However you spent your Valentine’s Day, you deserve a big bear hug for your support of Northwest wildlife and wildlands. By Matthew Brouwer, Director of Development Whether you had someone to snuggle with this Valentine’s Day or not, we want to send you some love for your amazing support this past year! Thanks to the generosity of … Continued
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
Habitat restoration, forest and road surveys, responsible recreation outreach, state land transfers and continued collaboration toward restoring Gold Creek made for a successful year in the Central Cascades. By Laurel Baum, Central Cascades Conservation Associate Despite the various setbacks and hardships of 2020, our work in the field continued, especially to meet the needs of … Continued
From creating safe passage for wildlife to protecting transboundary watersheds from mining pollution, here are 25 reasons to support a wild Northwest! By Matthew Brouwer, Development Director As we move through the shortest, gloomiest days of the year, need a little boost to brighten your day and get you inspired about innovative public lands protection, … Continued
From creating safe passage for wildlife to protecting transboundary watersheds from mining pollution, here are 20 reasons from 2020 to support a wild Northwest! By Matthew Brouwer, Development Director It’s Giving Tuesday! As December gloom sets in, need a little boost to brighten your day and get you inspired about innovative public lands protection, habitat restoration and wildlife recovery efforts? Here are 20 reasons … Continued
In a year of historic adversity, we forged ahead. Help us accomplish more for a wilder Northwest in 2021! By Mitch Friedman, Executive Director Wow. 2020 has been quite the wild year, hasn’t it? A global pandemic, historic wildfires, hurricanes and glacial melt–harbingers of rapid climate change, the largest protests for racial justice since the … Continued
We submitted the following testimony to the Board of Natural Resources, which voted on a final conservation plan that ignores the collaborative efforts of the Marbled Murrelet Solutions Table. In 2019, the Board of Natural Resources (BNR) voted to adopt a Long-Term Strategy for the marbled murrelet that amended the Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) … Continued
“There has been no way for grizzly bears to get back into that area (North Cascades) on their own, even though there is a lot of really good habitat there.” – Garth Mowatt, Ph.D., Large Carnivore Lead, British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. BY JOE SCOTT, INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS DIRECTOR AND GRIZZLY … Continued
Environmental activist and long-time Conservation Northwest supporter passed at age of 65 after a two-year battle with cancer. By Mitch Friedman, Executive Director Kay Treakle will be missed. She pass last week after a long bout with cancer. For over a decade, I would travel to Tacoma for lunch with Kay once a year. She … Continued
By Paul Bannick, major Gifts Director A revered conservationist, philanthropist and outdoorsman passed away on April 20th. Floyd Rogers, a big man with an even larger heart and a gentle nature, leaves an impressive legacy on the lands of the Northwest and in the memories of those who had the pleasure of knowing him. Floyd … Continued