for wolf recovery and sustainable wolf management. Finally, we are protecting critical habitat
and working with law enforcement to fight poaching.
North Cascades Grizzly Bear Restoration: Restoration of a viable grizzly bear population in
the North Cascades has been a priority since our founding; finally, key progress is being made.
In 2014, the National Park Service (NPS), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the WDFW
began a new multi-year Environmental Impact Statement planning process for restoring a
healthy grizzly bear population in Washington's North Cascades ecosystem. We administer an
informal coalition of groups and businesses to advocate for restoration
(www.northcascadesgrizzly.org). Grizzly bears have been an important part of the North
Cascades ecosystem for thousands of years. They play a vital role for the health of the
environment and other wildlife species, figure prominently in regional Native American and First
Nations' cultures, and contribute to the richness of our natural heritage in the Pacific Northwest.
Now is the time to restore a healthy grizzly bear population to the North Cascades. We also
support grizzly bear recovery efforts in northeast Washington's Selkirk Mountains and nearby
areas.
Fisher Reintroduction: In 2002, we began a partnership with WDFW, NPS and other federal,
tribal and non-profit allies to restore fishers to Washington. We have successfully reintroduced
fishers to the Olympia Peninsula and Washington's South and Central Cascades! Next up: the
North Cascades, with releases expected in the winter of 2018/19.
Mountain Caribou Recovery and Inland Temperate Rainforest: We're a leading organization
in the fight to save the critically endangered caribou of the Inland Northwest and the imperiled
ecosystem that sustains it. Caribou are tough enough to thrive in the planet's harshest
environments, but not tough enough to survive the fragmentation of the old-growth forests on
which they depend for food and security. As a member organization of the Mountain Caribou
Project (www.wildsight.ca/programs/mountaincaribou/), Conservation Northwest works closely
with WildSight and other conservation groups in Canada to protect mountain caribou and their
unique forested habitat. Our staff and British Columbian allies support recovery planning and
habitat conservation. We also actively communicate about mountain caribou and issues related
to their recovery to ensure the public stays informed about these critically-endangered
Northwest natives.
Citizen Wildlife Monitoring Project: We engage people tracking wildlife in key areas like the I-
90 corridor, Kettle Range and North Cascades, documenting the presence of wolverines,
wolves, grizzly bears, lynx, fishers and other species. Now in its 11
th
year, our Citizen Wildlife
Monitoring Project is one of the largest citizen-science efforts in North America, working to
extend and enhance the scientific research capacity of our organization and our colleagues. The
Project functions as a partnership among our staff and state, federal, tribal and independent
biologists to improve knowledge about wildlife presence and distribution that is vital to informing
recovery planning and policy. It also helps guide our conservation programs and priorities, and
those of state and federal agencies. We harness the power of more than 100 volunteers each
year to maintain dozens of remote camera sites in Washington and southern British Columbia,
as well as to conduct winter snow-tracking in the I-90 corridor near Snoqualmie Pass to inform
wildlife crossing projects.
Reward Fund to Help Stop Poaching: Whether its deer, elk or rare carnivores like wolves,
lynx and grizzly bears, poaching is an abuse of our shared natural heritage. No matter how one
