Please join us for this summer's Outdoor Retailer Conservation Alliance breakfast! We are pleased to welcome Shelton Johnson as our guest speaker this year! Shelton Johnson is a novelist, award-winning poet and Yosemite National Park ranger. Johnson played a prominent role in Ken Burns' documentary about the National Parks, and was instrumental in convincing Oprah…
To get wild in the outdoors, we all know, we've got to take action to keep it wild! So at this summer's Outdoor Retailer, we're dedicating one entire day to just that. Keep It Wild Day! Pick up your action passport at the Conservation Alliance breakfast on Friday, August 5 and then make sure to stop by…
The sun was shining and volunteers were all smiles on Friday July 22nd at The Conservation Alliance Backyard Collective in Seattle’s Westcrest Park. More than 60 volunteers came out for the day from Outdoor Research, Nikwax, Brooks, Filson, Cascade Designs, Stanley, a brand of PMI, Clif Bar, Patagonia, and Runner Girl Races. This great…
TAKE ACTION – OPPOSE THE WILDERNESS & ROADLESS AREA RELEASE ACT! Visit Trout Unlimited online action center and urge Congress to oppose the Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act of 2011, a harmful bill which would damage fishing and hunting opportunities by releasing millions of acres of pristine backcountry to road development. WHY WE CARE…
The Salt Lake City Backyard Collective- A Great Success!!! The sun was shining and temperatures reached the mid 90's on June 23rd at the Salt Lake City Backyard Collective. But the heat didn't slow down the energetic group of 60+ volunteers who spent an afternoon working hard to fix up the trails and general…
Columbia Sportswear, Conservation Alliance Pinnacle Member, just signed up to participate in this innovative program thanks to help from Staples®, and will be sending depleted writing instruments to TerraCycle® for recycling or upcycling. Not only does this allow Columbia to divert waste from the landfill, but for every used writing instrument we recycle, Sanford® Brands will donate…
The federal government on Monday extended for six months a moratorium on new uranium mining claims in a million-acre buffer zone around the Grand Canyon as it awaits the conclusions of a study of potential environmental harm to the region. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced the extended prohibition, and added that Interior's preferred alternative…
Gareth Martins, Kate Ketschek Elected to Three-Year Terms Bend, Ore., June 16, 2011 – The Conservation Alliance membership elected Gareth Martins, Director of Marketing at Osprey Packs, and Kate Ketschek, Director of Marketing and Public Relations for NEMO Equipment to new three-year terms on the Alliance board of directors. Martins was re-elected after serving a…
Eastern Mountain Sports President, Will Manzer, talks about the fragility of the Grand Canyon. Grand Canyon Uranium Mining PSA from James Q Martin Media on Vimeo. It sounds insane, but it’s absolutely true. A two-year ban on destructive uranium mining in the Grand Canyon is set to expire on July 21, with no additional…
Bruce Babbitt, former Interior Secretary and Governor of Arizona, delivered a pointed speech to the National Press Club yesterday in which he said the current US Congress "has embarked on the most radical course in our history." He continued: "The Congress, led by the House of Representatives, has declared war on our land, water and…
