 She worked with the Commission until it dissolved in 1980 with the passage of the Alaska National Interest Lands and Conservation Act.Even with her notoriety, Celia did not stop looking for ways to further conservation in Alaska.In 1980, Celia and Denny Wilcher started the Alaska Conservation Foundation (ACF) to bring more resources to the conservation movement in Alaska and to continue the statewide networking that had been started with ACS.