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Oregon Wild led the effort to secure Wilderness protection for 128,000 acres of public land on the flanks of Oregon’s iconic Mount Hood. This effort also protects 80 miles of streams in the Mount Hood National Forest.

Working closely with a coalition of hunters and anglers, Oregon Wild played an important role in securing Wilderness protection for 13,700 acres of old-growth forest surrounding the headwaters of the Elk River on Oregon’s Southern coast.

The Wilderness Society-Idaho partnered with other organizations to secure Wilderness protection for 517,000 acres of public lands in Southwestern Idaho’s Owyhee Canyonlands. This effort also protected 315 miles of rivers in the area.

Western Colorado Congress, in partnership with Colorado Environmental Coalition, led the local effort to establish the 200,000-acre Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area, which includes a 66,000-acre Dominguez Canyon Wilderness. The area is notable for its redrock sandstone cliffs, waterfalls, wildlife, and cultural sites.

Colorado Environmental Coalition led the effort to secure Wilderness protection for 250,000 acres of Rocky Mountain National Park’s backcountry, 94 percent of the park. This success concludes an effort that started in the 1970s, and now gives the park the Wilderness status it deserves.

California Wilderness Coalition and Friends of the River partnered on this effort to protect nearly 200,000 acres of Wilderness in Riverside County, California, including additions to the Joshua Tree National Park Wilderness. The effort also protected 31 miles of streams.

California Wilderness Coalition and Friends of the River, working in close partnership with The Wilderness Society and other organizations succeeded in securing Wilderness protection for 450,000 acres of public lands in the Eastern Sierra and White Mountains of California. This campaign also protected 73 miles of rivers, including the Owens River headwaters.  

Conservation Alliance funding helped WaterWatch lead the effort to remove the Elk Creek Diverson, an obsolete dam on the iconic Rogue River in Oregon. Elk Creek is the first of four dams on the Rogue that WaterWatch plans to see removed. Once removed, the Rogue will provide better habitat for salmon and steelhead, and improved…

Laurel Knob is a stunning granite cliff in Western North Carolina. Carolina Climbers Coalition succeeded in purchasing the formation and its surrounding forest and wetlands, forever preserving Laurel Knob for climbers and wildlife habitat. We supported this acquisition with a $30,000 grant in 2006.

Northeast Wilderness Trust completed the first phase of the acquisition of the Wapack Wilderness in New Hampshire. The purchase, which we supported with a $30,000 grant in 2006, secures the most ecologically valuable 1,200 acres of the Wapack Wilderness. NEWT now has one year to raise funding to purchase the final 200 acres of the…