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…
We funded Climbing Resource Access Group -Vermont’s Bolton Dome Conservation Campaign to acquire the 48-acre Bolton Dome climbing area in Vermont. CRAG-VT successfully completed the acquisition and the crag is now open to the public. Bolton Dome is a 300-foot schist cliff that offers a range of climbing options from 5.2 slab climbing up to 5.12 overhangs. CRAG-Vermont is…
The Trust for Public Land used our funding for its Catamount Community Forest Project to permanently protect 393 acres of important forest habitat and non‐motorized trails in Williston, one of Vermont’s fastest growing towns. The property features 20 miles of trails, including 2.5 miles open to wheelchairs in the summer and sit-skiing in the winter. TPL completed…
We funded The Nature Conservancy of North Carolina’s Citadel Tract, Black River Preserve Campaign to acquire 1,790 acres of land adjacent to North Carolina’s Black River, including wetland forest, longleaf pine forests, and some of the oldest bald cypress trees in the world. TNC acquired the 1,790-acre Citadel tract, and they are working to restore forest health…
Ohio Environmental Council helped the state acquire 5,735 acres of the privately-owned land that is now the Jesse Owens State Park and Wildlife Area. In addition, the state entered into an MOU to purchase approximately 7,000 additional acres over two installments (one installment later in 2019, and another in 2020). The 2019 and 2020 purchases will…
The Methow Headwaters Protection Act permanently protects 340,079 acres within the Methow Valley’s Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest from future mining activity. Congress passed this bill in February 2019 as part of the Natural Resources Management Act.
