The Conservation Alliance sent grants totaling $750,000 to 19 organizations working to protect wild places throughout North America. The donations marked the Alliance’s second funding disbursal for 2013 and brings the year’s giving total to an all-time high of $1.5 million.
By a vote of the group’s member companies, The Conservation Alliance made donations to 19 grassroots conservation organizations as follows:
Alaska Wilderness League, Washington, D.C., $35,000
American River, Longmont, Colo., 35,000
California Wilderness Coalition, Oakland, Calif., $35,000
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Ottawa, Ontario, $50,000
Conservation Colorado, Denver, Colo., $45,000
Conservation Lands Foundation, Durango , Colo., $35,000
Earthjustice, San Francisco, $45,000
Grand Canyon Trust, Flagstaff, Ariz., $35,000
Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Bozeman, Mont., $35,000
Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center, Ashland, Ore., $30,000
New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, Albuquerque, N.M., $35,000
Oregon Natural Desert Association, Bend, Ore., $50,000
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, Salt Lake City, Utah, $50,000
Trout Unlimited – Alaska, Juneau, Ak, $35,000
Wild Salmon Center, Portland, Ore., $45,000
Wild South, Asheville, N.C., $25,000
Wilderness Support Center, Durango , Colo., $50,000
Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve, Big Bay, Mich., $30,000
Tota, $750,000
“We’ve contributed more funding to protecting our wild places this year than ever before,” said John Sterling, Executive Director of the Conservation Alliance. “This disbursal demonstrates that the outdoor industry stands firmly behind preserving North America’s special landscapes for their habitat and recreation values.”
This round of grant recipients reflects the geographic distribution of Conservation Alliance members. Conservation Alliance funds will support efforts to: secure new wilderness designations in Colorado, Washington, California, Utah, Tennessee and Oregon; acquire wildlands in Michigan; protect wild rivers in Washington, Colorado, and Oregon; designate new national monuments in Colorado and California; and protect threatened lands in Utah, Oregon, and Montana.
Each project was first nominated for funding by a Conservation Alliance member company.
“Our member companies continue to identify great projects for funding,” said Sterling. “Our program gives our members the ability to contribute real dollars to protecting wild places in their backyards.”
For a complete overview of each grant see:
http://www.conservationalliance.com/UserFiles/File/S13%20Funding%20Cycle/S13GrantAnnouncement.pdf
