In one afternoon, more than 100 volunteers at last Friday's Backyard Collective in Ventura removed nearly 4 tons of trash from Ventura River and beach — resulting in a dumpster full of waste that would have otherwise polluted the waters of hte Ventura River and the Pacific Ocean. From Santa Barbara's KEYT Television: You may…
Over the weekend,Conservation Alliance co-founder and Patagonia's founder Yvon Chouinard, appeared on an American Express commercial for their members project with Takepart.com. "We're part of nature, and as we destroy nature, we destroy ourselves," Yvon said in the video. The dam that's featured is the Matilija Dam, an outdated monstrosity that sits 18 miles upstream…
Next Friday, March 19, volunteers from local outdoor recreation businesses in Ventura, Calif. will get their hands dirty in an effort to clean-up the Ventura River and Surfers Point Beach. This event will kick off the 2010 Backyard Collective season! Organized by ConservationNEXT (a program of The Conservation Alliance) with help from the Santa…
In the spirit of Conservation Alliance's Backyard Collectives, comes another great idea for community outreach…The Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival. The annual event each January kicks-off the national tour to over 90 cities nationwide. 80% of these venues are hosted by environmental organizations who receive a grant from Patagonia to help pay for the…
The Conservation Alliance's Program Associate Krissy Moehl placed first among women, and fifth overall in the Mt. Mitchell 40-miler over the weekend. Unusual snowy weather in North Carolina made the course challenging. Way to go Krissy! Full story here.
Washington State is one step closer to protecting a chunk of the Cascades this week. The Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and the Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers Protection Act cleared the Natural Resources committee in the U.S. House of Representatives last Wednesday. If passed, the bill will protect 22,000 acres of wilderness adjoining the…
Utah Senator Robert Bennett introduced legislation yesterday that would prevent any President — now or in the future — from designating new National Monuments in Utah without the consent of Congress. The move came just days after a leaked Department of Interior memo showed that the agency is eyeing 14 potential new Monuments, including…
Last week, American Whitewater, a Conservation Alliance grantee, celebrated the removal of Dillsboro Dam on the Tuckaseegee River in North Carolina. For the first time in more than 100 years, this portion of river will run free! Check out the before and after photos below. Congratulations to American Whitewater and all of the folks who…
Yesterday, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski and U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar signed agreements for the nation's largest-ever dam-removal project. In an effort to recover endangered salmon populations, the agreements will remove four dams on the Klamath River and revise how water is shared in the basin in southern Oregon and Northern…
The Season combines the outdoors, adventure, conservation and how a few incredible people are making their way through the course of a single season in the Pacific Northwest. In the most recent episode, released today, Jonaven Moore, a pro snowboarder, searches for a way to return to the roots of his sport. His story is…
