Mountainfilm Kicks-off in Telluride Today!

  Happy Memorial Day Weekend! We’re hoping that you get out and play this weekend and appreciate some of your favorite wild places. We wanted to give a special shout out to some of our member companies who are celebrating Memorial Day Weekend by taking part in Mountainfilm in Telluride. Currently in its 32nd year,…

Obama Suspends Arctic Drilling… For Now

      With the catastrophic oil spill still wreaking havoc in the Gulf of Mexico, President Obama announced today that he would suspend drilling in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska until at least 2011. Congratulations to our grantee Alaska Wilderness League for this victory! Take a moment to thank President Obama for this reprieve…

San Diego Backyard Collective Wrap-Up

The third Backyard Collective of the season brought more than 30 volunteers from San Diego based member companies Eagle Creek, Ocean Minded and STM Bags out of the office and onto the trails.  Partnering with the Escondido Creek Conservancy, based out of Escondido, California, the San Diego Backyard Collective focused on a trail building project…

Timber Industry Supports Proposed Rogue Wilderness

It's not often that timber and conservation groups agree here in Oregon, but yesterday a major timber industry group announced that they support a proposed wilderness expansion along one of the state's signature rivers. From the Associated Press: Conservation groups hoping to expand the wilderness area along Oregon's most popular whitewater run announced Monday that…

Victory for Wildlife Movement Corridors in Colorado

  Slow down for animals! Wildlife in Colorado just got a little extra protection thanks to the passage of HB 1238, a bill designed to reduce collisions between vehicles and wildlife on state highways in Colorado. Alliance grantee Western Environmental Law Center was instrumental in passing the bill. By increasing the ability of wildlife to…

Will Obama Save Wild Salmon?

Save Wild Salmon from Epicocity Project on Vimeo. From Osprey Packs: The Obama administration is poised to make a decision this week that could change the fate of endangered species in this country. On May 20, the Administration will release a federal salmon plan that will do one of two things for endangered wildlife: protect…

A River Ready to Run Free

Conservation Alliance grantee, WaterWatch of Oregon, is again celebrating a victory in their Free the Rogue Campaign.  The Gold Ray Dam is slated for removal in August and September of 2010.  Once completed, the removal of Gold Ray Dam will be the fourth major dam removal in the Rogue Basin in the last three years. …

Lemonade From Lemons

Conservation Alliance grantee Raincoast Conservation Society, in partnership with a coalition of groups in Canada, is using the tragic BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to call attention to threats posed by a proposed oil pipleline from Alberta's tar sands to coastal British Columbia. The ad above provides a stark reminder of the…

Proposal to Protect Wasatch Wildlands Unveiled at Black Diamond HQ

  Utah Congressman Jim Matheson announced plans to protect more than 26,000 acres of land in the Wasatch Mountains near Salt Lake City. Matheson made the announcement at the offices of Conservation Alliance member Black Diamond Equipement (see photo above.) "This is the first major Wasatch Front watershed protection legislation in Utah since the Wilderness Act…