In June, 2016, Alaska Governor Bill Walker vetoed funding for the Susitna River Dam Project, halting the proposed 735-foot-tall mega-dam. Conservation Alliance grantee Wild Salmon Center worked with the Susitna River Coalition to pressure the Governor to stop the project. The dam would have cost at least $6 billion, in addition to affecting Alaska’s fourth largest…
Western Rivers Conservancy used Conservation Alliance funding to acquire the Brownie Hills property in Colorado’s San Luis Valley. This acquisition permanently protects 16,707 acres and four river miles along the Rio Grande River. The acquisition also provides critical river access for recreation in an area with very little public riverland. Situated on the Rio Grande floodplain,…
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.
