Save Mount Diablo used Conservation Alliance funding to acquire Curry Canyon Ranch in California’s East Bay Area. This property permanently protects 1,080 acres adjacent to Mount Diablo State Park, which surrounds the property on three sides. This acquisition fills four significant trail gaps along the 30-mile Diablo Trail. Save Mount Diablo is now working to transfer…
Truckee Donner Land Trust (TDLT) acquired 11 acres near Donner Summit, just west of Truckee, California. The acquisition protects the historic 400-foot Black Wall, Peanut Gallery and Road Cut climbing areas. The acquisition of this property also protects the access trails to the popular Space Wall and Stealth Wall. TDLT anticipates the formation of a local climbing…
New York state purchased the 20,484-acre Boreas Ponds property in the High Peaks region of the Adirondack Park and added it to the “forever wild” Adirondack Forest Preserve. Being part of the Forest Preserve will protect this tract from logging, development and commercial exploitation. Conservation Alliance grantee Adirondack Council is building a coalition and working…
On March 26, 2016, Trust for Public Land conserved the 8,159-acre Cold Stream Forest in Maine, protecting seven state heritage brook trout ponds, 15 miles of intact trout stream, and 3,000 acres of deer-wintering area. Learn more about Cold Stream Forest here.
Since 2008, we made a total of seven grants to California Wilderness Coalition and Conservation Lands Foundation to protect 1.8 million acres of BLM land in the California desert. In February 2016, President Obama permanently protected this landscape when he designated Mojave Trails National Monument, Sand to Snow National Monument and Castle Mountains National Monument….
Since 2008, we made a total of seven grants to California Wilderness Coalition and Conservation Lands Foundation to protect 1.8 million acres of BLM land in the California desert. In February 2016, President Obama permanently protected this landscape when he designated Mojave Trails National Monument, Sand to Snow National Monument and Castle Mountains National Monument….
Since 2008, we made a total of seven grants to California Wilderness Coalition and Conservation Lands Foundation to protect 1.8 million acres of BLM land in the California desert. In February 2016, President Obama permanently protected this landscape when he designated Mojave Trails National Monument, Sand to Snow National Monument and Castle Mountains National Monument….
The Trust for Public Land (TPL) used Conservation Alliance funding to acquire a 384-acre property surrounding a mile-long section of the Appalachian Trail near Stamford, Vermont. TPL transferred the property to the Green Mountain National Forest in December, 2015. Learn more here.
In December 2015, The Trust for Public Land acquired Ascutney Mountain Resort, a 470-acre ski area in Vermont that closed in 2010. TPL transferred the property to the 1,112-acre West Windsor Town Forest, and a conservation easement was placed on the entire 1,582 acres. Ascutney Mountain is home to 30 miles of trails where locals enjoy mountain biking,…
The Sierra Club of BC used our funding to support its Flathead River Valley Campaign to designate a new Flathead National Park as an extension of Waterton Lakes National Park into British Columbia, establish a legislated Wildlife Management Area between the B.C. – Montana border and Banff National Park, and establish up to three new…
