The Wyss Foundation has joined the Grantham Foundation for the Environment and dozens of individual donors to support the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) Fund for Environmental Journalism. The Wyss Foundation’s support is enabling a significant expansion of the Fund for Environmental Journalism.
Read MoreWith the support of the Wyss Foundation and other charitable partners, The Nature Conservancy today announced it has closed on the purchase of 117,152 acres of forests, rivers and wildlife habitat in the Lower Blackfoot River watershed of Montana. The land was purchased from Plum Creek for $85 million.
Read MoreWith the support of the Wyss Foundation and other charitable partners, The Nature Conservancy has closed on the purchase of 47,921 acres of forests, rivers and wildlife habitat in the Central Cascade Mountains of Washington. The lands, which were purchased from Plum Creek Timber Company for $49 million, will be conserved for public use and enjoyment.
Read MoreToday, October 21, 2014, Oceana announced that the Wyss Foundation will, over the next five years, provide up to $10 million in matching funds to help rebuild fisheries in Peru and Canada by supporting science-based policies that aim to both improve fishing and restore health to the world’s oceans.
Read MoreThe Wyss Foundation and a cohort of other philanthropic foundations today announced they have together committed $500,000 to a new fund that will provide immediate support for recreation and habitat restoration projects in and around the new San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, which is being designated Friday by President Obama.
Read MoreThere 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreHansjörg 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.
Read MoreOregon’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.
Read MoreWith 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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