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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fritz the Cat" data-source="post: 196900" data-attributes="member: 605">Patagonia is a member of Conservation Alliance:[h=3]Organizational History[/h]The Conservation Alliance is a group of outdoor industry companies that disburses its collective annual membership dues to grassroots environmental organizations. We direct our funding to community-based campaigns to protect threatened wild habitat and outdoor recreation. The Alliance was founded in 1989 by industry leaders REI (Obama's pick Sally Jewel for Dept. of the Interior came from REI) Patagonia, The North Face, and Kelty, who shared the goal of increasing outdoor industry support for conservation efforts. We now have more than 200 member companies, and plan to disburse $1.8 million in 2017.Since its inception in 1989, the Alliance has contributed more than $18 million to grassroots conservation groups throughout North America. The results of our funding have been remarkable. Alliance funding has helped save more than 50 million acres of wildlands; protect 2,991 miles of rivers; stop or remove 29 dams; designate five marine reserves; and purchase 12 climbing areas. We follow a rigorous grant proposal review process that ensures our grants go to organizations that can succeed given the necessary financial resources. <a href="http://50.87.143.217/organizations/" target="_blank">Click here for a list of our grantees.</a>These clothing outlets along with Keen shoes lend their support/empower the fedgov to preserve places like Owyhee Canyon lands in Malheur County Oregon. 2.5 million acres. All stake holders will have input. Native Americans, recreationists, local governments, fire districts etc. Of course grazing will be grandfathered in as it is PERMITTED at the time of the designation. Key word here....PERMIT. A permit is like a license and when it comes to public land it is a social license. If your off road driving or high powered rifle isn't part of the "shared goal" of the Conservation Alliance, your social license will be revoked. Of course it isn't going to happen overnight. Sportsmen would raise hell. But like seat belt laws you will learn to roll over with time. Change is always about a slow steady pressure applied. </blockquote>

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