Conservation Northwest

CNW-winter-2013

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 More "Accomplishments" m Documented the first wolverine in decades detected south of Highway 2 in the Cascades. m Collected data on pine martens as part of the Cascades Carnivore Connectivity Project in the I-90 wildlife corridor. m Organized a field tour of the I-90 corridor during the Western Governor's Association's Annual Meeting in Suncadia, Washington, highlighting the importance of this wildlife corridor. m With the Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group, helped publish a Columbia Basin connectivity analysis, follow-up to last year's Washington Landscape Connectivity report. m Began scientific analysis of how and where wildlife move in the border region with British Columbia. m Coordinated conservation mapping and planning for the BC Columbia Basin, focused on building climate change resilience. m Working with national partners, ensured a 2-year highway reauthorization bill passed by Congress recognized the importance of connecting lands for wildlife. m Established funding for Washington's firstever wildlife overpass as part of I-90 Snoqualmie Pass East Project Phase II. m Continued administration of the I-90 Wildlife Bridges Coalition, including giving the project a fresh online look, i90wildlifebridges.org. m Planted nearly 6,000 native plants to restore habitat just north of the Gold Creek wildlife underpass on I-90 with the help of 100 volunteers contributing 700 work hours. m Collected a year's of worth of animal sightings in the Cascades near Snoqualmie Pass as part of I-90 Wildlife Watch. m Helped better connect habitat for wildlife, such as lynx, in northeastern Washington by securing 101 more acres of easement on the Gotham Ranch near The Wedge. The Forest Service's Aleta Eng and Helen Lau pose with Helen's daughter before restoring native plants with dozens of volunteers near the Gold Creek underpass at I-90. Jen Watkins © Tim Chandonnet West to east, from Blanchard Mountain (above), the coastal extent of the Cascades, to the forests of the Columbia Highlands, this year we accomplished much for wildlife. Building community m Ensured a wild future for the Northwest when we raised a record $248,000 at our Hope for a Wild Future auction. Thank you! m Kept Mitch from getting a big head after being featured in a cover story in the Seattle Times' Pacific Northwest Magazine. m Maintained several trails on the Colville National Forest, together with the Washington Trails Association. m Provided help to the Colville Indian Reservation after a devastating wind storm, coordinating cash donations from conservation groups and timber companies m Made our important work more accessible with homepage redesigns for our websites, conservationnw.org and columbiahighlands.org m Engaged more than 5,000 fans of wildlife and wild places on Conservation Northwest's Facebook page, Facebook.com/ConservationNW © Eric Zamora

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