Conservation Alliance Approves $400,000 in Grants

The Conservation Alliance approved grants totaling $400,000 to 15 organizations working to protect wild places throughout North America. The donations marked the Alliance's first funding disbursal for 2009, and bring total giving to more than $7.4 million since the organization's founding in 1989. Click here to view a complete summary of the grants. "Our membership has…

Senate Again Passes Wilderness Bill

The US Senate today passed the Omnibus Public Land Management Act by a stunning 77-20 majority. The bill will protect 2 million acres of Wilderness and 1000 miles of rivers, and prohibit new oil and gas leases on the 1.2-million-acre Wyoming Range. The bill goes back to the House, where it will require only a…

Reducing the Junk-Mail Footprint

The endless amount of junk mail I receive frustrates me on a daily basis.  Just seeing the deceptive ways our information is sold and how we are lured to open envelop after envelope of pure nonsense…. It is not only a waste of time, but a major waste in paper.  Check out this article by Ciara…

It Was 20 Years Ago Today…

On March 14, 1989, The Conservation Alliance was officially incorporated as an organization in the State of Washington. 20 years. $7.5 million in grants to conservation organizations. 40 million acres of land protected. 27 dams stopped or removed. Happy Birthday Conservation Alliance!

Spoil Sports: 7 Activities that Damage the Environment

As an avid skydiver, this didn't necessarily come as news to me – however it did hit home and make me realize how much my hobby effects my carbon footprint…. I do make efforts to carpool to the drop zone, but it is an inescapable fact that some hobbies are better for our environment than others….  check out this article from Treehugger…