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This will be the Conservation Alliance's biggest donation year ever

With $900,000 already doled out, the organization expects to hit $2 million in grants.


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Over its 30 years, The Conservation Alliance has dispersed an impressive amount of money to dozens and dozens of deserving causes. But the organization is on track to make 2019 its largest donation year to date.

As of this month, the conservancy alliance of more than 250 outdoor-related businesses sent grants totaling $900,000 to 22 organizations working to protect wild places throughout North America. 

“In our 30 anniversary year, we are excited to make our largest grant disbursal ever,” said John Sterling, outgoing executive director. “Thanks to the generous support of our members, we’re on track to award a record $2 million in 2018.”

Organization Project Amount
Alachua Conservation Trust  Rise Up for the Santa Fe River Campaign $35,000
Audubon Alaska  Protect the Arctic Refuge Campaign $50,000
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society – National Seal River Watershed Indigenous Protected Area Initiative $50,000
Conservation Colorado  CORE Act Campaign $50,000
Conservation Lands Foundation  Campaign for the Gila River, Wild and Scenic $45,000
Ducks Unlimited Grayland Acquisition and Protection Project $35,000
Grand Canyon Trust Campaign to Protect the Grand Canyon from Uranium Mining $50,000
Greater Yellowstone Coalition  Yellowstone Gateway Land Acquisitions Campaign $50,000
Idaho Conservation League  Protecting the High Divide Campaign $10,000
Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center Oregon Wildlands 2.0 Campaign $50,000
Montana Wilderness Association  Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Project $45,000
New Mexico Wilderness Alliance  Greater Chaco Protection Campaign $45,000
Oregon Natural Desert Association Protecting Oregon’s Owyhee Canyonlands $50,000
San Juan Citizen’s Alliance  San Juan Mountains Wilderness $35,000
Save Our Canyons  Wild Forests and Connected Watersheds Education Program $20,000
Save the Redwoods  Protecting the Giants of Giant Sequoia National Monument $50,000
The Trust for Public Land  Spence Mountain $40,000
The Wilderness Land Trust  Little Castle Lake-Castle Crags Wilderness Project $30,000
Trout Unlimited  Sportsmen for the Ruby Mountains $45,000
Wallowa Land Trust  Campaign for the East Moraine $40,000
Washington Wild  North Cascades and Puget Sound Headwaters Campaign $40,000
Wilderness Workshop  Thompson Divide and CORE Act Campaign $35,000

The Conservation Alliance staff and board evaluated 53 proposals and placed 25 projects on a ballot. The 22 grants awarded in this grant cycle represent the projects that received the most votes from Conservation Alliance member company employees. 

Collectively, these projects aim to protect more than 19 million acres and 1,046 river miles. The grants cover projects in the U.S. and Canada.

Two of the organizations received funding from The Conservation Alliance for the first time: Alachua Conservation Trust and Ducks Unlimited.

Read more about each of the projects here.