Our wildlife needs habitat connectivity- now more than ever. A key vote in Olympia is happening soon, and we need your help to move the bill forward. The new Washington Habitat Connectivity Action Plan will be published in June, and we are working to ensure our agency partners have the resources needed to implement it … Continued
Conservation Northwest honored the smalqmix Lower Similkameen Indian Band (LSIB), based in Cawston, British Columbia, for our partnership that has spanned more than 25 years. Mitch Friedman, CNW’s executive director, handed a check for $350,000 (US) to kal?lupaqn, Chief Keith Crow of the LSIB. The funds are in support of the Band’s work to protect … Continued
Read Conservation Northwest’s highlights from 2023.
Join us for invasive plant removal volunteer day to support wildlife passage under Highway 12 in SW Washington After a long winter and a record flood in the Chehalis Basin, Conservation Northwest’s Cascades to Olympics Program (C2O) is ready to start the volunteer season with a bang! Come join our C2O Program Manager and a … Continued
Victory for wildlife in Snoqualmie Pass! Conservation Northwest joins our legal partners at Crag Law Center in celebrating last week’s victory protecting wildlife, fish habitat, and wetlands near Snoqualmie Pass. We filed a lawsuit this spring to try to protect the threatened wildlife corridor encompassing Mardee Lake, which has long been an area of focus … Continued
We officially published our Annual Report for 2022. Each year surpasses the last as we bolster our programs and impact on the ground with a keen focus on connecting, protecting, and restoring wildlife and wildlands in the Northwest.
March 8, 2023 OKANOGAN COUNTY, Washington—Last week, Western Rivers Conservancy (WRC), the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) permanently protected two miles of the Okanogan River and a key piece of one of the state’s most important wildlife corridors by conserving McLoughlin Falls Ranch. The 727-acre … Continued
Join us for invasive plant removal volunteer days to support wildlife passage under Highway 12 in Southwest Washington After a long winter, Conservation Northwest’s Cascades to Olympics Program (C2O) is ready to start the volunteer season with a bang! Come join our C2O Program Manager and a diverse and inspiring group of core volunteers as … Continued
For more than two decades, state and federal governments and private nonprofit organizations have spent tens of millions of dollars acquiring tens of thousands of acres in the area of Snoqualmie Pass to benefit wildlife. The Washington State Department of Transportation responded by spending millions more on wildlife crossings, including the critical underpass at Gold … Continued
Disabled Veterans National Foundation grant strengthens collaborative conservation work in the Chehalis Basin SEATTLE, Wash. – Conservation Northwest, in partnership with the Veterans’ Ecological Trades Collective and the Washington Department of Veteran Affairs, is expanding its efforts to document wildlife movement along Interstate 5 and equip veterans with skills and experience in the conservation field. … Continued