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…
The California Wild Heritage Campaign used two Conservation Alliance grants to help secure Wilderness protection for 275,000 acres of federal land on California’s North Coast. This effort protects the Lost Coast, the longest undeveloped stretch of coastline in the Lower 48. The campaign also won Wild and Scenic River status for 21 miles of the…
With Conservation Alliance support, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance built widespread public support for Wilderness designation on 100,000 acres in the Cedar Mountains of Utah’s West Desert. This special area is now protected from oil and gas development and mining, and is permanently preserved for nonmotorized recreation.
In February 2006, the government of British Columbia announced the creation of a 4.4-million-acre Great Bear Rainforest Provinical Park that protects key old-growth forests on mid-coast British Columbia. We made two grants to the Raincoast Conservation Society to support the group’s work to protect this spectacular landscape, which is home to grizzly, Kermode, and black…
The Conservation Alliance made a timely grant to the Colorado-based North Fork River Improvement Association to support the group’s effort to remove the Chipeta Dam on the North Fork Gunnison River. Long an obstacle to paddlers and migrating fish, the Chipeta Dam was removed over the course of two weeks in February, 2006. NFRIA is…
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…
