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…
With Support from The Conservation Alliance, Montana Wilderness Association built public support for legislation to permanently prohibit oil and gas development on the Rocky Mountain Front. The region is important habitat for grizzly bear, elk and bighorn sheep and offers world class hunting, fishing and camping opportunities. In December 2006, Congress passed legislation to close…
The Nevada Wilderness Project used Conservation Alliance support to help secure Wilderness protection for 558,000 acres of federal land in White Pine County, Nevada. The White Pine effort adds Wilderness areas to the rugged eastern Nevada county, including an expansion of Wilderness lands in Great Basin National Park. Since 2000, NWP has led the effort…
In November 2006, Congress designated 76,000 acres of federal land in New England as Wilderness. Supporting the New England effort, The Conservation Alliance made grants to the Appalachian Mountain Club (NH) and Forest Watch (VT). Our grant to AMC helped the group identify lands in New Hampshire worthy of Wilderness designation, and secure recommendations from…
