CLF Statement on White House Launch of Every Kid In A Park Initiative
National Conservation Lands Site Chosen For Official Launch Event Durango, Colo. (Sept. 1, 2015)—The Conservation Lands Foundation applauded the launch today of the Every Kid in a Park initiative to...
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Osprey Pack Giveaway to Celebrate our National Conservation Lands!
Fall is here! Whether you’re going back to school or out to explore our National Conservation Lands, we’re giving away Osprey Packs for your next adventure! There’s a lot to love about the National...
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NV Energy Foundation Supports “From Military Service to Green Service:...
The Conservation Lands Foundation is pleased to announce that a generous $75,000 grant from NV Energy Foundation will provide paid employment to an all-military Veterans Conservation Corps to restore...
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Adventures Through Alaska’s Western Arctic
Gazing across the horizon I pick out a mountain that doesn’t look too far away to hike. From our campsite, the view a few miles across the tundra to the rocky ridge looks unimpeded and smooth—we’re...
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Veterans Conservation Corps begins work in Nevada’s Sloan Canyon NCA
On September 26 in Henderson, Nevada, five Veterans Conservation Corps members were joined by community volunteers, Congresswoman Dina Titus, Councilwoman Debra March, NV Energy Vice President for...
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PG & E volunteers lend muscle to Cotoni-Coast Dairies project
Pulaskis and rakes were the tools of choice used by volunteers, youth “eco-stewards,” and a 12-member California Conservation Corps made up of military veterans–as they worked together to build the...
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End-of-Summer job report: tree caretakers on the Missouri River
Early this year Friends of Missouri Breaks National Monument in Montana posted a photo of two people in a canoe, along with one of greatest job announcements we’ve ever seen: “This could be you! We’re...
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Back to the Future: An Eventful Week for the National Conservation Lands
October 21, 2015, is the day Marty McFly visited a fictional future in the movie “Back to the Future II.” But 45 years ago, also on this day, Congress gave a gift to America’s real future by...
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Veterans and Volunteers: celebrating together
Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area continues to reap the benefits of the hard work and commitment of a Veterans Conservation Corps—five young military veterans who are employed as part of a unique...
View ArticleNew Release-California Desert Plan a win for Renewable Energy and Conservation
November 10, 2015 Contact: Sam Goldman, 415-743-0193; Danielle Murray, 302-367-8076 California Desert Plan a win for Renewable Energy and Conservation BLM releases landscape level planning for...
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Giving back on #GivingTuesday
As we near the end of 2015, we thank you for the accomplishments you’ve made possible, and ask you to give your year-end gift so we can keep supporting our local partners around the West who work every...
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Cross Bar Ranch – Texas
Horseback riders, college students and community volunteers recently came out in force to work with Bureau of Land Management (BLM) staff on one of the agency’s most unusual and stand-out places: Cross...
View ArticleMourning The Loss Of Doug Walker
We start 2016 with heavy hearts as we mourn the passing of our board member, Doug Walker. Doug was a founding board member of the Conservation Lands Foundation and demonstrated a strong passion for...
View Article#ServiceNotSeizure: Support America’s Public Lands, and #HoldtheMayo
The Bundy family from southern Nevada has been in a decades’ long feud with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) over the family’s use of public lands for grazing, but the recent militant takeover of...
View ArticleInspiration… and our intention to see it grow
A year ago, we wrote about the civil rights movement and how the extraordinary leadership of Martin Luther King Jr. also inspired people who came after him—by about a decade—to pursue environmental...
View ArticleNew Desert Monuments Protect Heritage, Open Space With Balanced Approach To...
(February 11, 2016) JOSHUA TREE, CA – The Conservation Lands Foundation welcomed today’s announcement that President Obama intends to designate the Mojave Trails, Sand to Snow and Castle Mountains...
View ArticleGuest Blog: Why the Public Lands Initiative (PLI) failed American Indians in...
This op-ed by Willie Grayeyes, chairman of Utah Diné Bikéyah, was originally published on Feb. 15, 2016 in the Salt Lake Tribune. The op-ed by Rep. Jason Chaffetz (“PLI gives tribes more of what they...
View ArticleCLF Contributes to Patagonia’s Book “Tools for Grassroots Activists”
Patagonia, the well-known outdoor gear and clothing company, has just released a new book, Tools for Grassroots Activists. The book captures an accumulation of knowledge and best practices from...
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Want To Know About Planning 2.0? A Modern Process for Public Lands Planning
A few weeks ago, the BLM announced a next major step in redesigning the planning process for America’s public lands for the modern era. They are calling this initiative “Planning 2.0.” This initiative...
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Home for Art: Basin & Range National Monument
Nevada’s Basin and Range National Monument has always been a home for art. The monument–which President Obama designated just last summer using the Antiquities Act–surrounds artist Michael Heizer’s...
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