Between now and October 31, become a Conservation Northwest member for a special annual rate of $25! By Julia Spencer, Membership Manager Wildfires burned hot and bright this summer across a dry, sunny Washington state. Homes and wildlife habitat burned, and despite the efforts of thousands of brave firefighters, the losses were enormous. Conservation Northwest has been … Continued
Editor’s Note: This is the twelfth of our fire dispatches from staff and colleagues that live or work in the areas impacted by this year’s fires. A forest ecologist, Dave Werntz lives and works in the Methow Valley community of Twisp. For more information on this issue, please contact dwerntz (at) conservationnw.org By Dave Werntz, Science and Conservation Director … Continued
Editor’s Note: This is the eleventh of our fire dispatches from staff and colleagues that live or work in the areas impacted by this year’s fires. The Working for Wildlife Initiative, led by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and Conservation Northwest staffers Jen Watkins and Jay Kehne, is a seven year partnership to protect wildlife habitat, working … Continued
Editor’s Note: This is the tenth of our fire dispatches from staff and colleagues that live or work in the areas impacted by this year’s fires. By Mitch Friedman, Executive Director September in the Okanogan is still sublime, even in the aftermath of this epic fire season. While many landscapes burned very hot, it’s still possible to … Continued
Editor’s Note: This is the ninth of our fire dispatches from staff and colleagues that live or work in the areas impacted by this year’s fires. Conservation Associate David Heflick lives in a log cabin outside the town of Orient near the Kettle River Mountain Range in the Columbia Highlands. As part of our Forest Field Program team, he works … Continued
Editor’s Note: This is the eighth of our fire dispatches from staff and colleagues that live or work in the areas impacted by this year’s fires. By Andy Held, Conservation Northwest Boardmember. Andy also serves on the board of Wilderness Awareness School. HE has used the land around Scanlon Lake for many years. My life changed at Scanlon … Continued
Editor’s Note: This is the seventh of our dispatches from staff that live or work in the areas impacted by this year’s fires. Dispatch #1, Dispatch #2, Dispatch #3, Dispatch #4, Dispatch #5, Dispatch #6. Jay Kehne lives and works in Omak, Washington. He leads our Wolf Conflict Avoidance Program, including the Range Rider Pilot Project, and also works on habitat connectivity and … Continued
Editor’s Note: This is the sixth of our dispatches from staff that live or work in the areas impacted by this year’s fires. By Chase Gunnell, Deputy Communications Director Below is a map of 2015 wildfire perimeters (as of August 21st, 2015) overlaid with property ownership and land management in northcentral and northeast Washington. So far, this year’s fires seem … Continued
Editor’s Note: This is the fifth of our dispatches from staff that live or work in the areas impacted by this year’s fires. By Mitch Friedman, Executive Director Today, I attended a field hearing on fire policy hosted by Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Senator John Barrasso (R-WY). Sen. Cantwell opened the hearing by saying “every dollar spent on (fire) … Continued
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth of our dispatches from staff that live or work in the areas impacted by this year’s fires. George Wooten lives in Twisp, working on forest and wildlands restoration and policy in north-central Washington as part of our Forest Field Program. He has been sending us regular fire updates over the past … Continued