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One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?
No, it's not the cha cha, it's the good-news-bad-news dance for wildlife this month. Straight from our monthly email missive, Conservation Connection...
Into the woods
As volunteer coordinator for the Cascades Citizen Wildlife Monitoring Project, I had so far this year mostly been drafting documents such as data sheets and protocols, organizing trainings and teams, ordering supplies and talking to volunteers, but finally got to go out in the field in mid-July with a team of 6 volunteers to help install a set of remote cameras!
My, what big news you have!
Wow, it has been a crazy month for wolves in WA and beyond! Here is all the news, flipbooks, TV spots, sounds, and other wolf goodies all in one place.
Witness for wilderness
For several weeks this summer, photographer Eric Zamora trekked through the wild forests and high valleys of the Colville National Forest, cut, bruised, and battered with only the bears, moose, and deer to serve witness. But oh, the places he's been!
It's a plot!
So what's all the fuss about wolves?! This week, Washington's backcountry got even wilder, when Mitch Friedman spotted a wolverine near Mount Baker. Wolverines AND wolves. What is our wild country coming to?
HUGE news!
After ten years of conducting wildlife surveys using remote cameras, Conservation Northwest has captured photographs of six wolf pups residing in the North Cascades. In response to consistent wolf sighting reports in recent years, we coordinated with agency biologists and local volunteers to place four remote cameras in the North Cascades. Yesterday, they hit the jackpot.
Climate change a spectator sport?
“There is absolutely no inevitability as long as there is a willingness to contemplate what is happening.” ~Marshall McLuhan Funny thing about the inevitable, it’s not always inevitable. Just ask the undefeated New England Patriots...
Where are those crazy kids now?
Hey all, the WDFW has their Pacific fisher reintroduction updates up on their site, including fun video footage. The slow motion clips just scream for a Chariots of Fire soundtrack!
How cool is that? We are thrilled to be part of such and amazing success. And you--our fabulous supporters--can pat yourselves on the back for helping make a more complete ecosystem in Washington. Go, team!
Disposable species?
The Bush administration is treading where no previous administration dared go with regard to protecting at-risk species under the Endangered Species Act. When petitioned to list the wolverine under the ESA, the Bush Fish and Wildlife Service declared that it was unnecessary because a) there are plenty of the feisty little animals in Canada, and b) we really don’t know enough about them in the lower 48, so we can’t really know for sure they’re endangered. Well, hey! What else do they have in Canada that is disposable here? Maybe we can just make monthly payments to Canada to protect all of the endangered species and habitat that are part of America's living legacy.
Loving the Loomis
Ever been to the Loomis State Forest? Friends and I headed out to learn more about the Loomis and our leap-of-faith in Washington citizens' love of their wildest places that lead to great success. What an amazing place and story!