In April 2011, The Conservation Alliance invested $500,000 in grassroots conservation organizations.Each grant went to a project working to secure permanent protection for a specific threatened wild place. We direct organizations to use our funding over the course of a 12-month period. At the end of the grant period, we ask each group for a…
Photo: Steven Kazlowski / www.lefteyepro.com Right now, Shell Oil's drill ships are on their way to America's Arctic Ocean. Shell hopes to begin drilling in our Arctic waters in a matter of weeks with no viable plan to clean up an oil spill in the Arctic's extreme conditions, which range from sea ice up…
On Friday, April 20th, President Obama, under the 1906 Antiquities Act, designated Fort Ord as a National Monument. Located on the central California Coast in Monterey, the Ford Ord National Monument encompasses approximately 14,650 acres and provides recreational opportunities including hiking, bicycling, and horseback riding. "This national monument will not only protect one of the…
Conservation Alliance Executive Director John Sterling here, fresh off a quick tour of Minnesota and Western Michigan, where I visited three member companies and enjoyed a solid dose of the famous Midwest hospitality. My first stop was Minneapolis, where I made a presentation to our newest member company, Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day. It was great…
Ever dreamed of being a polar bear? Join Alaska Wilderness League and the feisty nonprofit will fulfill your wish with one of its eight "Ice-P" costumes. You'll be covered in white fur from the top of your head to the bottom of your shoes. These costumes regularly travel the country as "Ice-P" to appear at…
With perfect working temperatures and storm clouds hovering, over 150 volunteers from Patagonia, Horny Toad, Deckers, Vapur, REI and Channel Islands Outfitters removed invasive species replacing them with 600 native plants between two sites along the Atascadero and Cieneguitas creeks in the San Marcos Foothills Preserve. There were cultivators, hoes and gloved hands working side by side…
Save Our Wild Salmon is a nationwide coalition of conservation organizations, commercial and sports fishing associations, businesses, river groups, and taxpayer advocates working collectively to restore self-sustaining, abundant, and harvestable populations of wild salmon and steelhead to rivers, streams and oceans of the Pacific Salmon states. This week, for the seventh straight year, comprehensive spring…
Photo: Lauren Hierl There are few places in this country more pristine, vast and wild than Arctic Alaska. From the snowcapped peaks of the Brooks Range, to the vast tundra of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's Coastal Plain – crucial habitat for polar bears, caribou, millions of birds and more – America's Arctic is one…
Photo: Gareth Martins Gareth Martins, Director of Marketing for Osprey Packs and Conservation Alliance board member, joined The Conservation Alliance in Washington, DC a few weeks ago, carrying a positive of how the outdoor recreational economy has remained strong and healthy through challenging economic times. Gareth has traveled to Washington, DC a number of times…
Photo:Andrea Manning Ted Manning, a Conservation Alliance board member and Executive Vice President of Eastern Mountain Sports, joined The Conservation Alliance in Washington, DC a few weeks ago, carrying a message of how conservation is as good for business as it is for the environment. This was Ted's first time to Washington, DC in an…
