Friedman: Embrace collaborative forest restoration to address wildfire risks
We best honor those most affected, both victims and firefighters, when our response improves a situation that is far from simple.
News Category: News Releases
British Columbia fires delay fisher restoration in Washington’s North Cascades
Olympia – Biologists have temporarily halted plans to reintroduce fishers to forests in Washington’s North Cascades using animals from British Columbia.
I-90 Wildlife Watch urges motorists to report wildlife in Snoqualmie Pass area
Re-launch of wildlife monitoring website provides opportunity for motorists to engage in wildlife conservation along Snoqualmie Pass
Statement on Smackout Wolf Pack
While heartrending, it is our hope that this action to attempt to remove up to two members of this pack, in addition to the one already killed, will cease further livestock depredations and prevent the need for additional lethal actions, protecting the integrity and future of this pack. We see this as a test of the theory that early lethal intervention can disrupt depredating behavior.
Statement on Hanford Reach National Monument protections
“We appreciate that Secretary Zinke and the White House have chosen to listen to the many thousands of Washingtonians who want to see monument protections remain in place at Hanford Reach,” said Mitch Friedman, Executive Director of Conservation Northwest.
Statement on U.S. House Resolution 2936
“Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017” does not promote resiliency and instead undermines years of collaborative restoration work.
Trail cameras show first evidence of fishers born in the South Cascades
Grainy images of a young female fisher with her kit provide the first evidence that this rare forest carnivore is reproducing in the South Cascades, where state, federal and non-profit organizations are working to reintroduce them.
Statement on Revised Wolf-Livestock Interaction Protocol
As a member of Washington’s Wolf Advisory Group (WAG), and an active participant in the collaborative process to update our state’s Protocol for Wolf-Livestock Interactions, Conservation Northwest supports the updated protocol released by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) on June 1, 2017.
Statement on confirmation of Rep. Ryan Zinke as Secretary of the Interior
While we admire Representative Zinke for being a Western outdoorsman who understands the beauty and value of our natural heritage, his stances on undermining environmental protections and prioritizing natural resource extraction cause great concern. If he is confirmed, we can only hope that the side of him we’ll see is that which has made strong statements in favor of keeping America’s national parks, forests, wildlife refuges and other public lands in federal hands.
Restore the North Cascades Grizzly Bear
Release of draft restoration strategies welcomed as a historic step towards recovery of North America’s most at-risk bear population