Solutions Start with Collective Visioning
Almost three hundred miles from home and too distracted for meaningful rest, the election results hit me like a storm. America is entering a new reality. America is entering a new reality.
Author: Conservation Northwest
Onward: As We Can and Must
By Mitch Friedman, Conservation Northwest Executive Director America is in a mood, and change is coming. I awoke to this new reality last Wednesday while on retreat in Spokane with the entire Conservation Northwest staff. It was hard not being at home on election night, but sharing the experience and feelings with my team … Continued
Washington’s Forests and Wildlife Need You to VOTE NO on I-2117
By Paula Swedeen, PhD., Senior Policy Director State Initiative 2117, hatched by wealthy hedge fund manager Brian Heywood, would repeal Washington’s Climate Commitment Act (CCA) and prevent the state from EVER putting a price on carbon emissions again. This is bad for everyone because it would make our climate more unstable, our air dirtier, our … Continued
What can living with grizzlies look like? Taking lessons from our northern neighbors
by mitch Friedman, Executive director Life in grizzly country is, well, like life not in grizzly country. I spent the first half of September traveling the Canadian Rockies with my wife, Jackie, and Wilma, our recently adopted dog. We traveled more than 2,000 miles in our Chevy Bolt EV with beautiful weather and stunning scenery. … Continued
Restoring Nature’s Complexity: How We Return to Ecologically Resilient Forests
Learn about the vital work Conservation Northwest is doing to protect our ecosystems by decommissioning roads, reconstructing rivers, and ensuring clean, safe water for both wildlife and people.
Protecting from the Headwaters: Keeping our Rivers Healthy and Flowing
Learn about the vital work Conservation Northwest is doing to protect our ecosystems by decommissioning roads, reconstructing rivers, and ensuring clean, safe water for both wildlife and people.
Requesting volunteers for planting native species in the Greenwater Watershed
Join us March 23 and 29-31 for one of the most coveted volunteer opportunities; native-planting days near Enumclaw, Washington!
How sharing habitat with grizzlies looks from north of the border
By Joe Scott, International Programs Director On a hot day last July, I sat on the Van Loon’s back deck overlooking meadows, cropland, forests and upper Lillooet River all backdropped by the steep rise of the BC Coast Ranges. The Van Loons are a fourth-generation farming family – Andrea, Marty and their daughter Erica were … Continued
Conservation Northwest Earns a Four-Star Rating From Charity Navigator
Conservation Northwest is proud to announce that its strong financial health and ongoing accountability and transparency have earned a Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator.
Middle schoolers contribute to connectivity science used in the I-5 wildlife crossing feasibility study in Southwest Washington
A unique and inspiring collaboration between the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Road Ecology Center at the University of California Davis, and Toutle River Middle School is beginning the edification and education that will cultivate young conservationists and a more connected landscape.