Press Releases
These are our press releases
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Wildlife commission adopts wolf recovery plan
Dec 03, 2011Olympia, WA
- Conservation Northwest applauds collaborative approach to wolf conservation
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Conservation easement protects working ranch and wildlife habitat
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.
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Washington Supreme Court Rules Attorney General Must Represent Lands Commissioner
Sep 01, 2011
- State’s appeal of controversial Methow powerline plan will now move forward
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Colville cattle ranch permanently protected as working ranch
Aug 10, 2011
- Heart of Dawson family ranch business will never be subdivided
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Wolves are returning to Washington State!
Jul 19, 2011
- Seattle event offers insight, activism
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Wolverines jump to the front of the line for endangered species protections
Jul 12, 2011
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agrees to make listing decision by 2013
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Historic accord for old-growth conservation and forest restoration clears court
Jul 07, 2011
- Commensense plan protects rare wildlife and promotes habitat restoration
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New wolf pack confirmed in Washington State
Jul 05, 2011
- Conservation Northwest’s remote camera photos lead to the confirmation of the second known pack in the Cascade Mountains
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First verified grizzly bear sighting in the US Cascades in fifteen years
Jul 01, 2011
- A team of government and independent grizzly bear experts unanimously affirmed that a bear photographed in North Cascades National Park in October 2010 was a grizzly bear.
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Conservation groups respond to Colville NF wilderness recommendations with mixed feelings
Jun 30, 2011
- With release of the Forest Service proposed action for the Colville and Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forests’ forest plan revision today, local conservation groups responded to the preliminary recommendations for wilderness on the Colville with mixed feelings. The proposed action for the Colville National Forest includes preliminary administrative wilderness recommendations for four distinct roadless areas, including much of the Bald/Snow, Profanity, and Hoodoo Canyon areas in the Kettle Range and the Abercrombie Mountain area northeast of Colville in the Selkirk Mountains. Several thousand acres of roadless land adjacent to the existing Salmo-Priest Wilderness, which is northeast Washington’s only designated wilderness area, is also recommended for wilderness.
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Gotham Ranch beef highlighted for stewardship in new marketing effort
Jun 15, 2011
- “Today’s American consumer wants to feel good about their beef,” said Tim Loveall, President of Ameristar Meats, who grew up in Colville on a farm that had been homesteaded by Bryan Gotham’s grandfather. "The Gothams practice the type of stewardship that people imagine when they think of cattle ranging free without harming our precious water and wildlife resources." If the US Congress designates that part of the Colville National Forest as wilderness, the Gothams can continue with the same ranching practices they use under present administrative land designations. "We support wilderness designation," said Bryan and Deb Gotham, "because it won’t change our range practices and it may improve the marketing value of our beef and our bottom line."
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Washington residents face federal charges for killing several endangered wolves
Jun 08, 2011
- Three Twisp area residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury and are charged with killing several endangered Washington wolves. The three, all members of the White family, including Bill White, his son Tom White and Tom’s wife, Erin White, were named in the indictment filed in U.S. District Court in Spokane on Tuesday. The White’s have been charged with conspiracy to take an endangered species and to smuggle a wolf hide out of the country, as well as other wildlife charges.
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Funding Extends I-90 Upgrade Through Cascades
May 16, 2011
- Project includes the first wildlife overpass in Washington State
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Feds to review the status of wolves in the Northwest
May 04, 2011
- Illegal killing of wolves greatest threat to recovery in the Cascades
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Kretz, Conservation Northwest agree on cougar pilot program extension
Apr 01, 2011
- Lawmaker, environmental group to build on common ground
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Conservation Northwest statement on settlement of wolf recovery lawsuit in Northern Rockies
Mar 21, 2011
- Conservation Northwest statement on a legal settlement reached by ten conservation groups with the Department of the Interior regarding wolf recovery and management in the Northern Rockies.
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Reward fund to help stop poaching in Washington
Mar 01, 2011
- Conservation Northwest announced today that it is partnering with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to expand an enforcement reward fund to assist in apprehending poachers of wildlife from wolves to grizzly bears.
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US Fish and Wildlife Service acknowledges wolverine face extinction
Dec 13, 2010Bellingham, WA
- Washington State plays important role in providing habitat
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New project to document wildlife sightings along I-90
Nov 04, 2010
- Website will allow motorists to report wildlife observed near the interstate from North Bend to Easton
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Cross-Base Highway lawsuit put on hold
Oct 21, 2010
- Controversial project will face challenge, if funding secured
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Report finds BC wildlife are at risk of extinction from inadequate laws
Sep 21, 2010
- Study finds that 42 percent of all BC species that cross borders at risk
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Dawson Property Approved by NRCS for Farm and Ranch Protection Program
Sep 13, 2010
- Colville ranch heritage preserved
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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.
