Access Fund used our funding to help the Illinois Climbing Association acquire and protect Holy Boulders in Southern Illinois. This 46-acre area features over 350 developed problems on sandstone boulders. Illinois Climbing Association now owns Holy Boulders and is responsible for long-term management and stewardship. Learn more about Holy Boulders here.
Forterra successfully acquired Maloney Creek, a 300-acre property adjacent to the Alpine Lakes, Wild Sky and Henry M. Jackson Wilderness Areas in Washington State. The Maloney Creek parcel contains mature and old-growth forests and more than one mile of riparian habitat. Forterra is now working with local partners to develop trails throughout the area, including a…
The Conservation Alliance funded The Nature Conservancy of Colorado’s successful acquisition of the 19,200-acre Crazy French Ranch near Trinidad, Colorado. Governor Jared Polis released a plan to turn the property into Fisher’s Peak State Park—Colorado’s 42nd State Park—and open it to the public by 2021. The property includes the 9,633-foot Fisher’s Peak, grasslands, forests and volcanic cliffs that…
We funded Texas Climbers Coalition’s Medicine Wall Campaign to acquire the 4.6-acre property known as Medicine Wall, and to establish new parkland and ensure public access to approximately 40 climbing routes. The group reports that they have completed the acquisition, and are working to complete an access trail to the crag.
Oregon Desert Land Trust used our support for its Diablo Mountain Inholding Acquisition Campaign to acquire 880 acres of private land to consolidate public land ownership in the surrounding 253,071-acre Diablo Mountain and Summer Lake area for the benefit of wildlands and wildlife conservation, recreation, and public access in Oregon. ODLT completed the acquisition, adding to…
The Peel River Watershed is an eye-popping landscape of rivers, mountains, and wildlife that is the ancestral home of the Cho Nyäk Dän, Tr’ondёk Hwёch’in, and Vuntut Gwitchin First Nations. CPAWS worked closely with these First Nations to demonstrate broad support for protecting the watershed. The campaign took many twists and turns over the years….
Thaidene Nëné, the “Land of the Ancestors”, located in Northwest Territories was designated as an Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) on August 21, 2019. The Łutsël K’e Dene First Nation and the National and Provincial governments worked together to permanently protect this enormous, wild landscape This designation is significant for many reasons, including: This IPA represents a co-governance model,…
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation completed the Falls Creek acquisition, permanently protecting 442 acres along Falls Creek in Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front. This property includes Falls Creek Trailhead and trail, and 44 acres of riparian habitat along two miles of streams. The previously inaccessible Falls Creek Trail improves access to 26,000 acres of public land used…
Oregon Wild used our funding for its Oregon State Scenic Waterways Campaign to protect Oregon’s Nehalem River as a State Scenic Waterway in 2019 and generate momentum for the State Scenic Waterway process to be used as an effective tool in protecting the next round of Oregon’s rivers. Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed the designation,…
We funded Pacific Crest Trail Association’s Trinity Divide Conservation Project to acquire 10,600 acres of wild lands that include 17 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail. PCTA successfully completed the acquisition, which also protects the headwaters of four rivers, and opens public access to alpine lakes, trout streams, campsites and mountain meadows that are currently…
