A large package of public lands bills was introduced into the Senate last week that would protect more than two million acres of land and 1000 miles of rivers throughout the US. More than a dozen projects funded by The Conservation Alliance are included in the package. Provisions include: new Wilderness designations in Oregon, California,…
Our friend Terry Tempest Williams, who spoke at a Conservation Alliance event in 2007, responded eloquently in a Los Angeles Times op-ed to the BLM's proposal to sell gas leases adjacent to Utah's spectacular National Parks. Her piece concludes: "The last-minute land grab in Utah's spectacular desert must be seen for what it is: not…
Our friends at GoLite with their Adventure Racing team, Team GoLite, shared some holiday cheer with The Consevation Alliance. As part of the team's promise, they pledged to give back 10% of 2008 sponsorship money to an organization that truly makes a difference and can continue to help protect the open spaces. The Conservation Alliance…
From Local Harvest: Most of us start the New Year with good intentions of sticking to our ‘resolutions', but few of us actually ever do. Typically it seems that New Year's Resolutions center around large nebulous topics such as losing weight, getting healthy or increasing our net worth. This year try making some simple,…
From the Salt Lake Tribune: "He didn't pour sugar into a bulldozer's gas tank. He didn't spike a tree or set a billboard on fire. But wielding only a bidder's paddle, a University of Utah student just as surely monkey-wrenched a federal oil- and gas-lease sale Friday, ensuring that thousands of acres near two southern…
President-elect Barack Obama nominated Colorado Senator Ken Salazar to serve as his Interior Secretary. This appointment will have the greatest impact on the land and water conservation efforts over the next four years. The only other position that rivals the Interior Secretary's importance to conservation is Forest Service Chief. The Interior Secretary oversees the National…
President-elect Barack Obama will soon announce key appointments including Lisa Jackson as EPA Administrator, Steven Chu as Energy Secretary, Nancy Sutley as head of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, and Carol Browner as his "Energy Czar". Click here for more information on these choices. Still up in the air is the key Interior…
From the New York Times: "The White House on Tuesday approved a final rule that will make it easier for coal companies to dump rock and dirt from mountaintop mining operations into nearby streams and valleys." Check out the full article. Mountaintop removal is one of those issues that sounds like science fiction. But it…
Here is a great article that discusses the impact eating meat has on our carbon footprint. I noticed a lot of Nexters have pledged to eat less meat this year to help reduce their negative impact on the environment, so I hope this article helps to strengthen your resolve! As More Eat Meat, a Bid…
From the Salt Lake Tribune: "In the face of intense opposition from the National Park Service, members of Congress and a top official from President-elect Barack Obama's transition team, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management backed down Tuesday from its plan to sell oil and gas leases near national parks and wilderness-quality areas in…
