It's not often that timber and conservation groups agree here in Oregon, but yesterday a major timber industry group announced that they support a proposed wilderness expansion along one of the state's signature rivers. From the Associated Press: Conservation groups hoping to expand the wilderness area along Oregon's most popular whitewater run announced Monday that…
Slow down for animals! Wildlife in Colorado just got a little extra protection thanks to the passage of HB 1238, a bill designed to reduce collisions between vehicles and wildlife on state highways in Colorado. Alliance grantee Western Environmental Law Center was instrumental in passing the bill. By increasing the ability of wildlife to…
Save Wild Salmon from Epicocity Project on Vimeo. From Osprey Packs: The Obama administration is poised to make a decision this week that could change the fate of endangered species in this country. On May 20, the Administration will release a federal salmon plan that will do one of two things for endangered wildlife: protect…
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…
