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.
Category: Our Staff
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
Introducing Chris Mason, Our Newest Conservation Northwest Board Member
Conservation Northwest is pleased to welcome our newest Board Member, Chris Mason
Meet more new staff at Conservation Northwest!
This past year has brought many new faces to our organization–here are more that have joined our ranks!
An introduction to new staff at Conservation Northwest
Get to know some of the new faces at our organization!
Lytton, BC: My personal journey and climate change poster child
2021 Fire Dispatch #2: At the spearpoint of climate change *Editor’s Note: During the big wildfires that burned across eastern Washington in 2015, we published a series of”dispatches” from our staff living and working in communities affected by fire. As 2021’s fire season as gotten off to a historically challenging start, we’ve again encouraged our … Continued
Freewill: A new resource to protect what you love
Conservation Northwest is now part of Freewill, a free online tool to write your legal will and plan legacy gifts. By Meghan Madden, Director of Development & Operations Summer is here! From the wolves to the fishers to the towering forests, the beautiful spaces of the Pacific Northwest are adapting to the warmer months — and thanks to … Continued
Welcoming new team members at Conservation Northwest
Get to know our new staffers, Jen Syrowitz, Meghan Madden, Jordan Ryckman, and Sara Bellevue! New faces at Conservation Northwest Jen Syrowitz, Conservation Program Manager Where are you from and how long have you lived in the northwest? I was born and raised in the great white north, spending my formative years on the Manitoba … Continued
What 2020 taught me about ecological and emotional resilience
Just as an old-growth tree serves as the ecological backbone of a resilient forest, a strong emotional foundation can help people get through hard times. By Tiana Luke, Colville Forest Lead Much of my work as part of the Forest Field Team centers on ecological resilience. Whether that is increasing ecological resilience—so wildfires burn within … Continued
Help us keep the Northwest wild in 2021
Dear Friend of the Northwest, If you’ve already made a gift in 2020, our deepest gratitude for your support. You can check out here and here all the ways your support for Conservation Northwest has gone to work this past year powering innovative and impactful conservation projects that are making a real difference for Northwest wildlife and wildlands. If you haven’t yet made … Continued