http://www.conservationnw.org See us in the news! daily 1 2006-09-20T20:26:07Z http://www.conservationnw.org/pressroom/press-clips/scientists-reject-new-spotted-owl-plan Three professional organizations of wildlife scientists rejected the Bush Administration's latest plan for saving the northern spotted owl from extinction while allowing a boost in old growth logging. No publisher jasmine 2008-08-05T22:35:37Z Press Clip http://www.conservationnw.org/pressroom/press-clips/taking-out-the-high-roads-to-save-the-skokomish For years, the Skokomish River has been slowly smothering under a layer of gravel, sand and soil collapsing from old logging roads. In an effort to restore and repair the Skokomish, several stewardship projects are now underway to restore the Skokomish, the first of which was promoted by Conservation Northwest. No publisher jasmine 2008-08-05T21:36:31Z Press Clip http://www.conservationnw.org/pressroom/press-clips/cougar-conundrum Will Klickitat County be safer if it is included in Washington's pilot program to allow cougars to be hunted with hounds? Joe Scott, International Conservation Director at Conservation Northwest, said, "to further couch (the pilot program) in terms of public safety...is disingenuous. There's no body of evidence...that says hound-hunting is going to prevent or preclude problem cougars." No publisher jasmine 2008-08-05T22:12:46Z Press Clip http://www.conservationnw.org/pressroom/press-clips/reconveyance-a-great-idea-for-lake-whatcom-watershed Once in a great while a community has the opportunity to make a decision that profoundly affects its prosperity and quality of life for many generations to come. Whatcom Land Trust believes that the opportunity to transfer 8,400 acres to create a large forest reserve park in the Lake Whatcom Watershed is such an opportunity. No publisher emoore 2008-07-30T19:25:58Z Press Clip http://www.conservationnw.org/pressroom/press-clips/wolf-monitoring-indicates-pack-is-doing-well Wildlife biologists and volunteers monitoring Washington state's first wolf pack near Twisp say the parents and pups appear to be doing well since the mother and father were captured, radio-collared and released back into the wild on July 18. No publisher emoore 2008-07-30T18:04:58Z Press Clip http://www.conservationnw.org/pressroom/press-clips/wolves-and-humans-what-the-experts-say "You're more likely to get attacked by someone's dog while you're hiking on a trail than you are to have a threatening contact with a wolf," said Derrick Knowles, outreach coordinator for Conservation Northwest. "When you look at the real threats that are out there, wolves are way, way down on the totem pole." No publisher jasmine 2008-07-30T18:06:46Z Press Clip http://www.conservationnw.org/pressroom/press-clips/dna-samples-confirm-gray-wolves-are-back-in-methow-valley Six pups are part of first confirmed wolf pack in valley in more than 70 years. No publisher emoore 2008-07-25T20:50:22Z Press Clip http://www.conservationnw.org/pressroom/press-clips/states-first-purebred-wolf-pack-since-1930s-found-in-methow-valley The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife tested DNA from a male and a lactating female wolf captured near Twisp last week, and both are confirmed purebred wolves. No publisher jasmine 2008-07-30T18:08:28Z Press Clip http://www.conservationnw.org/pressroom/press-clips/biologists-capture-suspected-wolves-in-okanogan-county Washington state Fish and Wildlife biologists and wolf experts from Idaho captured what they believe are two wolves Friday in western Okanogan County, a development that could confirm the first wolf pack in Washington since the animals were eradicated decades ago. No publisher jasmine 2008-07-23T19:05:24Z Press Clip http://www.conservationnw.org/pressroom/press-clips/howling-survey-may-indicate-wolf-pack An interagency team of biologists is hot on the trail of what is believed to be the first wolf pack in Washington state since the 1930s in western Okanogan County. No publisher emoore 2008-07-23T16:53:22Z Press Clip http://www.conservationnw.org/pressroom/press-clips/possible-return-of-wolves-sparks-planning-for-their-presence Gray wolves were wiped out in Washington by the 1930s, but the echoing, spine-tingling howls of a pack in full cry recently showed they're coming back on their own. No publisher jasmine 2008-07-24T17:23:40Z Press Clip http://www.conservationnw.org/pressroom/press-clips/protection-sought-for-rare-u-s-wolverine Conservation Northwest of Bellingham is among those who've announced in July they would sue the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife over its decision not to award endangered status to wolverines. No publisher emoore 2008-07-14T18:17:58Z Press Clip http://www.conservationnw.org/pressroom/press-clips/judge-to-decide-if-wolverines-will-be-protected Conservation Northwest and 10 other groups have threatened to sue the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife over its decision to not give wolverines endangered status. No publisher jasmine 2008-07-25T20:51:19Z Press Clip http://www.conservationnw.org/pressroom/press-clips/howls-in-okanogan-area-signal-of-wolves-return More than 70 years after the last wolf pack was wiped out here, state biologists checking reports of wolf sightings in the Okanogan region recently heard howls that sound like both adult and young wolves, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Friday. No publisher jasmine 2008-07-24T17:58:00Z Press Clip http://www.conservationnw.org/pressroom/press-clips/forestry-groups-queried-on-u-s-funds "Transparency, openness and accountability -- that's not happening, as far as we can see," said Joe Scott, international conservation director for Conservation Northwest, one of the groups that sued over the administration's refusal to release information under the Freedom of Information Act. No publisher emoore 2008-07-21T22:23:19Z Press Clip