The first annual Canada Goose Cup street hockey tournament supporting The Conservation Alliance was held last week in Salt Lake City at the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market. 10 teams took to the rink donating $300 each to the Alliance. The winning team would take home the Canada Goose Cup (think a smaller Stanley Cup) engraved with their teams name to display at their offices. The cup will be passed on to the following years winning team.
The action was fast and dangerous to both the players and the spectators hovering on the rinks walls. Kudos to all who played and to those who dodged the “Orange Ball of Death” that frequently sped passed their heads. Team prAna arrived with only 1 weeks practice on used hockey sticks but they would not be deterred. What the prAna team lacked in technique they made up with heart and hustle as they advanced all the way to the finals beating the hosts, Canada Goose, and Merrell in route to the finals against Arc’teryx.
A pack of 10 wolves was caught on film traveling in Northeastern Oregon. Once extinct in the region, wolves were re-introduced to Central Idaho and Yellowstone National Park in 1994. A few stragglers have ventured into Oregon since then, but this is the first time a full pack has been confirmed. It’s exciting to see wolves back in the Beaver State!
John at the Conservation Alliance tipped us to another great project in Colorado!
Conservation Alliance grantee Wilderness Support Center reports that Rep. John Salazar introduced legislation today that would protect 61,000 acres of Wilderness in the San Juan mountains of Colorado. The legislation would expand the existing Mt. Sneffels and Lizard Head Wilderness Areas, establish the McKenna Peak Wilderness in western San Miguel County, create the Sheep Mountain Special Management Area along the alpine ridge between San Miguel and San Juan Counties, and prohibit oil and gas development in Naturita Canyon near Norwood.
Click here for the full press release from Congressman Salazar.
Conservation Alliance grantee California Trout reports that a deal was reached last week to remove four dams on the Klamath River, and restore 300 miles of important salmon habitat. Cal Trout was a party to the negotiations, which would result in the largest dam removal in US history. The Klamath dams are widely blamed for a massive salmon die-off in 2002. If implemented, this agreement will lead to the dam owners — PacifiCorp — removing the four structures beginning in 2020.
Conservation Alliance grantee New Mexico Wilderness Alliance is celebrating the introduction of Senator Jeff Bingaman’s Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Wilderness Act. The legislation would protect more than 400,000 acres of public land in southern New Mexico. They supported this campaign with a $35,000 grant earlier this year.
Conservation Alliance grantee Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) announced final success yesterday in its campaign to expand the boundaries of Nahanni National Park Reserve in Canada’s Northwest Territories.
Canadian Environment Minister Jim Prentice announced that the park’s boundaries would be expanded by 7 million acres, the size of Vancouver Island. The Conservation Alliance twice funded the Nahanni campaign, and are pleased to celebrate this success with CPAWS.
The Conservation Alliance visited prAna today. What a great group! We’ve had a long relationship with the Conservation Alliance and will continue to support them. Check it out…volunteer one hour a week. We can make it happen.
