Creating jobs by conserving wilderness

  The scene at the conservation and the economy round table discussion at Eastern Mountain Sports in Portsmouth, NH.   Will Manzer, President and CEO of Conservation Alliance Pinnacle Member, Eastern Mountain Sports, is passionate about outdoor recreation and knows the outdoor industry.  "Going outside to play is big business and in this economy, we…

Sunshine and Smiles. The Portland Backyard Collective.

  Friday, August 19th was a beautiful day in Portland, Oregon.  And the 250 volunteers from Conservation Alliance member companies KEEN, Columbia Sportswear, Icebreaker, Merrell, Horny Toad, REI, and Egan & Associates took advantage of one of the summer's nicest days!  Pulling ivy, rebuilding trails and demolishing a decommissioned foot-bridge in Forest Park and Sellwood…

Monadnock Trail Week

Conservation Alliance Grantee, The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, together with New Hampshire State Parks, held their seventh annual "Monadnock Trail Week".  This event was initiated in 2005 to restore the most heavily-used trails on the mountain where the Forest Society owns 4,119 acres. "This year's event was a great success," said Forest Society…

Shelton Johnson speaks to the Conservation Alliance

"Heaven isn't a place you have to die to get to, you just need a good pair of hiking boots."                                                                                                                                  -Shelton Johnson An excerpt from James Mills and The Joy Trip Project For those of us who spend a great deal of time outdoors it’s hard to believe that there are many of those…

Outdoor Retailer Knows How to Keep it Wild

This past weekend, we gathered up the energy of our member companies and threw it all into supporting the great work of some of our grantees, and we had a blast doing it! 24 members hosted events and we're hoping that as the numbers coming in, we'll beat our winter Outdoor Retailer show fundraising amount…

Outdoor Retailer: Get Inspired, Keep it Wild + Score Awesome Swag!

  It's that time again! Outdoor Retailer is just a week away, so make sure to mark you calendars for some great Conservation Alliance events and promotions! Day 2 Conservation Alliance Breakfast: Need some inspiration? Come to the Alliance breakfast and hear novelist, award-winning poet and Yosemite National Park ranger Shelton Johnson speak. We know…