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Groups announce new effort for wilderness and working lands in Washington Jul 28, 2010: Innovative partnership draws on ranching, timber, and conservation interests to keep Cascades connected to the Rockies
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 Jul 16, 2010: In northeast Washington's Columbia Highlands, working ranches, small timber operations, and farms are not only the lifeblood of the community, they are vital to wildlife. Conservation Northwest has submitted an application to the Forest Legacy Program on behalf of Ferry County ranchers Bryan and Debra Gotham to keep their land as a working ranch and tree farm indefinitely.

Methow power-line fight turns into Supreme Court showdown Aug 08, 2010 The Seattle Times: The fight over the future of the shrub-steppe grasslands above the shimmering Methow River has become what few could have predicted: a constitutional feud between the heads of two state agencies.
Initiative forges unexpected alliance Aug 05, 2010 Capital Press: A Capital Press article by Mathew Weaver on the Columbia Highlands Initiative.
Partnership draws on ranching, timber, and conservation interests Aug 04, 2010 The Statesman-Examiner: Statesman-Examiner article on the Columbia Highlands Initiative.
Group proposes wilderness areas Aug 04, 2010 The Miner: The Miner article by Janelle Atyeo covering the Columbia Highlands Initiative.
Environmentalists and Loggers Find Common Ground Aug 02, 2010 Open Range: Radio segment by Susan Allen on Open Range on AgInfo.Net website.
Whirling into the forest primeval Jul 31, 2010 The Wall Street Journal: Heli-hiking in Canada has become a way to take in the beauty of the terrain. However, conservation groups such as Conservation Northwest wonder what effect this activity will have on the wildlife of the area.