By Aleah Jaeger, Citizen Wildlife Monitoring Project Coordinator And Alaina Kowitz, Communications and Outreach Associate It’s springtime in the Pacific Northwest, and that means our remote camera monitoring field season is about to begin! Our snow-tracking season wrapped up successfully, with better conditions than last year. Highlights include beaver tracks, pairs of coyote tracks traveling … Continued
By Mitch Friedman, Executive Director You may have heard the exciting news that we at Conservation Northwest decided to affiliate with the National Wildlife Federation (NWF). This is a proud moment for us, as NWF is America’s oldest and largest national conservation organization. It’s also a proud moment for me, as I first joined NWF as a … Continued
THANK YOU for your support at our 13th annual Hope for a Wild Future auction and dinner last week! You raised $315,000 to support our work protecting, connecting and restoring the wildlife and wildlands of Washington and British Columbia for future generations. That’s a new record amount raised at our biggest event of the year! … 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 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
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 Alaina Kowitz, Communications and Outreach Associate The season of giving is quickly approaching, and many of us are looking for ways to rise above the consumerism chaos of Black Friday and Cyber Monday after Thanksgiving. Well, look no further, givers! Giving Tuesday is the latest post-Thanksgiving weekday to earn a name for itself, and it reminds … Continued
Last month, Conservation Northwest sponsored the annual WildLinks gathering at Manning Park Resort to bring together over 80 individuals from the diverse pool of governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations working throughout Cascadia to create a more resilient landscape for species and ecosystems. Hosted by the Cascadia Partner Forum, which Conservation Northwest facilitates, the forum covered topics including: … Continued
We’re excited to announce that we have some new staff members at Conservation Northwest! Joining us in our Seattle Office are Natalie Doerr, Foundation Relations Manager, and Alaina Kowitz, Communications and Outreach Associate. Natalie will be leading our grant applications and building relationships with foundations that support our conservation work. Alaina will be supporting our … Continued