Conservation Communications

We were honored to join in the celebrations of the designations of Chuckwalla and Sáttítla Highlands national monuments along with the Biden administration's conservation legacy on Tuesday, January 14 at the White House as well as Secretary Haaland's farewell speech. The DC signing ceremony took place after the original designation event in the Coachella Valley was canceled on January 7 due to wind. Both DC events highlighted the impressive list of accomplishments of the Biden administration and work that we were able to help support over the past four years including: 15 new, restored, or expanded national monuments; the BLM Public Lands Rule; the America the Beautiful Initiative to protect 30% of our lands and waters by 2030; oil and gas reform; an outdoors for ALL; smart climate policies; and other other forward-looking policies. Conservation Communications is grateful that we get to work alongside so many compassionate, dedicated, smart, and empathetic people on important, lasting, and change-making work. May we stand together and carry on to connect, do good, and make change.

As we close out 2024?and look to 2025 with apprehension, see link or photos for a recap of this past year. Thank you for your support and partnership with?Conservation?Communications?this year.?It has?been an?honor?to continue to focus the company's work on making connections, building relationships, and influencing decision-makers by working with all of you. Through organizing coalitions and different interests; planning events;?and highlighting on-the-ground work in the media, many conservation issues moved forward this year by amplifying the local voices of people who are?working to protect important lands, waters, and wildlife. Thank you again for your partnership and support! I hope to collaborate with you again next year.?May we be?filled with more knowledge, kindness, and?compassion as we enter and go through?2025 - together. Happy Holidays! https://lnkd.in/gcWZABJr

At the end of May, we were honored to help put on this year's #ElevateConservation #OutdoorsForAll event in Denver and help kick off the #OutsideFestival. In its sixth year, the event's goal is to honor the intersection of outdoor recreation and conservation, celebrate the ways we already work together, challenge ourselves to do more, and acknowledge how equitable policies are good for us all. This year’s honorees included the Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes for their leadership in the renaming of Mt. Blue Sky; Governor Jared Polis and the coalition of groups and legislators who worked for the creation of the landmark Climate Resilient Wildlife and Land Fund and for expanding the important conservation easement tax credit program; and Diane Regas, the retiring CEO and President of Trust for Public Land, who was honored for her leadership and commitment to connecting everyone to the benefits and joys of the outdoors. Huge thanks to: Honorees - Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes Executive Office, Governor Jared Polis Musicians - Denver Singers and DJ Adrian Garcia Speakers - Conor Hall, Ean Thomas Tafoya, Max Trujillo Sponsors- Outside, Colorado Outdoor Recreation Industry Office, GreenLatinos, Next 100 Colorado, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, The Wilderness Society, Conservation Communications, MiiR, Trust for Public Land, Protect the Dolores, Conservation Colorado Event partner- The Nature Conservancy, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Conservation Lands Foundation Change maker- Topo Designs, Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition, Fat Tire, Klean Kanteen?, American Whitewater https://lnkd.in/gYUQMEaP

“We support the Bureau of Land Management's final Public Lands Rule because it will better ensure that our public lands continue to offer unique recreational opportunities & drive economic value & jobs for Americans, but also buffer important habitats against the growing impacts of climate change." Kahtoola & Flagstaff Mountain Sports https://bit.ly/AZBLM

Today is the 118th anniversary of the Antiquities Act! Thank you, President Joe Biden, for recently expanding San Gabriel Mountains and Berryessa Snow Mountain national monuments; for designating Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon, Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley, Castner Range, Avi Kwa Ame, and Camp Hale-Continental Divide national monuments; and restoring protections for Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine national monuments. These actions have helped memorialize and honor our country’s stories, and protect public lands and waters. There is more to do! Let’s continue protecting places that tell our story - President Biden, please designate monuments to honor the 1908 Springfield Race Riot in Illinois; Bahsahwahbee in Nevada; the Historic Greenwood District/Black Wall Street in Oklahoma; Dolores Canyons in Colorado; the Great Bend of the Gila in Arizona; Mimbres Peak in New Mexico; Owyhee Canyonlands in Oregon; as well as Chuckwalla, Kw'tsán, Medicine Lake Highlands- Sáttítla national monuments - all in California. #MonumentsForAll Potential: #GreatBendOfTheGila, #ProtectCADeserts, #protectkwtsan, #ProtecttheDolores, #SpringfieldRaceRiot, #BlackWallStreet, #ProtectTheOwyhee, #ProtectBahsahwahbee Expanded: #SanGabrielMountainsForever, #MolokLuyuk Designated: #ParkForTill, #Castner4Ever, #CoreAct, #KeepItGrand, #HonorAviKwaAme Restored: #ProtectBearsEars, #SaveGrandStaircase, #SaveTheSeamounts

So thankful that we got to help put on and celebrate another Elevate Conservation: Outdoors for All event in Denver yesterday! More snaps and videos to come soon.

It's Conservation Communication's 7th Anniversary today! This year has been a tough one personally with the deaths of my brother and nearly 16 year-old dog; along with some scary health events and issues; among other things. Through it all, I have been incredibly grateful for being able to do work that I care about with?empathetic and compassionate people. There have also been some really, really big conservation wins this year thanks to the Biden administration, including: the designations of two new national monuments and two expanded monuments (this week!); a lot of great final Bureau of Land Management rules that put conservation issues on equal footing with extractive uses (about time); some wins in the Arctic; and well, a whole lot more.? So I send another big thank you to the many collaborative clients, colleagues, friends, and family for helping me throughout this year and journey. Cheers to seven years of Conservation Communications! May there be many more years so that we may continue to Connect. Do Good. Make Change.?

Nearly 840,000 petitions were delivered in D.C. on April 16 asking President Biden to designate or expand more national monuments. These places included Respect Great Bend in Arizona; Dolores Canyons in Colorado; 1908 Springfield Race Riot in Illinois, Julius Rosenwald & Rosenwald Schools sites in Illinois and Maryland; Bahsahwahbee - Swamp Cedars in Nevada; Protect Owyhee Canyonlands in Oregon; and the expansion of Berryessa Snow Mountain (Molok Yuluk) and San Gabriel Mountains national monuments, and designations of Protect California Deserts (Chuckwalla), Sáttítla - Medicine Lake Highlands, and Protect Kw'tsán in California.