Success Stories

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Temko - West Fork Washougal River

West Fork Washougal Conservation

Columbia Land Trust

Result
300 acres protected
Year
2023
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Linville Gorge

Protecting North Carolina’s Mountain Treasures

Outdoor Alliance

Result
49,000 acres and nine rivers protected
Year
2023
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Napeequa River

WA Flagship Outstanding Resource Waters Designation

Washington Wild

Result
958 River Miles Protected
Year
2023
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Powder River Depot

Lower Yellowstone River Acquisition

Wild Montana

Result
328 acres protected
Year
2023
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Ventura Land Trust

Mariano Rancho Acquisition

Ventura Land Trust

Result
1,645 acres protected
Year
2023
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Lode Mount Baker Wilderness

North Cascades – Washington State Wilderness Campaign

The Wilderness Land Trust

Result
21 acres protected
Year
2023
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Labyrinth Canyon

Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness Protection

Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance

Result
40 river miles protected
Year
2023
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VCC

Valentine Park and Nature Trail: Nature, Conservation, Confluence

Valentine Conservation Community

Result
4 acres protected, community park and trail opened
Year
2023
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Copco Removed

Klamath River Restoration

Ridges to Riffles

California Trout

Result
Dam Removed
Year
2023
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Crevice Mountain Gold Mine on Yelowsstone Border

Yellowstone Boundary Gold Mine: Extinguishing the last remaining gold mining threat to Yellowstone National Park

Greater Yellowstone Coalition

Result
1,598 acres protected, mine defeated
Year
2023
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Oregon Desert Land Trust

Trout Creek Ranch and Pueblo Mountains Conservation Project

Oregon Desert Land Trust

Result
16,645 acres
Year
2023
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Dave Shreffler Refuge

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Designation and Defense)

Alaska Wilderness League

Gwich’in Steering Committee

Audubon Alaska

Trustees for Alaska

Alaska Conservation Foundation

Result
Oil and gas leases canceled
Year
2023
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The Wildlands Conservancy

Cottonwood Wash Acquisition

The Wildlands Conservancy

Result
320 acres protected
Year
2023
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Grand Canyon

Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Grand Canyon National Monument

Grand Canyon Trust

Result
917,618 acres protected
Year
2023
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Chaco Culture

Greater Chaco Protection Campaign

New Mexico Wild

Result
336,400 acres
Year
2023
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Connecting with Community to Protect Marfa’s Grasslands

Big Bend Conservation Alliance

Result
30 acres protected
Year
2023
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Nestwood Forest

Nestwood Forest

Columbia Land Trust

Result
820 acres protected
Year
2023
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Owyhee Canyonlands, OR

Owyhee Canyonlands

Oregon Natural Desert Association

Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership

Result
400,000 acres protected
Year
2023
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Otter Creek

Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area Expansion

The Trust for Public Land

Result
355 acres protected
Year
2023
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Castner Ranger

Castner Range National Monument

Frontera Land Alliance

Nuestra Tierra Conservation Project

Result
6,672 acres protected
Year
2023
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Newberry Mountains

Avi Kwa Ame National Monument

Monumental SHIFT

Result
506,000 acres protected
Year
2023
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Tongass

Tongass National Forest Roadless Rule restoration

Southeast Alaska Conservation Council

Trout Unlimited Alaska

The Wilderness Society

Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network

Audubon Alaska

Alaska Wilderness League

Taxpayers for Common Sense

Result
9,370,000 acres protected
Year
2023
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Boundary Waters

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Mining Ban

Earthworks

Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers

Result
225,504 acres protected
Year
2023
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Bristol Bay

Bristol Bay Watershed protections

United Tribes of Bristol Bay

Trout Unlimited Alaska

Result
Mining limited over 309 square miles
Year
2023
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Land Easement for access to Continental Divide Trail

Continental Divide Trail Coalition

Result
Easements through approximately 67 acres of state land (through 74 parcels), providing access and protection in New Mexico
Year
2023
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Sawdust Spring

Santa Fe River Acquisition – Phase 3

Alachua Conservation Trust

Result
195 acres protected
Year
2022
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Conserving Carolina

Bracken Mountain Preserve Expansion

Conserving Carolina

Result
34 acres protected
Year
2022
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Gunks Climbers' Coalition

Millbrook Mountain Conservation Initiative: Ant Lion Crag

Gunks Climbers’ Coalition

Result
61 acres and a climbing area
Year
2022
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Spence Mountain

Spence Mountain

The Trust for Public Land

Year
2022
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Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

Seymour Creek Big Hole River

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

Result
3,600 acres protected
Year
2022
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Woodbury Mountain Wilderness Preserve

Northeast Wilderness Trust

Result
6,098 acres protected
Year
2022
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The Wilderness Land Trust

North Cascades – Washington State Wilderness Campaign

The Wilderness Land Trust

Result
630 acres protected
Year
2022
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Kamama Prairie Gateway

Arc of Appalachia

Result
6 acres protected
Year
2022
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Pleasant River Headwaters Forest

Appalachian Mountain Club

Result
26,584 acres protected
Year
2022
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Camp Hale – Continental Divide National Monument

Conservation Colorado

San Juan Citizens Alliance

Wilderness Workshop

Result
53,804 acres protected
Year
2022
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Yellowstone Gateway

Greater Yellowstone Coalition

Result
75 acres protected
Year
2022
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Pōhue Bay

