The current administration could not let a weekend go by without launching another salvo at our natural world. On March 1, Trump signed a new executive order calling for Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production. The effects of the order are significant and procedural, even if not immediate. The president issued an executive order aimed at accelerating … Continued
Conservation groups respond to the ruling THURSTON COUNTY, WA-Thurston County Superior Court Judge Anne Egeler affirmed that the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has the authority to lease lands for carbon sequestration. Doing so is consistent with the Department’s fiduciary obligations to trust beneficiaries. Conservationist groups welcomed Friday’s ruling. and their responses to … Continued
State legislators in Olympia invested a landmark $83 million in forest conservation and ecological forest management practices to boost carbon sequestration on state lands.
Conservation Northwest objects to the North Fork Nooksack Vegetation Management Project draft decision
Historic case asks the Court to interpret the plain terms of the Washington State Constitution providing that state forests are held in trust “for all the people.”
We submitted technical comments on the Upper Wenatchee Pilot Project in support of landscape-scale restoration and reducing risks of uncharacteristic wildfires, and provided feedback on our concerns around protecting critical habitat.
Join us and the Puget Sound Chapter of the American Association of Zoo Keepers for an evening full of Truffles, featuring our Colville Forest Lead Tiana Luke!
We have been supporters of the Okanogan Wenatchee Restoration Strategy and while the scale of the proposed action appears appropriate, we had difficulty finding clear links between the results of the landscape evaluations, the proposed actions, and the effects analysis.
WILD NW #310: Send a message to the Forest Service by Friday, December 18 to stop plans to unnecessarily cut large, fire resilient trees and degrade wildlife habitat in the Twisp River watershed.
This project rooted in science and local collaboration provides a valuable model for landscape-scale forest and watershed restoration.