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Wildlife Corridor Conservation Act introduced in celebration of Earth Day
Apr 21, 2010
- Together with the Humane Society and many other, Conservation Northwest is supporting introduction of a Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act to identify and protect wildlife habitat connectivity. "To maintain and conserve wildlife and fish in Washington State today and into the future, one of the most important things we can do is help wildlife move safely from one habitat to another," said Jen Watkins of Conservation Northwest. "The Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act addresses the priority of connectivity at a national level, which is an exciting step."
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B.C.’s Endangered 'Reindeer’ Threatened by New Mining Rules
Jan 12, 2010Vancouver, BC
- B.C.’s 125-year-old Mining Act creates double standard in mountain caribou habitat
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Biologists Prepare for Third and Final Year of Fisher Releases
Dec 18, 2009
- Native mammals to be released in Olympic National Park
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Controversial highway project continues to attract opposition
Aug 26, 2009
- Conservationists, local businesses, and citizens still oppose new highway construction across rare and endangered prairie habitat
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Coalition of timber, conservation, and business leaders urge Congress to support balanced management for the Colville National Forest at “Listening Session”
Aug 14, 2009
- The Northeast Washington Forestry Coalition today in Spokane participated in a listening session on forest management hosted by U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell and U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers called “Communities, Collaboration, and the Colville National Forest.”
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Conservationists Applaud I-90 Groundbreaking
Aug 11, 2009
- Wildlife underpass included in the construction to beginning today on Interstate 90
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Federal Appeals Court Upholds Roadless Area Protections
Aug 05, 2009
- President Obama Has Pledged To Support and Defend Nationwide Protections
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Groups seek to defend lynx against snowmobile lawsuit
Jul 27, 2009
- Conservation Northwest, The Lands Council, and four other conservation groups filed papers today in a Wyoming district court to defend federal habitat protections for the Canada lynx.
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Marbled murrelet will retain protection as a threatened species
Jun 17, 2009
- Evidence mounts that the Obama Administration must withdraw the Bush Oregon logging plan
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Local conservationists praise “time out” for roadless forests
May 28, 2009Washington, DC
- Decision is a result of national and local campaign to Obama Administration
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Where wolves and livestock share the land in Washington
May 22, 2009Twisp, WA
- Compensation and deterrents help find a balance
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Poachers kill wolves from Washington’s first pack
Mar 27, 2009Twisp, WA
- Conservation Northwest calls for immediate arrest and full prosecution
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Government's recovery plans include “IOU” for mountain caribou
Feb 23, 2009VANCOUVER, BC
- Environmentalists say “protected areas” for caribou need protection not only from logging but also from mining and motorized recreation
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Groups launch program to help public better understand wolves
Feb 12, 2009Bellingham, WA
- Effort urges wolf management based on science, not politics
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Washington stakeholders join call for President-elect Obama to implement Roadless Rule
Jan 12, 2009Washington
- Two million acres of Washington forestland would gain protection from Roadless Rule reinstatement
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Conservation Groups Act to Restore Wildlife Protections
Dec 11, 2008Washington, DC
- Bush administration removes federal wildlife experts from important decision making
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Report released on citizen monitoring effort in the Cascades
Dec 03, 2008Seattle, WA
- Thousands of images of wildlife captured on camera by citizen volunteers this spring and summer
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Wolverines threatened by climate change
Sep 30, 2008Bellingham, WA
- Conservation groups challenge Bush decision to deny protections
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Conservation Organizations Sue Government over Backroom Deal
Sep 10, 2008Seattle, WA
- Lawsuit filed today against the Bush administration for illegally steering $350 million to timber industry-dominated forestry foundations
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Conservation Northwest Expresses Substantial Concerns With Settlement Agreement in Lake Whatcom Lawsuit
Sep 08, 2008Bellingham, WA
- Conservation Northwest, an intervener in a lawsuit involving regulation of logging on state forest land around Lake Whatcom, expressed substantial concerns with a policy matter included within the proposed settlement.
