The Conservation Alliance Hosts Successful Backyard Collective Event in Portland, Oregon

August 16, 2018

BEND, Ore. (August 16, 2018) – More than 250 volunteers from nine member companies participated in The Conservation Alliance’s Backyard Collective stewardship event in Portland, Oregon on Thursday, August 9, 2018.

The volunteers worked in support of Forest Park Conservancy, Hoyt Arboretum, Portland Parks Foundation, SOLVE, and Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District to clean up, fix up and tend to parks and trails throughout the Portland metro area.

Conservation Alliance member companies Arc’teryx, Columbia, Deschutes Brewery, Greenspace, KEEN, Nau, Notogroup, Trail Butter, and Yakima participated in the event. Member companies Clif Bar provided bars, Columbia provided lunch, and Deschutes Brewery donated beer to the event.

The mission of The Conservation Alliance is to engage businesses to fund and partner with organizations to protect wild places for their habitat and recreation values. The Conservation Alliance launched the Backyard Collective Program to give member company employees in the outdoor industry the opportunity to work together on a local stewardship project while learning more about organizations that receive funding from the group.

Conservation Alliance grantees Friends of the Columbia Gorge, Oregon Wild, Waterwatch of Oregon, Western Rivers Conservancy, Wild Salmon Center and non-profit partners Forest Park Conservancy, Portland Parks Foundation, and Solve joined in a Conservation and Grantee Fair to share current information and call-to-action about their program.

“There is a large network of Conservation Alliance member companies in the Portland area who prioritize volunteering and stewardship,” said John Sterling, executive director of The Conservation Alliance. “Together these companies are having a positive impact locally, while protecting wild places across North America through their Conservation Alliance membership.”

For more information about Backyard Collective events, please contact Abby Becker, Backyard Collective Outreach Coordinator at abby@conservationalliance.com.

About The Conservation Alliance
The Conservation Alliance is an organization of like-minded 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 all companies who care about protecting our most threatened wild places for habitat and outdoor recreation.  Since its inception in 1989, The Conservation Alliance has contributed more than $20 million, awarded 626 grants, helped to protect 51 million acres of wildlands; protect 3,102 miles of rivers; stop or remove 30 dams; designate five marine reserves; and purchase 13 climbing areas. For complete information on The Conservation Alliance, see: www.conservationalliance.com.