Thank you for supporting the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance!

Your donation will be used to:

Provide communities with online maps and clear, accessible explanations of development or land management projects that may negatively impact their environment, economy and quality of life, as well as instruction on how to use that information to their benefit.
Protect clean water, through sampling, analysis and clear reporting of results, to promote ecological health and safe recreation.
Promote the protection and expansion of public lands, such as our National Forests, Wilderness, National Scenic Areas and National Monuments, so that future generations may benefit from their continued existence and health, through landscape-level beauty, recreation and spiritual refuge.
Enforce accountability under environmental law for extractive industries such as mining or oil and gas, as well as developers of major infrastructure projects, such as pipelines, dams, data centers and more. The public should not have to sacrifice a clean and healthy environment to support the profitability of major corporations. A modern lifestyle need not depend on environmental destruction!

ABRA CONSERVATION HUB

ABRA’s Conservation Hub program promotes responsible resource management by providing access to critical information needed for effective public involvement in environmental review and oversight.

Following the defeat of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline in 2020, ABRA initiated the Conservation Hub to support informed public engagement with the broader range of environmental issues confronting the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Mountain region. The Conservation Hub builds on the analysis and information sharing capacity achieved through ABRA’s Pipeline CSI project during the years of ACP opposition.

The Conservation Hub is based on the use of GIS mapping to provide details and context for land development projects and management practices that involve risk of environmental harm, as well as for environmental preservation and restoration initiatives. The Conservation Hub also provides access to regulatory documents and assessments related to specific projects or issues.

Multiple Conservation Hub sites, focused on individual projects or issues, have been developed collaboratively with ABRA’s partners and allies. Going forward, we invite conservation groups, individuals, and communities to provide ideas for new Hub sites and GIS mapping that can contribute to informed public engagement on behalf of environmental integrity in the Allegheny-Blue Ridge region.