Take Action Tuesday: Expand Oregon’s Cottonwood State Park

Due in large part to the hard work of Conservation Alliance Grantee, Western Rivers Conservancy, Cottonwood State Park, located along Oregon's John Day River, recently opened to the public.  This 8,000 acre treasure is rapidly gaining in popularity and has the potential to more than double in size with your help. The BLM is requesting…

Favorites on Friday: Crossing the Divide. Collaboration in Colorado’s High Country.

 A guest post by Aaron Clark, IMBA Conservation Manager The International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) has been collaborating with the conservation community in Colorado to help re-craft and vet a land protection proposal in Colorado's Central Mountains and more recently on lands in Colorado's Gunnison County. These proposals intend to protect both the wild and…

Secretary Jewell: If Congress Won’t Act, We Will

Twice over the past two weeks, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell has said publicly that if Congress continues to drag its feet on moving broadly-supported legislation to protect wild places on our federal lands, President Obama will step in and designate these areas as national monuments. "If Congress doesn't step up to act, then the President…

Favorites on Friday: Success in Yellowstone

Conservation Alliance Grantee, Winter Wildlands Alliance, celebrated the Final Yellowstone Winter Visitation Plan from the National Park Service, governing snowmobile and snowcoach use in Yellowstone Park.  The Plan provides protections for this pristine winter refuge, limits noise and emissions, and provides for a cleaner, quieter experience for skiers and snowshoers.  Beginning in winter 2014-15, this…

It’s a new day for Utah’s Red Rock country: Court Strikes Down Controversial Federal Land Use Plan

The Conservation Alliance has funded work by Earthjustice and Southern Utah Wilderness Association in their efforts to protect roughly three million acres of spectacular, wilderness-quality public lands in Utah's red rock country from destructive oil and gas drilling and off-road vehicle use.  This week, the United States District Court for the District of Utah struck…

Take Action Tuesday: Rivers Without Borders Launches Wild Border Watersheds

Conservation Alliance Grantee, Rivers Without Borders, in conjunction with The University of Victoria's Environmental Law Centre, unveiled a collaborative website this week, Wild Border Watersheds. This website aims to raise awareness of the extraordinary conservation values of the transboundary watersheds shared by British Columbia and Alaska, and to highlight the growing development pressures on those…