Speak out now to protect the Arctic Refuge

Right now, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking YOUR input on a plan for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that, for the first time, could recommend Wilderness protection for the Coastal Plain – the Refuge's biological epicenter that has been in Big Oil's sights for decades. A Wilderness recommendation would protect this unparalleled…

2011 Boulder Backyard Collective Round-Up

Conservation Alliance Member Company, Osprey Packs, led the charge for the Boulder Backyard Collective!  Here is an excerpt from the Osprey blog……………. It's always a fantastic feeling to donate a little sweat equity to give back to the places we play in and the 2011 Backyard Collective was no exception.  Backyard Collective's were started back…

Boulder Backyard Collective

The Conservation Alliance hosted its third annual Boulder Backyard Collective in Colorado on Friday, August 26th.  In partnership with the Colorado Mountain Club, Eldorado Canyon State Park, and Conservation Alliance member companies, the Backyard Collective volunteers worked tirelessly on trail maintenance and habitat restoration in Eldorado Canyon State Park.   More than 100 volunteers came…

Creating jobs by conserving wilderness

  The scene at the conservation and the economy round table discussion at Eastern Mountain Sports in Portsmouth, NH.   Will Manzer, President and CEO of Conservation Alliance Pinnacle Member, Eastern Mountain Sports, is passionate about outdoor recreation and knows the outdoor industry.  "Going outside to play is big business and in this economy, we…

Sunshine and Smiles. The Portland Backyard Collective.

  Friday, August 19th was a beautiful day in Portland, Oregon.  And the 250 volunteers from Conservation Alliance member companies KEEN, Columbia Sportswear, Icebreaker, Merrell, Horny Toad, REI, and Egan & Associates took advantage of one of the summer's nicest days!  Pulling ivy, rebuilding trails and demolishing a decommissioned foot-bridge in Forest Park and Sellwood…

Monadnock Trail Week

Conservation Alliance Grantee, The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, together with New Hampshire State Parks, held their seventh annual "Monadnock Trail Week".  This event was initiated in 2005 to restore the most heavily-used trails on the mountain where the Forest Society owns 4,119 acres. "This year's event was a great success," said Forest Society…

Shelton Johnson speaks to the Conservation Alliance

"Heaven isn't a place you have to die to get to, you just need a good pair of hiking boots."                                                                                                                                  -Shelton Johnson An excerpt from James Mills and The Joy Trip Project For those of us who spend a great deal of time outdoors it’s hard to believe that there are many of those…

Outdoor Retailer Knows How to Keep it Wild

This past weekend, we gathered up the energy of our member companies and threw it all into supporting the great work of some of our grantees, and we had a blast doing it! 24 members hosted events and we're hoping that as the numbers coming in, we'll beat our winter Outdoor Retailer show fundraising amount…