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Access Fund’s New Visa Platinum Rewards Card Offers a New Way to Support the Cause
11/11/2009 The Access Fund and CardPartner, Inc. have joined forces to launch the Access Fund Visa® affinity Platinum Rewards credit card. Access Fund Receives Thanks from Yosemite National Park 11/5/2009 Access Fund receives a letter of thanks from Yosemite National Park for support of the park's climbing management program this year. The Access Fund provided a grant for the Rock Climbing in Yosemite Brochure and Climbing Area Map, and provided input from the beginning on content, design, and layout. Urge Minnewaska State Park to Allow Climbing 10/23/2009 Help us urge the New York Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation to authorize a process for resource surveys that will determine appropriate climbing access in Minnewaska State Park Preserve. Take Action Now! Access Fund Brings Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival to Berkeley, CA 10/19/2009 The Access Fund and guest emcee Timmy O'Neill set to host the Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival in Berkeley, California, on Thursday, November 12th, 2009. Buy tickets now! Gunks Climbers’ Coalition End-of-Climbing-Season Soirée 10/16/2009 The Gunks Climbers’ Coalition invites climbers, hikers, and nature lovers to a gala event, celebrating the acquisition of an area of large boulders amid deep, wooded beauty and valley light in Rosendale. The event on Saturday, November 7 at 6:30pm at the Mohonk Preserve Visitor Center, 3197 Route 44/55, Gardiner, NY. Access Fund Announces Third Round Grant Recipients for 2009 10/6/2009 In the third round of the Climbing Preservation Grant Program for 2009, the Access Fund awarded over $11,500 to support local climbing activism and conservation of the climbing environment. Help Reopen Williamson Rock 10/5/2009 Your comments needed to support Forest Service proposal to reopen climbing access at Williamson Rock in Angeles National Forest. After much work by the Friends of Williamson Rock and the Access Fund urging the Angeles National Forest to study alternate approach trails to Williamson, the Forest Service has issued a proposal that would reopen many of Williamson’s climbs while also protecting sensitive wildlife habitat. Take action now! Access PanAm Gets Off to a Good Start 9/15/2008 Access PanAM / Acceso PanAm, the first ever hemisphere-wide access group, met for the first time at the Squamish Mountain Festival this past August. Alaskan Small Businesses Fight Denali Fee Increase for Climbers 9/15/2009 Last month, local guide services and air taxis joined forces to lobby Alaska senators against a possible fee increase (from $200 to $500) that would unfairly targets climbers attempting Mt. McKinley and Mt. Foraker. Southeastern Climbers Coalition Closes on Steele 9/8/2009 The Southeastern Climbers Coalition www.seclimbers.org (SCC) closed on a 25 acre tract and cliffline in |
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