By Paula Swedeen,Ph.D., Senior Policy Director Queets, Olympic National Park. Photo by Chase Gunnell. While the 2025 legislative session was challenging, we had a couple of important bright spots given the budget situation. We convinced legislators to appropriate $31 million for forest carbon sequestration projects in western Washington – $23 million on DNR lands and $8 … Continued
Speak up today on Northwest Forest Plan updates to prepare for a changing climate After 30 years, the Northwest Forest Plan (NFP) is being updated! Spanning 24 million acres across Washington, Oregon, and California, the NFP is the world’s first ecosystem management plan, setting out to protect and restore fish and wildlife habitat and … Continued
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 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
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OLYMPIA, Wash. — Governor Jay Inslee has rejected the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council (EFSEC) recommendations regarding the Horse Heaven Solar and Wind Development project. Despite the council’s extensive three-year effort, which involved scientific research, input from Tribes and local governments, and public feedback, Governor Inslee is giving the council just three months to revise … Continued
Use your voice to ensure renewable energy projects don’t harm sensitive habitat and ecosystems! The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is holding a virtual open-house meeting and is inviting public comments to update the 2012 Western Solar Plan to develop solar projects more effectively and efficiently. Conservation Northwest promotes the transition to renewable energy through careful … Continued
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 19, 2023) – A group of conservation, sporting, and forest stewardship organizations lauded the U.S. Forest Service for announcing a historic proposal to conserve old-growth forests through proactive, science-based management approaches to address climate change and other threats to these forests. The agency’s proposal seeks to chart a new direction for the … Continued
Doris Duke Conservation Scholars from across the U.S. jumped into Conservation Northwest restoration fieldwork this summer. Riparian Restoration and Education at Conservation Northwest – Kareli Mora Ayon, Mikayla J. Agbamuche, and Amber Smith from DDCSP@UW on Vimeo. For the second year in a row, Conservation Northwest has had the good fortune and great privilege to … 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