Fourth year of collaborative project supporting coexistence between people, livestock and wolves was a success The Range Rider Pilot Project, a collaborative effort between Conservation Northwest and seven ranchers grazing cattle in areas of Eastern Washington occupied by six different wolf packs in 2015, has previously produced three years with no livestock lost to wolf … Continued
Climate change and genetic isolation threaten famously tough carnivore MISSOULA, Mont.— Describing the wolverine as a “snow-dependent species standing squarely in the path of global climate change,” a federal judge today overturned an August 2014 decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refusing to grant this rare and elusive species any protection under the Endangered Species … Continued
WDFW, National Park Service, Conservation Northwest and partners reintroduce fishers into Cascades We’re thrilled to announce that this week, fishers will return to Washington’s Cascade Mountains for the first time in over half a century! Fishers, sometimes called Pacific fishers on the West Coast, are housecat-sized members of the weasel family that feed on hares, … Continued
Of those who submitted comments in support of or opposition to grizzly bear restoration, supporters outweighed opponents by over 5 to 1! Planning for grizzly bear restoration in the North Cascades Recovery Zone is finally underway. After initiating the public process in February 2015, government agencies recently completed the public scoping phase of an Environmental Impact … Continued
Conservation Northwest supports Substitute House Bill 2107 as amended on February 27th in the House Appropriations Committee, opposes Senate Bill 5583 Our staff have been hard at work in Olympia this month, meeting with state legislators and colleagues in the conservation and ranching communities to provide input on legislation that continues to support the sustainable … Continued
February 23rd Update: Several new wolf bills have been proposed and have advanced out of committee. Though we support HB 1676 (funding ungulate-wolf interaction research), we are strongly in opposition to SB 5583(regional species delisting) and we oppose SB 5960 (revising the Wolf Conservation and Management Plan) as it is currently written. Conservation Northwest staff in Olympia and our partners in the conservation … Continued