Take action for wildfire recovery in Washington’s shrub-steppe
WILD NW Action Alert #315: Show your support for shrub-steppe recovery funding in the 2021 state budget.
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Video: This Land Is Part of Us: Washington’s shrub-steppe ecosystem
A shrub-stefilm produced by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and Conservation Northwest.
Researching elk, black-tailed deer, and other species in need of wildlife crossings in the Chehalis Basin
Garrett Brummel shares his experience working with the Veterans Ecological Trades Collective to monitor wildlife along I-5 during his Cascades to Olympics internship. By Garrett Brummel, Cascades to Olympics Intern As a first-year graduate student in Evergreen State College’s Masters of Environmental Studies program, I have been focusing most of my research on treponeme-associated hoof … Continued
Show your support for state wildlife area acquisitions!
WILD NW Action Alert #313: Through February 12, send the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife a message supporting three proposed land acquisitions that would enhance wildlife connectivity.
Comments on Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife 2021 land acquisitions
We submitted the following letter to WDFW in support of their 2021 land acquisition priorities, which would benefit wildlife connectivity in two of our conservation programs.
Help us keep the Northwest wild in 2021
Dear Friend of the Northwest, If you’ve already made a gift in 2020, our deepest gratitude for your support. You can check out here and here all the ways your support for Conservation Northwest has gone to work this past year powering innovative and impactful conservation projects that are making a real difference for Northwest wildlife and wildlands. If you haven’t yet made … Continued
2020 Update from our Executive Director
In a year of historic adversity, we forged ahead. Help us accomplish more for a wilder Northwest in 2021! By Mitch Friedman, Executive Director Wow. 2020 has been quite the wild year, hasn’t it? A global pandemic, historic wildfires, hurricanes and glacial melt–harbingers of rapid climate change, the largest protests for racial justice since the … Continued
Sagelands wildfires, wildlife, recovery and resilience
Editor’s Note: Living and working in Omak in north-central Washington, Jay Kehne is no stranger to wildfires, and sadly, this is not the first time that he’s watched large fires burn around his community, or sheltered human and animal refugees at his home. We’re grateful to have Jay’s knowledge, generosity and decades of experience in … Continued
New maps show agricultural barriers to wildlife connectivity in our Sagelands Heritage Program
Two maps of cropland throughout Washington’s Sagelands show how constricted this area is for wildlife moving through the landscape. By Keiko Betcher, Communications and Outreach Associate Washington’s arid shrub-steppe has a subtle beauty home to dozens of delicate species, some found nowhere else in the state. While mule deer and elk frequently move through this … Continued
A changing Northwest climate makes habitat connectivity even more critical
Protecting, connecting and restoring wildlands and wildlife to keep the Northwest wild and resilient in the face of climate change By Keiko Betcher, Communications and Outreach Associate Since our founding in 1989, Conservation Northwest’s mission has always been to keep the Northwest wild. We’re working toward our long-standing vision of large, connected landscapes that support … Continued