When the office nearest you is...Republic

In the heart of the Colville NF

Our office in Republic was the first and foremost office for Kettle Range Conservation Group, with whom we merged forces in 2004. That merger has allowed us to better protect eastern Washington's forests and wildlife.

Republic is a small town with a large heart, surrounded by Colville National Forest and some of the biggest, wildest roadless forest in the state. Snow Peak in the Kettle River Range, one of the major ranges that make up the Columbia Mountains, rises to the east. The "kettles" are the bowls and rocky formations created by rushing water. Past Republic the Sanpoil River runs wild into the Columbia River to the south. Grizzly and wolverine have been sighted not far from here, but in town, it's the mule deer who rule the day.

Conservation Northwest's Tim Coleman works out of this office, which is also the sometimes stomping grounds of conservation associates David Heflick (who works out of his Stevens County home) and George Wooten (of Twisp). Together, they work to advance the Columbia Highlands Initiative, an effort with local mill owners, the Forest Service, and others to find common ground on recreation, forests, wildlife, and wilderness issues.