It’s wonderful to see a community come together to support an area they love, and that’s what happened last week in Marina, California. Nearly 200 people came out to a public meeting with Secretary Salazar to express their support for protecting the public lands at Fort Ord managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) [...]
On January 9, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced a ban on new mining claims on public land surrounding the Grand Canyon. This decision protects more than 1 million acres of Bureau of Land Management and U.S Forest Service land to the north and south of the Grand Canyon from new uranium mining and mineral exploration. [...]
What a year it’s been, for both the National Conservation Lands and the Conservation Lands Foundation. We would like to express our sincere thanks to our supporters and partners for all your efforts during the past year. Together, we: Built new partnerships with local grassroots organizations and mobilized them to advocate for the betterment of [...]
The following is a report from a member of our Friends Group Network, Lasha Brown, Executive Director, Friends of Ironwood Forest. On Saturday, December 10th, a small, but dedicated group of volunteers joined together to pull buffelgrass at El Cerrito Represso in the southern portion of Ironwood Forest National Monument. The project, sponsored by the [...]
Local Conservation Groups Receive National Awards Throughout the West, there are amazing people and organizations working to protect and support America’s National Conservation Lands. The folks doing this work aren’t looking for recognition, but boy do they deserve it! In September, the Conservation Lands Foundation said thanks to all our Friends groups and recognized three [...]
We all know there are many places that deserve to be protected by Congress. Today (Nov. 10), the Department of the Interior issued a report that highlights places including Browns Canyon in Colorado, Gold Butte in Nevada, Rio Grande del Norte in New Mexico, and the San Juan Islands in Washington. Take a look below at the [...]
On November 1st, President Barack Obama designated Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia, as America’s newest national monument. Fort Monroe is the site of an extraordinary—and overlooked—chapter in our country’s history. The site marks both the beginning of slavery and the beginning of the end of slavery in our country. National Monuments matter, they are a way [...]
Position Title: Associate Director of Foundation and Corporate Giving Location: Durango, CO preferred; Other office locations include: Washington, D.C., San Francisco, CA, Bozeman, MT, Reno, NV and Phoenix, AZ Position Reports to: Development Director Closing Date: Nov. 25, 2011 GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The Conservation Lands Foundation is a national non-profit organization headquartered in Durango, Colorado with [...]
Back-to-back workshops, productive conversations and air-conditioned conference rooms are all good. But by the last day of the recent Friends Rendezvous in Indian Wells, CA, people were more than happy to take those conversations outside and move some muscle. The occasion was a stewardship project, organized by local hosts Friends of the Desert Mountains, in [...]
One of our favorite moments at the recent Friends Rendezvous in Indian Wells, CA actually consisted of several moments—when individual people stood up and told stories about their organization’s recent conservation successes, in one minute or less. Some of them were funny, poignant, even raucous. All were inspiring. They were also a breath of fresh [...]
