Conservation Northwest protects and connects old-growth forests and other wild areas from the Washington Coast to the British Columbia Rockies, vital to a healthy future for us, our children, and wildlife. Since 1989, Conservation Northwest has worke
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Gaining ground Accomplishments 2012 was a year of gaining ground for wildlife and landscapes from the Washington coast to the BC Rockies. With your support, Conservation Northwest protected and restored habitat, recovered wildlife, and built partnerships that made a tangible difference across the region. This comprehensive list of this year's accomplishments spells out a wild Northwest for people and wildlife. Protecting and restoring habitat © Eric Zamora "Your Fall issue mainly on wolves, is the very best ever. From Mitch's editorial, and Joe's bear item, every page was perfectly pitched with the class of knowledge, fairness, passion, persuasion and clarity that has been scarce among conservation organizations in recent decades. Brava and Bravo! Our copy is going to rancher friends who live in the range of Washington's Touchet Pack."—Roger Contor, member since 2002 4 Winter 2013 m Brought nearly $1 million per year for restoration and jobs to the Colville National Forest when we helped win a federal Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program grant. m Advanced tens of thousands of acres of forest restoration projects on the Okanogan-Wenatchee and Colville National Forests. m Protected substantial areas in the Colville National Forest from potential ORV trespass when we convinced it to reverse its South End Off-Road Vehicle Project. m Restored habitat in the Colville National Forest and healed damage from ORV abuse by raising funds and hands for volunteer projects. m Reforested unused roads in grizzly bear habitat in northeast Washington with the help of American Forest's Global ReLeaf and amazing volunteers. m Found common ground and cutting-edge forest science for restoration projects with the Northeast Washington Forestry Coalition. m Published a report detailing how ecological restoration thinning can bring timber jobs and restore Northwest forests, while fully protecting old growth forests and other sensitive habitat. m Gained agreement for removing 27 miles of national forest road in the Buck Forest Restoration Project in the Methow Valley. m Raised funds for the Chumstick Wildfire Stewardship Coalition's road restoration work north of Leavenworth, Washington. m Reached agreement with the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest on the Walter Springs Project to protect suitable spotted owl habitat and reduce aquatic impacts in the Manastash watershed. m Supported closing and restoring unused roads in in the I-90 corridor in the Cle Elum Ranger District by organizing private funding. m Improved the Forest Service's proposed plans for 5 million acres on Okanogan-Wenatchee and Colville national forests. 20,000 public comments called for connected habitat, wildlife protections, and reduced roads. m Won preliminary votes from the Whatcom County Council and Washington Board of National Resources to establish a Lake Whatcom Forest Preserve Park, which will protect over 8,000 forest acres in the Lake Whatcom watershed. m Helped recover endangered salmon and trout on 60,000 miles of streams and rivers by improving Washington's 9-million-acre Habitat Conservation Plan. m Achieved firm protection for 1,600 acres of Skagit County's Blanchard Mountain, the core of an agreement Conservation Northwest helped forge in 2008. m Protected, again, the best remaining oak-woodland prairie in Pierce County by turning back another attempt to fund the disastrous Cross-Base Highway