By Alaina Kowitz, Communications and Outreach Associate We hope you can join us for our “Celebrate Your Public Lands” rally at the Asahel Curtis Trailhead on April 23! After our hour-long rally celebrating our public lands, we encourage you to go out and enjoy them! The Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest is full of hiking trails and scenic … Continued
By Chase Gunnell, Deputy Communications Director Today, U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell laid out an important vision for the next 100 years of conservation, a speech in conjunction with National Park Week, Earth Week and the centennial of the National Park Service. You can read her full remarks here: The Next 100 Years of … Continued
By Alaina Kowitz, Communications and Outreach Associate Our Citizen Wildlife Monitoring Project harnesses the power of Northwest hikers, backcountry skiers, wildlife trackers and other volunteers to gather important data that informs land management and wildlife conservation policies. This month, two of our dedicated (and very patient) project volunteers picked up long-awaited wolverine photos on remote camera near … Continued
By Nina Gruber, Auction Coordinator and Megan Conaway, Special Events Intern There’s no better way to celebrate Earth Week than recognizing our part of the Earth, the Pacific Northwest, at our 13th annual Hope for a Wild Future Auction and Dinner on April 21st! Join us at 5:30 p.m. at Bell Harbor International Conference Center, where we’re hosting a big bash … Continued
By George Wooten, Conservation Associate For two years in a row, Washington has experienced the largest fires in our state’s history. In especially dry conditions, fires burned across heavily logged industrial timber lands as well as pristine and managed national forests. But that’s only part of the story. These fires crossed a significant amount of … Continued
By Alaina Kowitz, Communications and Outreach Associate In the wake of the last two wildfire seasons, it’s easy to villainize fire. Last summer, fires blazed through over a million acres of federal, state, private, and tribal lands in Washington state, displacing thousands of people. These days, many of us living in fire-prone landscapes know that it is not … Continued
Text and photos by David Moskowitz Editor’s Note: David is a biologist, photographer, author, and mountaineering and wildlife tracking instructor. He helps lead our Citizen Wildlife Monitoring Project as a contractor, and is the author of several renowned books on Northwest wildlife. You can support the Mountain Caribou Initiative on Kickstarter here. When I decided to spend … Continued
By Alaina Kowitz, Communications and Outreach Associate David Moskowitz is back to give his popular “Living with Grizzly Bears” presentation—only this time, Spokane is the place to be to hear the biologist, photographer, and wildlife tracker talk about grizzly bear recovery and what it might mean for those of us who live, work and play in … Continued
By Mitch Friedman, Executive Director What you’ve heard is true about the risk of logging around Oyster Dome, in the Blanchard State Forest near Bellingham. The Department of Natural Resources is in the early stage of planning a timber sale that, unless the State Legislature comes up with $7.7 million, will mean trees falling probably in the … Continued
Reflections on Malheur, America’s natural heritage, and those who would take it from us By Chase Gunnell, Communications Director The seizure of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge by armed extremists demanding that the government hand over America’s public lands to local or private control has ended. But the struggle to keep our public lands in public hands … Continued