Photo: Gary Miller On Tuesday, February 28th, the full flow of Whychus Creek, located just 9 miles north-east of Sisters, Oregon, was redirected to its historic channel through Camp Polk Meadow, for the first time in 47 years. The Deschutes Land Trust, a Conservation Alliance Grantee, has been working in collaboration with the Upper…
Republican Representative Elton Gallegly, who serves California's 24th Congressional District, introduced legislation on Wednesday that would protect many important wild places in the Los Padres National Forest in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. This is first step toward securing Wilderness and Wild & Scenic designations for these areas, an effort led by Conservation Alliance Grantees…
Photo: James Kay The State of Utah has never been known for its strong conservation ethic. Recently the Utah Legislature has proposed legislation that would dramatically rollback protections and regulations governing public lands in the state. Black Diamond Equipment's CEO and Founder Peter Metcalf wrote an eloquent piece in today's Salt Lake City Tribune…
Two of the remaining candidates for the Republican Presidential nomination think the Federal Government should sell our public lands or transfer them to the states. Most outspoken on the issue has been Rick Santorum, who recently told a crowd in Idaho, “We need to get it [federal lands] back into the hands of the…
Photo: Kent Vertrees, AW Volunteer FERC Dismisses Preliminary Permit for Flaming Gorge Pipeline In September, 2011, Wyco Power and Water, Inc., filed a preliminary permit application to study the feasibility of developing the Regional Watershed Supply Project. This project would include seven hydropower projects and 501-mile water pipeline that would run from the Flaming…
John Sterling on the Owyhee River, Oregon During the last week of January, Conservation Alliance Executive Director, John Sterling, spent a few days in Washington, DC, attending conference designed to provide funders with insights into the political landscape, and the prospects for conservation success in 2012. After returning home and reflecting on the experience…
We have great stories. Stories of conservation success, stories of hard work that need grassroots support, stories of outdoor industry companies standing up for our wild places. More people need to hear these stories and we need your help. February kicks off the Be Inspired, Take Action Facebook Campaign! Each month, a Conservation Alliance member company will…
Right now, the Senate is considering legislation that would resurrect the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. President Obama rejected this toxic disaster-in-the-making last month, and now Big Oil's representatives in Congress are trying to force its approval. It looks like a deal might be coming together in the next 24 hours. We have a…
In 2011, The Conservation Alliance funded the Raincoast Conservation Foundation, in support of their unspOILed Initiative. The goal of the unspOILed campaign is to defeat the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway oil pipeline and tanker proposal, keeping coastal British Columbia, including the Great Bear Rainforest, unspoiled. Raincoast is teaming up with many partners to protect the…
At Outdoor Retailer in just a few days, Conservation Alliance member companies raised more than $40,000 to protect wild places! Here are just a few of the highlights… The Conservation Alliance Breakfast “My connection to the environment is something very emotional; it comes from the heart for me especially now that I have become a…
