Conservation Alliance
Environmental work is often most effective when conducted with a group of peers. Joining other businesses toward a common goal is among the most rewarding of our environmental initiatives. In 1989, The Conservation Alliance was founded to encourage other companies in the outdoor industry to give money to environmental organizations and to become more involved in environmental work.
The Alliance now boasts over 70 member companies, each of which contributes annual dues to a central fund. Twice yearly, the Alliance donates 100 percent of its membership dues to grassroots environmental groups working to protect threatened wildlands and biodiversity. Grants since 1989 total over $6 million.
The Alliance has such a strong track record of funding successful projects that Globe Pequot Press published a book chronicling environmental victories supported by the group. Making a Difference profiles the inspiring work of 12 organizations that used Alliance support to protect wild places worldwide.
In 2007, The Conservation Alliance awarded $800,000 in grants to the following organizations.
Adirondack Mountain Club - http://www.adk.org/
Alaska Wilderness League - http://www.alaskawild.org/
Appalachian Trail Conservancy - http://www.appalachiantrail.org/
California Trout - http://www.caltrout.org/
Clayoquot Solutions Steering Committee
Colorado Environmental Coalition - http://www.ourcolorado.org/
Friends of Allegheny Wilderness - http://www.pawild.org/
Friends of the River - http://www.friendsoftheriver.org/
Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center - http://www.kswild.org/
Montana Wilderness Association - http://www.wildmontana.org/
Nevada Wilderness Project - http://www.wildnevada.org/
Oregon Wild - http://www.oregonwild.org/
Save Our Wild Salmon - http://www.wildsalmon.org/
WildSouth - http://www.wildsouth.org/
The Wilderness Society-Idaho - http://www.wilderness.org/
Utah Rivers Council - http://www.utahrivers.org/
Western Colorado Congress - http://www.wccongress.org/
Appalachian Voices - http://www.appvoices.org/
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance - http://www.suwa.org/
California Wilderness Coalition - http://www.calwild.org/
Campaign for the Snake Headwaters - http://www.snakeheadwaters.org/
Raincoast Conservation Society - http://www.raincoast.org/
Conservation Northwest - http://www.conservationnw.org/
Idaho Conservation League - http://www.wildidaho.org/
Friends of Nevada Wilderness - http://www.nevadawilderness.org/
Arizona Wilderness Coalition - http://www.azwild.org/
Rivers Without Borders - http://www.riverswithoutborders.org/
Winter Wildlands Alliance - http://www.winterwildlands.org/
West Virginia Wilderness Coalition - http://www.wvwild.org/
For more information on The Conservation Alliance check out http://www.conservationalliance.com/.
