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 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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Jan 30, 2012Auburn Reporter
- "I'm a life long hunter and I know what worries hunters have about wolves returning to our state, I talk with them everyday," Jay Kehne said. "I may not be anti-wolf like some people in Okanogan County, but then again, there are a lot of people all over Eastern Washington who have mixed views of whether wolves are good or bad."
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Jan 25, 2012Omak Chronicle
- Letter to the editor: The talents of a good and highly qualified local man are being squandered by an unsavory push to divide and politicize. Our community is the richer for Jay Kehne's presence.
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Jan 23, 2012Ferry County View
- "It doesn't surprise anyone there are wolves in the Curlew area," [Department of Fish and Wildlife's Madonna Luers] said. "But confirming a pack or a breeding pair is another matter."
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Jan 18, 2012Omak Chronicle
- Letter to the editor: There are bigger challenges to us, as ranchers, than predation by wolves. Increased residential growth in land that has historically been in grazing creates all kinds of headaches. For instance, we are losing cattle to poachers.
