YOUR BACKYARD

Find out what the Access Fund is doing in your backyard. Click on a state to learn more about your area— everything from news, events, local grant awards, and policy statements for the crags in your area.

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TEAMWORKS

August 04, 2010
11:00 AM
Urban Core Climbing Camp Days!

September 12, 2010
10:00 AM
North Shore Clean Up

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ADOPT-A-CRAG

August 14, 2010
8:00 AM
Johnny and Alex Trail Day - The PMRP, Red River Gorge, Kentucky

September 12, 2010
10:30 AM
North Shore Adopt A Crag Day - Tettegouche & Temperance River State Parks, MN

September 18, 2010
9:00 AM
Lost Wall Trailday - Pigeon Mtn

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VERTICAL TIMES
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• Act today to conserve climbing areas!
• You have the power to help supercharge the Access Fund’s land acquisition efforts, helping to save threatened climbing areas from development and closure! Please write your Senator and US Representative, asking them to support full funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

• Washington Climbers Coalition pays off Access Fund Land Conservation Campaign loan for Index, returning funds to the revolving loan program
• Last week, WCC paid back its loan to the Access Fund Land Conservation Campaign (AFLCC) for the option agreement on Lower Index Town Wall in Washington. The WCC submitted its final loan repayment—returning the original $15,000 to the Access Fund Land Conservation Campaign where it will be loaned back out to save other climbing areas.

• Access Fund Becomes Nationally Recognized Member of Land Trust Alliance
• The Access Fund announced today that it has become a nationally recognized member of the Land Trust Alliance, committing itself to meeting the same high standards as other leading land conservation organizations around the country. Members of the board of directors from both organizations made the unanimous decision to dissolve the Access Fund Land Foundation and transfer all holdings to the Access Fund.

• Access Fund to Refinance Pendergrass-Murray Loan, Saving Red River Gorge Climbers’ Coalition Thousands
• The Access Fund, the national advocacy organization that keeps U.S. climbing areas open and conserves the climbing environment, announced today that it will provide Red River Gorge Climbers’ Coalition with short-term financing to pay off the current seller-financed loan on the Pendergrass-Murray Recreational Preserve in Kentucky’s Red River Gorge.