When looking at our world today, it is easy to feel overwhelmed. I definitely do. And to often have that feeling that you want to help save our planet and the environment in some way but you are not sure exactly how to do it.The outdoor industry is one industry that should have the…
By a vote of 73-21, the US Senate passed a package of public lands bills that will protect two million acres of Wilderness, designate 1000 miles of Wild and Scenic Rivers, and prohibit energy development on 1.2 million acres in Wyoming. The legislation now heads to the House of Representatives where it is expected to…
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…
