The Conservation Alliance sent grants totaling $800,000 to 24 organizations working to protect wild places throughout North America. The donations mark the Alliance’s first funding disbursal for 2015. The Conservation Alliance plans to contribute a record $1.65 million this year.
The Conservation Alliance has more than 190 member companies from the outdoor industry. By a vote of these members, The Conservation Alliance made donations to 24 grassroots conservation organizations as follows:
| Organization | Location | Grant Amount |
| Audubon Alaska | Anchorage, AK | $35,000 |
| Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society – Quebec | Montréal, QC | $35,000 |
| Conservation Resource Alliance | Traverse City, MI | $30,000 |
| Friends of the Inyo | Bishop, CA | $30,000 |
| Grand Rapids Whitewater | Grand Rapids, MI | $35,000 |
| Lake George Conservancy | Bolton Landing, NY | $35,000 |
| Los Padres Forest Watch | Santa Barbara, CA | $30,000 |
| Montana Wilderness Association | Helena, MT | $30,000 |
| New Mexico Wilderness Alliance | Albuquerque, NM | $35,000 |
| Niparaja | La Paz, Mexico | $25,000 |
| Pew Charitable Trusts | Washington, DC | $35,000 |
| Potomac Conservancy | Silver Spring, MD | $30,000 |
| San Juan Citizens Alliance | Durango, CO | $35,000 |
| Save Mount Diablo | Walnut Creek, CA | $30,000 |
| Sierra Club of BC | Victoria, BC | $30,000 |
| Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition | Hazelton, BC | $40,000 |
| Soda Mountain Wilderness Council | Ashland, OR | $25,000 |
| Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance | Salt Lake, UT | $35,000 |
| The Wilderness Society – Idaho | Boise, ID | $35,000 |
| Trout Unlimited – Alaska | Anchorage, AK | $35,000 |
| Western Colorado Congress | Grand Junction, CO | $30,000 |
| Western Rivers Conservancy | Portland, OR | $50,000 |
| Whatcom Land Trust | Bellingham, WA | $35,000 |
| Wild Salmon Center | Portland, OR | $35,000 |
| Total | $800,000 |
“Our member companies continue to step up and support efforts to protect the places where their customers recreate,” said John Sterling, Executive Director of The Conservation Alliance. “This list of grants supports the best land and water conservation opportunities in the US, Canada and Mexico.”
Seven out of the 24 organizations received funding from The Conservation Alliance for the first time: Pew Charitable Trusts, Whatcom Land Trust, Save Mount Diablo, Grand Rapids Whitewater, Potomac Conservancy, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society of Quebec and Lake George Conservancy.
Conservation Alliance funds will support efforts to: remove or halt dams in Michigan and Alaska; designate or expand national monuments in Oregon and Alaska; secure new wilderness designations in California, Idaho, Utah, Montana, Colorado and New Mexico; protect wildlands in British Columbia, Quebec and Colorado; protect wild rivers in California and Colorado; and acquire wildlands in West Virginia, New York and California.
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.”
