We've been closely tracking what's happening up in the Flathead Valley in Southeastern British Columbia, where in February, a ban was placed on mining and energy development. But that ban was only part of protecting this wild and beautiful section of North America. Conservation Alliance grantee Sierra Club of British Columbia has been working…
The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources passed the San Juan Wilderness Act last week soon will pop up for a full House vote — protecting almost 62,000 acres in portions of the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison national forests in Southwest Colorado. From the Durango Herald News: The bill, introduced by Rep. John…
Warm weather and a bit of sunshine greeted ConservationNEXT volunteers as they began to arrive at Mt. Baker Park for the 2nd Annual Backyard Collective. Cascade Land Conservancy, Green Seattle Project and ConservationNEXT put together a full morning of work and more than 80 volunteers from Patagonia, Stanley, a brand of PMI, Outdoor Research, Nikwax,…
The Boulder White Cloud Mountains of central Idaho are one step closer to receiving the designation of Wilderness. On Wednesday, June 16th, the Obama administration endorsed a Senate bill (S. 3294) proposing 333,000 acres of land to be designated Wilderness, the nation's highest level of protection for a landscape Backed by the Idaho Conservation League,…
Yesterday, U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) introduced the Tennessee Wilderness Act of 2010 that would designate six different areas totaling 19,556 acres as wilderness in the Cherokee National Forest. From the Chattanoogan: “I grew up hiking in the mountains of East Tennessee and know firsthand that these beautiful landscapes should…
