Conservation Alliance grantee, California Wilderness Coalition, has been featured as the PEW Environment Group's Organization of the Month! The PEW Environment Group works in conjunction with the Campaign for America's Wilderness as part of the PEW Charitable Trust. Below is an excerpt from their May 2010 Newsletter, recognizing the work of CWC: " The California…
Conservation Alliance grantee, WaterWatch of Oregon, is again celebrating a victory in their Free the Rogue Campaign. The Gold Ray Dam is slated for removal in August and September of 2010. Once completed, the removal of Gold Ray Dam will be the fourth major dam removal in the Rogue Basin in the last three years. …
Conservation Alliance grantee Raincoast Conservation Society, in partnership with a coalition of groups in Canada, is using the tragic BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to call attention to threats posed by a proposed oil pipleline from Alberta's tar sands to coastal British Columbia. The ad above provides a stark reminder of the…
Utah Congressman Jim Matheson announced plans to protect more than 26,000 acres of land in the Wasatch Mountains near Salt Lake City. Matheson made the announcement at the offices of Conservation Alliance member Black Diamond Equipement (see photo above.) "This is the first major Wasatch Front watershed protection legislation in Utah since the Wilderness Act…
It’s been nearly 20 years since Patagonia teamed up with Save Our Wild Salmon to take on what seemed like the impossible: remove four dams on the Lower Snake River to clear a path for Idaho’s iconic salmon. Today, we’re closer than ever to making it all happen. And Patagonia has remained an unwavering ally….
More than 70 employees from Conservation Alliance member companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area converged on the Presidio for the Second Annual Bay Area Backyard Collective. The group task…WEEDING and that they did. Overall the group removed 76 bags of invasive plant species or the equivalent of 4 full pick up trucks…
Thru-hiker and Patagonia employee Adam Bradley is putting his talents to work on an unusual project: He has teamed up with the Nevada Wilderness Project (NWP) to hike the 501-mile route of a renewable energy line in eastern Nevada. Called the Southwest Intertie Project–or SWIP line–it will run between Jerome County, Idaho and just north…
Think globally, act locally. That's what our friends at Canada Goose did last week. The company organized an Earth Day bake sale that raised $250 for The Conservation Alliance. W'ell put those funds to good use. Thanks, Canada Goose, for thinking of us on Earth Day! Our Point Goose Kevin Spreekmeester made lemon bars.
We at The Conservation Alliance are THRILLED to announce that our guest speaker at the Summer 2010 Conservation Alliance Breakfast is historian Douglas Brinkley. Brinkley is one of our most renowned historians, and a prolific writer. He's written or edited books about notable people ranging from Teddy Roosevelt and Rosa Parks to Ronald Reagan and Hunter S….
Longtime Conservation Alliance member Eastern Mountain Sports will hold its annual Spring Club Day Event on April 23-24. The sale is open to members of local outdoor clubs, troops, and nonprofit organizations who will receive 25 percent off all EMS Brand products, and receive great deals on your favorite brands. We are honored that EMS…
