The Conservation Alliance sent grants totaling $400,000 to 15 organizations working to protect wild places throughout North America. The donations marked the Alliances first funding disbursal for 2010. Since the organizations founding in 1989, the Alliance has contributed more than $8.3 million.


By a vote of the groups member companies, The Conservation Alliance made donations to 15 grassroots conservation organizations as follows:


Organization                           Location               Amount
Adirondack Mountain Club     Lake George, NY     $25,000
Appalachian Mountain Club    Boston, MA           $25,000
Appalachian Voices               Boone, NC            $35,000
California Wilderness Coalition    Oakland, CA       $25,000
Canadian Parks and Wilderness


Society – Yukon                      Ottawa, ON       $35,000
Grand Canyon Trust                Flagstaff, AZ      $30,000
Idaho Rivers United                     Boise, ID        $25,000
Montana Wilderness Association    Helena, MT     $25,000
Our Ocean                              Portland, OR      $30,000
Rivers Without Borders    Port Townsend, WA      $20,000
Save Our Wild Salmon               Seattle, WA      $25,000
Southern Appalachian

Forest Coalition                       Asheville, NC      $30,000
Washington Climbers Coalition    Seattle, WA       $15,000
Wilderness Support Center        Durango, CO       $30,000
Winter Wildlands Alliance                Boise, ID      $25,000
Total                                                           $400,000


 Were thrilled to start the year with such a terrific collection of grants, said John Sterling, Executive Director of The Conservation Alliance. These projects stand a great chance of succeeding over the next several years, adding to the inventory of special places that will be permanently saved for habitat and outdoor recreation.


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, California, Montana, and Tennessee; protect wild rivers in Idaho, California, and Alaska; protect parks in New York and Arizona; purchase a climbing crag in Washington; and end mountaintop removal mining in the Southeastern US.


Each project was first nominated for funding by a Conservation Alliance member company.


Our members care deeply about the wildlands in their backyards, said Sterling. Were proud that our funding program gives them the ability to contribute real dollars to protecting those places.


See http://www.conservationalliance.com/UserFiles/File/W10GrantAnnouncement.pdf for a complete overview of each grant.