http://www.conservationnw.org Conservation Northwest's blog hourly 3 2008-01-24T22:24:17Z http://www.conservationnw.org/scat/mitch-meet-pastry I am in Spokane today, but rest assured, bears are still the star in Bellingham! I received an email from Mitch's cell phone yesterday, and, as you can see, fun was had and bears appreciated! And today is the big day...are you ready for Lil Griz and her furry pink sidekick? No publisher bchristensen 2008-05-16T17:54:02Z Blog Entry http://www.conservationnw.org/scat/super-tuesday We continue to cast our votes for grizzly recovery by enjoying some grizz specials in Bellingham! Also, some updates about bear awareness events around the state! No publisher bchristensen 2008-05-13T23:06:29Z Blog Entry http://www.conservationnw.org/scat/doing-the-difficult-work-for-bears It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it. This week is Bear Awareness Week, and here in Bellingham, we are celebrating as only Bellingham can, with lots of local flare, community involvement, and a little goofiness to boot. Never one to shy from a challenge, I head into the wilds of downtown in search of something special. No publisher bchristensen 2008-05-13T21:16:54Z Blog Entry http://www.conservationnw.org/scat/columbia-highlands-hikes We think there is no better way to appreciate the amazing lands in the northeast corner of our state than to head out there! We hope you will join us on one of these free, guided hikes this summer into the Columbia Highlands. Tally ho! No publisher bchristensen 2008-05-09T16:24:52Z Blog Entry http://www.conservationnw.org/scat/a-mine-no-more The Green River, Goat Mountain, and the recovering ecosystems just north of Mount St. Helens will not be subjected to the disastrous intrusion of an open pit copper mine, and we couldn't be happier! No publisher Chelsea Davis & Barbara 2008-05-14T21:16:50Z Blog Entry http://www.conservationnw.org/scat/softwood-shell-game In a brain- and law-spinning sleight of hand to help timber industry buddies, the administration evaded the public process once again with their backwards arrangement with Canada on more than $5 billion in lumber tariffs. Conservation Northwest, other conservation groups, and the Senate want to know what happened and who benefited from the deal. No publisher bchristensen 2008-05-02T00:31:35Z Blog Entry http://www.conservationnw.org/scat/smile-youre-on-cascades-candid-camera Snowshoes, a camera in a (hopefully) bear-proof case, stinky lure, and some stout volunteers make their way into the woods to help our Cascades Citizen Wildlife Monitoring Project, and I went along for the ride. No publisher Jen Watkins 2008-05-14T00:36:01Z Blog Entry http://www.conservationnw.org/scat/a-meadow-no-more Off-road vehicles spelled disaster for a meadow in an important watershed outside Wenatchee, and this is just the story that hit the news. Every year more and more wilderness disappears to illegal, off-trail ORV use. Agencies are hard pressed to enforce existing rules and small special interest groups are pushing for more and more unfettered access to backcountry, even at the protest of local residents. Are our wild places being turned into a motorized free-for-all, who does it benefit, and who pays the price? No publisher bchristensen 2008-04-30T17:32:13Z Blog Entry http://www.conservationnw.org/scat/lynx-need-you Will you make your way through a teensy bureaucratic maze to rescue our rare lynx from its own labyrinth of fractured habitat and environmental pressures? Only you, fair traveler of the blogosphere, can bring a healthy future to our rarest of cats! Do you dare click continue and meet your destiny? No publisher bchristensen 2008-04-22T00:35:12Z Blog Entry http://www.conservationnw.org/scat/elbow-room A BC biologist took me flying over the Inland Temperate Rainforest to track wolves. Several hours and one airsickness bag later, I learned that humans are doing more than just logging and playing in endangered mountain caribou habitat, and wolves may pay the price... No publisher Joe Scott 2008-04-16T17:21:28Z Blog Entry http://www.conservationnw.org/scat/from-glaciers-to-grizzlies-climate-changes As we already know, climate change affects more than just glaciers. Researchers studying grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park have noticed a shift from their normal hibernation habits... No publisher bchristensen 2008-04-25T19:27:04Z Blog Entry http://www.conservationnw.org/scat/agency-cries-wolf It was a sad day in late March when the federal government removed gray wolves (Canis lupus occidentalis) from the endangered species list in the Northern Rockies. Sad because they were delisted for the wrong reasons. Having wolves in the West mean more possibilities for wolves who might wander into Washington... No publisher emoore 2008-04-14T21:06:32Z Blog Entry http://www.conservationnw.org/scat/its-the-final-stretch-or-something-like-that OK, so I don't know a darn thing about basketball. (I know Joe is terribly disappointed in me after all his coaching.) But I do know that the Northwest isn't the Northwest without big trees, cool and clear streams teaming with salmon, rugged trails to big peaks, a heritage of living on the land, and a wide ray of amazing wildlife from salamanders to grizzlies. And did *you* know you can help these wildlife and wild places in a game-winning, overtime free throw? Or something basketball-y like that... No publisher bchristensen 2008-04-07T20:37:24Z Blog Entry http://www.conservationnw.org/scat/tracks-tell-tales Some of us will be lucky enough to see in person the more elusive of Northwest wildlife species. For the majority, though, tracks and small signs are left to show us that a bear or fisher recently wandered across our path. While skiing in the Kettle River Range in mid-March, friends and I came across... No publisher Tim Coleman 2008-05-05T18:35:03Z Blog Entry http://www.conservationnw.org/scat/chasing-after-critters Last week I travelled to Spokane to attend an annual conference hosted by The Wildlife Society's WA Chapter. There is a lot to be learned in the world of wildlife research and management, and this was the place to do it! No publisher Jen Watkins 2008-03-27T21:41:11Z Blog Entry