There aren’t many open landscapes left in the West where you can pretend to be an Oregon settler or California gold seeker, but the East Fork High Rock Canyon Wilderness is one of them.
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The Wyss Foundation, a charitable organization that promotes land conservation in the U.S. West, has selected three Yale students as 2014 Wyss Scholars — Benjamin Hayes M.F. ‘15, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Marsters M.E.M. ‘16 M.B.A. ‘16, and Mordechai Treiger LAW ‘15.
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Hansjörg Wyss is among seven families and individuals who today announced that they are joining the Giving Pledge by committing to give half or more their wealth to charity.
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Oregon’s newest and second largest state park, known as Cottonwood Canyon State Park, opened this week on the John Day River, protecting a sweeping expanse of canyon country for hikers, anglers, birders, campers, and the public to enjoy.
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With a $2 million commitment from the Wyss Foundation, work began today to remove the Veazie Dam, which will enable the Penobscot River to flow freely from Old Town, Maine to the sea for the first time in nearly 200 years.
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Hansjörg Wyss has donated a second gift of $125 million to further advance the pioneering work of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University.
Read MoreThe Wyss Foundation has announced its selection of three 2013 Wyss Scholars from Yale—Whitney Leonard LAW ’15, Hanna Mershman M.F. ’14 and Heather West M.E.M/M.B.A ’15
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In recognition of his commitment to conserving and sustaining the fish, wildlife and landscapes that define the American West, Trout Unlimited today awarded philanthropist Hansjörg Wyss and the Wyss Foundation its prestigious Conservation Leadership Award.
Read MoreThe Trust for Public Land, working with a broad coalition of environmental organizations, concerned citizens, and more than 1,000 donors, announced today it has completed a transaction to purchase oil and gas leases on 58,000 acres of sensitive land in Wyoming’s Hoback Basin.
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Deb Love remembers the day well. June 12, 2006, was “the perfect Big Sky day,” she says, “sunny and beautiful.” Clouds drifted across a bright blue sky above the rustic lodge at Holland Lake—a popular summertime destination in the southeast corner of Montana’s Swan Valley. Gentle waves lapped the lakeshore, while east of the lake late-season snowfields marked the remote alpine basins and steep couloirs of the Swan Mountains.
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