The Wilderness Land Trust is celebrating the successful protection of 630 acres of privately owned property within federally designated wilderness areas. The protected lands were all acquired or transferred as part of the organization’s North Cascades – Washington State Wilderness Campaign. With The Conservation Alliance support, the Trust is celebrating the acquisition of seven parcels,…
The Arc of Appalachia has completed the acquisition of the Kamama Prairie Gateway, a six-acre parcel in Adams County, Ohio, that provides the first road access and public entrance to the previously land-locked Kamama Prairie Preserve, bringing the total of protected acres to 192. The purchase was made possible through grant funding via the Clean…
An additional 26,584 acre parcel of the Pleasant River Headwaters Forest is now under the stewardship of Conservation Alliance grantee Appalachian Mountain Club. The acquisition marks 100,000 acres of forest in the state of Maine that is now protected by AMC. This project was part of their larger Maine Woods Initiative that seeks to combine outdoor…
The Conservation Alliance celebrates the Biden administration’s designation of the Camp Hale – Continental Divide National Monument and protections for Thompson Divide. Located near Leadville, CO, the newly designated Camp Hale – Continental Divide National Monument includes the former training grounds of the Army’s famous 10th Mountain Division and is considered by many to be the birthplace…
Yellowstone National Park is known for high, rugged peaks and cold, clear rivers. Designated as a National Park in 1872, the majestic land is a place where wildlife can roam across 3,471 square miles of undeveloped land. But threats to the environment in the form of destructive mining lurk just outside the borders of the…
Hawaii’s Volcanoes National Park has just grown thanks to grantee Trust for Public Land. Working in partnership with the National Park Service (NPS), TPL purchased 16,456 acres, including 5.5 miles of shoreline, at Pōhue Bay on Hawai’i Island. The land has now been transferred to NPS and will be permanently protected as a part of…
With rolling hills, towering oak trees, dense forests of bay laurel, and a remarkable freshwater lake, California’s Santa Rita Ranch is truly a special place. Located along San Luis Obispo County’s North Coast, the 1,715 acre ranch was put up for sale in 2018 and the Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County (LCSLO) knew…
Great news out of Nelson, British Columbia! 2021 Conservation Alliance grantee the Cottonwood Lake Preservation Society (CLPS) announced that 121 acres of land above Cottonwood Lake that was previously slated to be clear cut will now be permanently protected. The success of this project was truly a grassroots community undertaking. In 2018, in response to…
Washington has a new community forest to celebrate, thanks to grantee Western Rivers Conservancy (WRC). WRC spent the past four years working in partnership with the Chelan-Douglas Land Trust to purchase 3,714 acres of land and then transfer it to Chelan County for permanent stewardship. The Nason Ridge property is located on the shores of…
Last year, we awarded the Northeast Wilderness Trust (NEWT) a grant to support their project, “Grafton Forest Wilderness Preserve, ” Their initial plan was to acquire and permanently protect 1,388 acres in Western Maine, but in a stunning achievement, NEWT more than quadrupled their goal and acquired 6,045 acres. This is a huge win for…
