Wilderness Society
For Support Of The Campaign To Protect Western Public Lands And Promote Renewable Energy Siting
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Amount$1,130,000
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Program
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Date Awarded7/20/2010
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Term24.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Program
Strategies
Overview
The Bureau of Land Management Action Center, a program of The Wilderness Society, was created with help from the Hewlett Foundation seven years ago. It conducts scientific analysis, advocacy, outreach, and organizing to protect western public lands. This grant would continue support for three of the Center's priorities: (1) securing strong, conservation-oriented policy on fossil fuel and renewable energy development, (2) ensuring that roadless areas are protected from development, and (3) using new public land management plans to protect wildlife habitat. With this grant, the Center will seek to secure better management and protection of six million acres of Bureau of Land Management land; a 50 percent reduction in areas permitting off-road vehicles in Colorado, Utah, and Arizona; protection of all roadless lands from fossil energy leasing; and permitting of three new utility-scale solar energy projects on public land.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.wilderness.org
Address
1801 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC, 20036, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
The Wilderness Society’s mission is to unite people to protect America’s wild places. This Western Conservation grantee organization works to make public lands a solution to the climate and extinction crises — for everyone — and grow an inclusive conservation movement to ensure all people benefit equitably from public lands. Guided by science, the Wilderness Society applies policy analysis, outreach, and communications expertise to protect and defend nature for all. It works toward enduring conservation gains that transcend politics by building meaningful relationships nationally and in communities. (Substrategy: Advance Conservation Protections)
for launching a learning cohort for staff supporting Indigenous conservation efforts
The Wilderness Society’s mission is to unite people to protect America’s wild places. This Western Conservation grantee organization works to make public lands a solution to the climate and extinction crises — for everyone — and grow an inclusive conservation movement to ensure all people benefit equitably from public lands. Guided by science, the Wilderness Society applies policy analysis, outreach, and communications expertise to protect and defend nature for all. It works toward enduring conservation gains that transcend politics by building meaningful relationships nationally and in communities. This Organizational Effectiveness grant supports the launch of a multi-organization cohort of practitioners of Indigenous-led conservation. (Western Conservation Sub-Strategy: Build the Conditions for Enduring Conservation)
for general operating support
The Wilderness Society’s mission is to unite people to protect America’s wild places. This Western Conservation grantee organization works to make public lands a solution to the climate and extinction crises — for everyone — and grow an inclusive conservation movement to ensure all people benefit equitably from public lands. Guided by science, the Wilderness Society applies policy analysis, outreach, and communications expertise to protect and defend nature for all. It works toward enduring conservation gains that transcend politics by building meaningful relationships nationally and in communities. (Substrategy: Advance Conservation Protections)