The Trust for Public Land

Result
16,456 acres protected, including 5.5 miles of shoreline
Year
2022
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Santa Rita Ranch

The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County 

Result
1,715 acres protected
Year
2022
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Cottonwood Lake

Cottonwood Lake Preservation Society

Result
121 acres protected
Year
2022
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Nason Ridge Community Forest

Western Rivers Conservancy

Result
3,714 acres and two river miles protected
Year
2022
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Grafton Forest Wilderness Preserve

Northeast Wilderness Trust

Result
6,045 acres protected
Year
2022
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Elliott Forest

Wild Salmon Center

Result
60,000 acres protected
Year
2022
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Skagit Headwaters

Washington Wild

Result
One mine halted
Year
2022
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Rolston Rest

Rolston Rest

The Trust for Public Land

Result
2,745 acres protected
Year
2019
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Eagle Mountain Acquisition

Northeast Wilderness Trust

Result
2,434 acres protected
Year
2019
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John Day Acquisitions

Western Rivers Conservancy

Result
22,032 acres protected
Year
2019
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Moon Rocks at Yellow Creek

West Virginia Land Trust

Result
866 acres protected
Year
2019
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Holy Boulders

Access Fund

Result
One climbing area and 46 acres protected
Year
2019
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Maloney Creek

Forterra

Result
300 acres protected
Year
2019
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Fisher’s Peak

The Nature Conservancy – Colorado

Result
19,200 acres protected
Year
2019
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Medicine Wall

Texas Climbers Coalition

Result
One climbing area and 4 acres protected
Year
2019
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Diablo Mountain

Oregon Desert Land Trust

Result
880 acres protected
Year
2019
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Peel River Watershed

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society – Yukon Chapter

Result
13,800,000 acres protected
Year
2019
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Thaidene Nëné Protected Area

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society – Northwest Territories

Result
6,517,651 acres protected
Year
2019
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Falls Creek Acquisition

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

Result
442 acres protected
Year
2019
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Nehalem River

Oregon Wild

Result
17 river miles protected
Year
2019
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Trinity Divide Acquisition

Pacific Crest Trail Association

Result
10,600 acres protected
Year
2019
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Bolton Dome Climbing Area Acquisition

Climbing Resource Access Group of Vermont

Result
One climbing area and 48 acres protected
Year
2019
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Catamount Community Forest

The Trust for Public Land

Result
393 acres protected
Year
2019
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Citadel Tract, Black River Preserve Acquisition

The Nature Conservancy – North Carolina

Result
1,790 acres protected
Year
2019
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Jesse Owens State Park and Wildlife Area

Ohio Environmental Council

Result
5,735 acres protected
Year
2019
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Methow Valley Headwaters

Methow Valley Citizens Council

Result
340,079 acres protected from mining
Year
2019
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Yellowstone Gateway

Park County Environmental Council

Result
30,370 acres protected
Year
2019
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California Desert

CalWild

Result
543,815 acres and 77 river miles protected
Year
2019
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Emery County

The Pew Charitable Trusts

Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance

Result
971,977 acres and 63 river miles protected
Year
2019
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Organ Mountains Desert Peaks Wilderness

New Mexico Wild

Result
241,554 acres protected
Year
2019
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Oregon Wildlands

Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center

Result
30,621 acres and 311 river miles protected
Year
2019
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Steamboat Creek

Pacific Rivers Council

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers

Result
99,653 acres protected
Year
2019
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Skookum Creek Acquisition

Whatcom Land Trust

Result
1,400 acres protected
Year
2019
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Tennessee Wilderness

Wild South

Result
20,000 acres protected
Year
2018
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Geer, Cold Brook and Clark Pond Dam Removals

Connecticut River Watershed Council

Result
Three dams removed
Year
2018
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Lassen National Forest

Winter Wildlands Alliance

Result
121,000 acres protected
Year
2018
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White Horse Mountain Acquisition

Potomac Conservancy

Result
1,725 acres protected
Year
2018
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Galbraith Mountain

Whatcom Land Trust

Result
2,182 acres protected
Year
2018
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Lake Kathleen Dam Removal

Conservation Resource Alliance

Result
1 dam removed
Year
2018
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Sabin Dam Removal

Conservation Resource Alliance

Result
1 dam removed
Year
2018
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Buckeye Knob and Barn Boulders Climbing Area Acquisition

Carolina Climber’s Coalition

Result
1 climbing area and 55 acres protected
Year
2018
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Yellowstone Gateway Mineral Withdrawal

Park County Environmental Council

Result
30,000 acres protected
Year
2018
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Waters of Waccamaw Acquisition

North Carolina Coastal Land Trust

Result
2,992 acres protected
Year
2018
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Bald Mountain Pond Acquisition

Appalachian Trail Conservancy

National Park Trust

Result
1,495 acres protected
Year
2018
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Red Hill Acquisition

Save the Redwoods League

Result
160 acres protected
Year
2018
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Preserve the Wonder Acquisitions

Friends of the Columbia Gorge

Result
470 acres protected
Year
2018
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Klickitat Canyon Forest Acquisition

Columbia Land Trust

Result
3,200 acres protected
Year
2018
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Richmond Town Forest

Vermont Land Trust

Result
428 acres protected
Year
2018
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Gulf Hagas-Whitecap Project

Appalachian Mountain Club

Result
9,976 acres and 5 river miles protected
Year
2018
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