The Conservation Alliance Contributes $790,000 in Grants to 20 Organizations
March 29, 2016
Group Will Disburse $1.65 Million in 2016
Bend, Ore., March 29, 2016 – The Conservation Alliance sent grants totaling $790,000 to 20 organizations working to protect wild places throughout North America. The donations mark The Conservation Alliance’s first funding disbursal for 2016.
The Conservation Alliance has more than 190 member companies who care passionately about protecting wild places for their habitat and recreation values. By a vote of these members, The Conservation Alliance made donations to 20 grassroots conservation organizations as follows:
| Organization | Project Name | Grant |
| Access Fund | Save the Homestead Campaign | $ 50,000 |
| Audubon Alaska | Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Campaign | $ 30,000 |
| Backcountry Hunters & Anglers | Protecting Steamboat Creek Watershed Campaign | $ 40,000 |
| Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society | Protecting the Bay of Fundy Campaign | $ 35,000 |
| Connecticut River Watershed Council | Deadbeat Dam Removal Campaign | $ 45,000 |
| Friends of Nevada Wilderness | Gold Butte National Monument Campaign | $ 40,000 |
| Grand Canyon Wildlands Council | Protect the Grand Canyon’s Watershed Campaign | $ 50,000 |
| Hawaiian Islands Land Trust | Kona Cloud Forest Protection Campaign | $ 35,000 |
| Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center | Kalmiopsis Wild Rivers Campaign | $ 30,000 |
| Lake Champlain Land Trust | Whitehall Cliffs Conservation Project | $ 30,000 |
| Methow Valley Citizens Council | Methow Headwaters Campaign | $ 28,000 |
| Northern Alaska Environmental Center | Brooks Range Conservation Campaign | $ 40,000 |
| Save Our Canyons | Wasatch National Monument Campaign | $ 30,000 |
| The Pew Charitable Trusts | Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument Campaign | $ 50,000 |
| The Wilderness Society – Colorado | Owyhee Canyonlands National Monument Campaign | $ 32,000 |
| Trout Unlimited – Alaska | Protecting the Tongass Campaign | $ 40,000 |
| Utah Dine Bikeyah | Bears Ears National Monument Campaign | $ 50,000 |
| Wallowa Land Trust | East Moraine of Wallowa Lake Conservation Campaign | $ 35,000 |
| Western Rivers Conservancy | Western Slope Rivers Campaign | $ 50,000 |
| Winter Wildlands Alliance | Northern Sierra Winter Recreation Campaign | $ 50,000 |
TOTAL: $790,000
“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 a variety of important land and water conservation opportunities in the U.S. and Canada.”
Seven out of the 20 organizations received funding from The Conservation Alliance for the first time: Backcountry Hunters & Anglers; Connecticut River Watershed Council; Hawaiian Islands Land Trust; Lake Champlain Land Trust; Methow Valley Citizens Council; Utah Diné Bikéyah and Wallowa Land Trust.
Each project was first nominated for funding by a Conservation Alliance member company. Conservation Alliance member companies also play a key role in determining which organizations receive funding.
“Our program gives our members the ability to contribute real dollars to protecting wild places in their backyards,” said Sterling. “We plan to disburse $1.65 Million in 2016 thanks to the support of our members.”
For a complete overview of each grant, visit conservationalliance.com or download the Winter 2016 Grant Announcement: Website: http://www.conservationalliance.com
PDF: http://www.conservationalliance.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/FINAL_W16-Grant-Announcement_SMALL.pdf
About The Conservation Alliance:
The Conservation Alliance is an organization of outdoor businesses whose collective contributions support grassroots environmental organizations and their efforts to protect wild places where outdoor enthusiasts recreate. Alliance funds have played a key role in protecting rivers, trails, wildlands and climbing areas.
Membership in the Alliance is open to companies representing all aspects of the outdoor industry, including manufacturers, retailers, publishers, mills and sales representatives. The result is a diverse group of businesses whose livelihood depends on protecting our natural environment.
Since its inception in 1989, the Alliance has contributed more than $16 million to grassroots conservation groups. Alliance funding has helped save more than 45 million acres of wildlands; protect 2,972 miles of rivers; stop or remove 28 dams; designate five marine reserves; and purchase 11 climbing areas.
For complete information on the Conservation Alliance, see www.conservationalliance.com.
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