Press Room
The latest press releases and press clippings from Conservation Northwest
Press Contacts
- Jasmine Minbashian
- Director of Special Projects
- jasmine@conservationnw.org
- Phone: 360.671.9950 X29
- Cell: 360.319.3111
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- Mitch Friedman
- Executive Director
- mitch@conservationnw.org
- Phone: (360) 319-9266
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Recent Press Releases
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Dec 03, 2011
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Conservation Northwest applauds collaborative approach to wolf conservationConservation Northwest applauds the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission for approving a state conservation and management plan for the gray wolf.
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Dec 01, 2011
- Conservation Northwest today completed the purchase of a conservation easement for 303 acres of the Gotham ranch in the Kettle Range Mountains, committing these acres to continued agriculture, open space, and wildlife habitat by retiring rights to develop residential or mineral values.
Recent Press Clips
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Feb 10, 2012The Spokesman-Review
- The Northeast Washington Forestry Coalition worked on the Colville proposal, while the Kootenai Valley Resource Initiative was instrumental in the Idaho Panhandle’s proposal. The two groups seek to find common ground among the timber industry, environmental groups, tribes, local governments and other interests.
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Feb 03, 2012Public News Service
- Getting the news was a big relief, says Mitch Friedman... because the competition for this funding is tough. "Together over the last eight years, our group has fostered more than two dozen successful, on-the-ground, quality forest restoration projects. That's what put us in good position to compete for this million-dollar grant."
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Feb 03, 2012KPLU
- The federal government is relying more and more on the help of non-profit groups... groups such as Conservation Northwest, which is based in Bellingham. Its executive director Mitch Friedman says they’ve formed a coalition of forestry people, carrying out the same goals as the work that's funded with matching money from the feds.
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Feb 03, 2012The Spokesman-Review
- “This is about jobs. It’s about restoration. And making sure forests are in a position to preserve precious water resources,” Vilsack said.... “We continue to work on collaborative efforts to make sure we have left these forests in better shape.”
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Feb 03, 2012National Geographic
- National Geographic sits down with Daniel MacNulty, an arctic wolf researcher and wildlife biologist, to get the truth behind the new movie The Grey.
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Feb 01, 2012MSNBC
- Paul Banick, wildlife photographer and development director at Conservation Northwest, talks about the irruption of snowy owls in Washington.
