1208 Bay Street #201
Bellingham, WA 98225
Non Profit Org.
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Blaine, WA
Permit No. 106
www.conservationnw.org
Urgent! The Department of Fish and Wildlife
needs to hear from you now for Washington's
wolves. Come to a wolf hearing in Olympia—
send a message in support! see page 9
Celebrate the return of Washington's wolves
with our newest T-shirt. see inside back page
summer of show & tell
Barbara Christensen Social media and IT, barbara@conservationnw.org
We have a winner!
One thing's for sure: Our members like to play outside
in some beautiful places, so we asked them to show us where
they had been with a fun online show & tell photo contest.
Best in Show. Photo Kerrie Sumner Murphy
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The photos ranged from sweeping vistas in the potential wilderness areas of the Columbia Highlands to captivating critters—owls, bighorn sheep, weasels, mountain goats, marmots,
and more.
Our Facebook fans voted on their favorite for "Best in
Show," and the clear winner was this charming long-tailed weasel, captured by volunteer Kerrie Sumner Murphy. Kerrie told
her husband Thomas that she wanted to see a weasel when they
started a 7-mile hike near Lost Lake, Manastash, that morning
to check Conservation Northwest remote cameras. He commented, "I guess the weasel wanted to be seen too!"
A personal favorite—and runner up for Best in Show—
was the amazing landscape by Paul Raymaker of Blanca Lake
in the Henry M Jackson Wilderness (see it on our inside front
cover). Paul features other photos on his website, raymakerphotography.com, each capturing the rich colors of nature. I
can just imagine being there, feeling the power of wilderness,
and it makes me want to work even harder for the other wilderness quality gems in our state that aren't yet protected!
Thank you to everyone who entered their fun photos. We
hope we see your photos on our Facebook wall soon.
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