Conservation Alliance funding helped the Oregon Natural Desert Association (ONDA) secure protection for the Badlands Wilderness Study Area east of Bend, Oregon. ONDA used our support to participate in a BLM management planning process that resulted in a new plan for the Badlands that prohibits motorized vehicles from the 30,000-acre wildland. The plan also allows…
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is threatened by members of Congress who would like to open this special wild area to oil development. In 2005, it appeared likely that Congress would approve oil drilling in the Refuge. We made two grants to Alaska Wilderness League and the Alaska Coalition to support their work to demonstrate…
The Nevada Wilderness Project used Conservation Alliance support to help secure Wilderness protection for 760,000 acres of federal land in Lincoln County, Nevada.
Castleton Tower is one of North America’s classic sandstone monuments, and a favorite destination for desert climbers. In 2002, with significant support from The Conservation Alliance, Utah Open Lands succeeded in purchasing the land at the base of Castleton, protecting the acreage from development, and forever preserving public access to the monument’s climbing routes. Utah…
