On Friday, July 10 employees from six Portland area Conservation Alliance member companies joined together for a day of trail restoration in Portland's Forest Park. The work of nearly 50 volunteers from KEEN, REI, Columbia, Lizard Lounge, Horny Toad, Nau created significant results for the Forest Park Conservancy, our host organization. In addition to these participating…
photo: Justin Bastien Conservation Alliance Program Associate Krissy Moehl placed 2nd among women and 13th overall in the Western States 100 Endurance Race in California last weekend. She's pictured here with her mom just after crossing the finish line with a time of 19 hours, 26 minutes, 2 seconds. For those of you not in…
A group of Conservation Alliance board and staff members visited the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge last week, exploring a spectacular Wilderness that is threatened by proposed oil and gas development. The group — including board members Adam Forest, Sally McCoy, and Steve Barker, and staffer John Sterling — floated the Canning River from the Brooks…
Conservation Alliance grantee Central Oregon LandWatch has succeeded in its campaign to secure a protective designation for the 500,000-acre Metolius River Basin in Central Oregon. The new protections halts two proposed destination resort developments, and ensures a permanent ban on such developments in the future. LandWatch won these protections when the Oregon legislature passed a…
Hi Everyone, I have been nominated for The North Face's Eco-Champion Award and have the opportunity to give $15,000 to a non-profit of my choice. As a founding member of ConservationNEXT I hope to award this amazing group with this money but I need your help. Please follow the link below and vote! You can…
Conservation Alliance grantee Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) announced final success yesterday in its campaign to expand the boundaries of Nahanni National Park Reserve in Canada's Northwest Territories. Canadian Environment Minister Jim Prentice announced that the park's boundaries would be expanded by 7 million acres, the size of Vancouver Island. The Conservation Alliance twice…
The Governor of California is proposing to eliminate the general fund support of State Parks. This will have a devastating effect on California State Parks. It is anticipated that well over 200 parks will close after this summer if their proposal is put into effect – 80% of our great State Park systems. The closure…
When the sun shines in Seattle it is one of the most beautiful places on earth. Last Friday ConservationNEXT pulled together the third in a series of four Northwest Backyard Collectives on a beautiful, sunny Seattle day. Nearly 100 volunteers met in West Seattle's Lincoln Park for a full day of park restoration. The crews from…
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack — who has jurisdiction over the management of National Forests — announced an interim rule today aimed at protecting inventoried roadless areas until the Obama Administration can develop a long-term policy for these wild forests. The rule, which expires in one year, requires that Vilsack sign off on any road construction…
Conservation Alliance board members Gareth Martins (Osprey Packs) and Conrad Anker (The North Face) joined Executive Director John Sterling on a whirlwind visit to Washington, DC to talk to Congressional offices about the economic benefits of protecting wild lands and rivers. The trio (pictured here with Colorado Rep. John Salazar) met with 20 offices in…
