and protection of whitewater rivers, is doing great work. Their efforts have lead to securing flow protections for iconic Colorado rivers, blocking the Flaming Gorge Pipeline Project on the Green River (WY/UT/CO), and dam removals including the Dillsboro Dam…
WE NEED YOU and your creative genius to design a temporary tattoo for The Conservation Alliance. If your design is selected as the winner, it will be "tattooed" onto the arms of hundreds of people at the Summer Outdoor Retailer tradeshow this August. And, you will win a Prize Package from Conservation Alliance member companies….
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…
