via American Whitewater: Yesterday, the Washington Department of Ecology issued the water quality permit needed to remove Condit Dam on the White Salmon River. The permit is a major milestone and is the final step before issuance of a dam removal order by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which is expected later this year….
In 2009, the Conservation Alliance awarded the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society a grant to expand the Nahanni National Park Preserve by a stunning seven million acres. To finish the job of protecting the entire Nahanni watershed, it is critically important to protect the headwaters in Nááts’ihch’oh National Park Reserve… The South Nahanni Watershed and Nahanni…
The work at Conservation Alliance wouldn't be possible without all of our outdoor industry brand members. But a lot of them aren't only involved with Conservation Alliance; many of our member brands are committed to a diverse variety of environmental causes. Every Thursday we'll be featuring a cross-post from one of our member companies…
A few weeks ago we got to spend sometime in our "sort of" backyard — Portland — but this week we got to get our hands dirty for conservation in our actual backyard: Bend! We had forty employees from local member companies participate in trail building, garbage removal, and invasive tree removal in the…
From the PEW Environment Group via E&E Daily: Environmental groups are crowing while Alaska's congressional delegation is condemning the Obama administration's announcement Monday that it will consider proposing new wilderness designations within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Nearly half of ANWR has already been declared wilderness, a designation that carries strict restrictions on human…
Photo: Jonathan Richter On September 27, Mark Udall announced that he has introduced a bill to preserve some of the state’s most iconic public lands in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado. The San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act would designate 33,000 acres as wilderness – mostly as expansions of the existing Lizard…
From the PEW Environment Group via E&E Daily: Environmental groups are crowing while Alaska's congressional delegation is condemning the Obama administration's announcement Monday that it will consider proposing new wilderness designations within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Nearly half of ANWR has already been declared wilderness, a designation that carries strict restrictions on…
The work at Conservation Alliance wouldn't be possible without all of our outdoor industry brand members. But a lot of them aren't only involved with Conservation Alliance; many of our member brands are committed to a diverse variety of environmental causes. Every Thursday we'll be featuring a cross-post from one of our member companies…
The New York City watershed and Delaware River Basin combined provides water for more than 15,600,000 people. It's the largest unfiltered water source in the world. And the natural gas industry has leased hundreds of thousands of acres within the watershed and the river basin for energy development. That could mean 50,000 gas wells in the…
Another week, another Backyard Collective… this time right in our own backyard: Portland! More than 235 employees from eight Conservation Alliance member companies — Columbia Sportswear; KEEN; Nau; Horny Toad/Lizard Lounge; The North Face; REI; Under Solen Media; and Ben Moon Photography — participated in trail restoration, invasive weed removal, and other projects in…
