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Document ActionsNewsUp one levelCourt Ruling Affects Wolves in WashingtonA recent federal court ruling reinstates protection for wolves in the northern Rockies under the Endangered Species Act - including the eastern third of Washington. Meanwhile, wolf packs in Washington continue to face a challenging recovery. Conservation Northwest announces public campaign for wilderness and working lands
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Jul 28, 2010 07:00 AM
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Conservation Northwest, along with timber industry leaders, recreationists and ranchers announced today a new collaborative initiative aimed at addressing threats to wildlife as well as rural economies posed by pressures from overdevelopment and climate change. The Columbia Highlands Initiative, unveiled today at simultaneous press conferences in Spokane and Seattle, seeks to maintain an important habitat connection between the Cascades and Rockies by protecting wild places and sustaining working ranches and jobs in the woods in the Columbia Highlands region of northeast Washington. Conservation Northwest partners with ranchers on forest legacy project
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Jul 20, 2010 11:30 AM
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In the Columbia Highlands, working ranches, small timber operations, and farms are not only the lifeblood of the community, they are vital to wildlife. Conservation Northwest is working with the Gothams and other stewards who have cared for family lands for generations to help ensure that these special place are safe from development. Judge rules in favor of the little things that run the world
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The ninth circuit court today ruled in favor of upholding "look before you log" old-growth protections put in place under the Northwest Forest Plan. The ruling strikes down the last surviving attempt by the Bush administration's five point strategy to boost logging in the region's old-growth forests. Restoring watersheds means jobs
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Jan 16, 2009 06:15 PM
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At the start of the 111th Congress, members of Congress are building support for an economic stimulus package that advocates for creating green jobs. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) is circulating a letter to her colleagues asking for their support to send a letter to the Obama administration asking for $500 million over two years to fund watershed restoration on National Forest System lands. |
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