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Wolf pack confirmed in Washington State
Jul 23, 2008Twisp, WA
- Conservation Northwest camera captures first known images of pups in the “Lookout Pack”
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Endangered Species Protections Sought for U.S. Wolverines
Jul 08, 2008Washington, D.C.
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service cannot defer responsibility to Canada to address global warming and other threats to this highly imperiled species
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Government Denies the Wolverine Protection under ESA
Mar 11, 2008Bellingham, WA
- Fish and Wildlife Service defies scientific evidence in refusing to protect the species
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Revised Canada Lynx Habitat Plan Released
Feb 28, 2008Bellingham, WA
- Timber sales and elimination of habitat protections threaten lynx recovery in Washington
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Pacific fisher returns to washington
Jan 27, 2008Port Angeles, WA
- Conservation Northwest welcomes the return of a native forest mammal to our state
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Forest Service Drops Old-Growth Habitat from Tripod Timber Sale
Nov 19, 2007Bellingham
- In a press statement, Conservation Northwest applauds agency decision
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BC Government Announces Landmark Caribou Recovery Plan
Oct 16, 2007VICTORIA, BC
- Conservation groups applaud efforts to protect over five million acres of prime mountain caribou habitat
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Tainted Canada Lynx Habitat Plan Needs Significant Revision
Aug 08, 2007Bellingham, WA
- Elimination of habitat protections threatens lynx recovery
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Forestry Coalition Finds Balance in the Woods
Jul 25, 2007Colville, WA
- Local community groups and businesses develop model forest management plan
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Conservationists and The Summit at Snoqualmie Agree on Proposed Expansion
Jun 11, 2007Seattle, WA
- Commonground alternative leaves out expansion into key habitats, while allowing ski area to grow
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Last Minute Compromise Adds Cross-Base Back into Roads and Transit Package
Jun 08, 2007Seattle, WA
- Move could lead to paving of our last, best remaining prairie
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Two Big Wins for the Chuckanuts
May 08, 2007Bellingham
- Blanchard Mountain Receives Extra Protection
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More Protection Granted for Mountain Caribou
Feb 16, 2007Priest Lake, Idaho
- Judge’s Ruling Shields Essential Caribou Habitat While Maintaining Access for Snowmobiles
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Cross Base Highway Hits Roadblock
Nov 29, 2006Tacoma, WA
- Coalition announces lawsuit against new highway proposal
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BC Announces Recovery Plan for Caribou
Oct 26, 2006Vancouver, BC
- Strategy gets mixed reaction from conservationists
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Canada's Endangered Species Law under Scrutiny
Oct 11, 2006Vancouver, BC
- International Commission asked to review Canada’s failure to enforce endangered species law
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Wolverine Considered for Protection
Oct 02, 2006Bellingham, WA
- North Cascades provides important habitat for rare carnivore
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Snowmobiles Prohibited in Caribou Recovery Habitat
Sep 25, 2006Priest Lake, WA
- Judge Rules to Keep Snowmobiles Out of Recovery Area
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Spotted Owl Hearing 2006
Aug 09, 2006Portland, OR
- Federal agencies developing recovery plan for spotted owls, science shows loss of habitat a key factor in their decline
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Federal agencies to hold listening session on collaborative cooperation
Aug 08, 2006Spokane, WA
- Members of the NE Washington Forestry Coalition will attend to share their success
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British Columbia, Canada try to Fool the World on Its Environmental Record before the Winter Olympics
Apr 28, 2006Vancouver, BC
- Contentious plan for endangered Spotted Owl designed to delay extinction until after 2010 Olympics
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Court Ruling Protects Salmon and Clean Water from Harmful Logging
Mar 29, 2006Seattle, WA
- Bush Administration Violated Law in Weakening Salmon and Clean Water Safeguards from Logging on Federal Forests
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Washington Takes a Major Step to Control Invasive Species
Mar 20, 2006
- Governor signs bill to create state’s first Invasive Species Council
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Scientists Warn Congress About Logging after Fire
Mar 14, 2006
- 169 sign letter saying logging can set back forest recovery
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Cross Base Highway Controversy
Jan 26, 2006Seattle, WA
- Highway would bisect largest remnant of Puget Sound oak-woodland prairie
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Lynx Habitat Excluded
Jan 19, 2006Twisp, WA
- Bush administration intervenes at last minute to block lynx recovery effort
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Snoqualmie Ski Expansion Threatens Wildlife
Jan 17, 2006
- Alpine Lakes Protection Society, Conservation Northwest and the Sierra Club urge old growth protection at Snoqualmie Pass
