Golden Brick Events invited us to host a handful of workshops focused on backpacking skills and wildlife camera monitoring during their sixth annual Refuge Outdoor Festival.
One of the great things about our work is meeting up with fantastic students around the state and teaming up together on conservation projects. Matt Danielson, our Okanogan Forest Sr. Coordinator, and Keith Watson, our Sagelands Program Coordinator, recently had a field day with the Okanogan High School Ecology Class to examine wildfire recovery and … Continued
Join us for one of the most coveted volunteer opportunities; riparian native-planting days near Enumclaw, Washington! Conservation Northwest’s Central Cascades Restoration Watershed Program and Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS) are maximizing spring and are hosting two volunteer planting events open to the general public. This restoration work will help establish native plants in recovering areas of … Continued
New science exhibits need for wildlife crossing structures in Southwest Washington
Staff members, Jen and Laurel, recap their research-filled summer with Doris Duke Conservation Scholars. This summer, the Central Cascades Watershed Restoration Program had the good fortune of working with two bright young interns – Tracy Mai and Minerva Rivera – from the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program, which works to promote biocultural conservation – a broad endeavor to … Continued
Hop in the winter search for pygmy rabbit activity. EPHRATA, WA – If you are east of the Cascades, consider joining the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) and our Sagelands Heritage Program on the search for pygmy rabbit. Pygmy rabbit, named after its tiny size, has both state and federal Endangered status. It … Continued
Our attorneys argued before WA’s Supreme Court that State Forests must be managed “for all the people” By Paula Swedeen, Policy Director In a case decades in the making, on Thursday our attorneys argued before the State Supreme Court that Washington’s State Forests must be managed “for all the people”, as our State Constitution directs. You can … Continued
The future of this beautiful place and critical habitat corridor depends on you! Your urgent gift could make the difference in our Cascades to Rockies Capital Campaign. The foreground of that photo, taken by Justin Haug, a WDFW wildlife biologist, is critical sage steppe habitat comprising the historic Figlenski Ranch, in the Tunk Valley of central Okanogan County. … Continued
Blackberry removal volunteers support wildlife passage under Highway 12 By Brian Stewart, Cascades to Olympics Coordinator On Friday July 16 and Saturday July 17 Conservation Northwest held two volunteer events at the Satsop Restoration Project, clearing blackberries from under the Highway 12 bridge to improve habitat connectivity in this Cascdes to Olympics project area, and … Continued
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 From the Washington Coast to the British Columbia Rockies, the future of the Pacific Northwest depends on the steps we take today to protect it. Beyond supporting conservation … Continued