Inside Conservation Northwest
Conservation Northwest protects and connects old-growth forests
and other wild areas from the Washington Coast to the BC Rockies:
vital to a healthy future for us, our children, and wildlife.
Winter 2014 Issue 94 (December 2013)
Offices
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Mitch Friedman
Executive director
David Heflick
Conservation associate
Jay Kehne
Okanogan outreach
associate
Derrick Knowles
Conservation
associate
Chris Marx
Development director
Alison Huyett
Outreach coordinator
Board of directors
Staff
Erin Moore, editor, erin@conservationnw.org
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conservation director
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Development
associate and office
manager
Jen Watkins
Conservation associate
Dave Werntz
Science and
conservation director
George Wooten
Conservation associate
Heidi Wills
President
Michel Girard
Vice president
Dave Mann
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Treasurer
Emily Barnett
Tom Campion
Dave Hedrick
Andy Held
Ron Judd
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Floyd Rogers
George Smith
Steve Sundquist
Cover: Grizzly bear sow and cub at Chilko Lake, BC, from one of the five most threatened
grizzly bear populations in the Coast to Cascades region. Photo © SteveOgle.ca
Julia Spencer Development associate,
Feel glad
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Partner with us
Feeling SAD? First, take a brisk walk outside. Twenty to
thirty minutes a day takes those blues away. Then donate to
Conservation Northwest!
Become a Wildland Partner. As part of our regular
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month—about the cost of going out for a movie—for wolves,
lynx, fisher, and their diverse habitats? Once enrolled, you're
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stable funding. Contact Julia at 800.878.9950 x 110, julia@
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Matching and workplace giving. Many companies
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Please take action for lynx.
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Go to conservationnw.org/kettles-lynx and send your
comment by December 26.
Become a wildlife sponsor. Help monitoring volunteers, supplying field equipment and more, as they document
Washington's rare and returning wildlife. Sponsor a team this
winter at conservationnw.org/monitoring.
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