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After being based out of Bellingham for more than 25
years, this past spring we officially moved the Conservation
Northwest headquarters to Seattle. Going forward, please be
sure to send all mail to our Seattle office address. For more
information, or to schedule a visit, please contact Maureen
McGregor, our Office Manager and Development Associate,
at mmcgregor@conservationnw.org.
ough our Bellingham roots remain dear to us and we'll
still operate an office on Bay Street, our Seattle location offers
closer connections with elected leaders, media, and partner
organizations and agencies. It's also a prime base of opera
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tions for staff heading out to work on conservation programs
in the I-90 Corridor, Central Cascades, Columbia Basin, and
beyond.
As you likely noticed, we also held off on publishing two
newsletter editions this year. During this time, our Commu
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nications team has been hard at work on a new modern and
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Organizational updates: We've moved to Seattle!
Chase Gunnell Communications Director, cgunnell@conservationnw.org
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Andy Held
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Bert Loosmore, Ph.D.
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Bill Donnelly
Bruce Jacobson
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Amelia Marchand
Floyd Rogers
Fall 2017 (November 2017) Issue 101
conservationnw.org
Chase Gunnell, Editor, communications@conservationnw.org
Alaina Kowitz, Copyeditor
Erin Moore, Layout Artist
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Cover: Two mountain bighorn sheep rams butt heads, an annual mating
struggle emblematic of the all-too-often struggle between cultures,
organizations, agencies and other stakeholders in wildlife and wilderness
conservation. For more than 28 years, Conservation Northwest has been a
leader in finding common ground and practical solutions, even among the
most contentious struggles. In this edition, we examine some of our latest
projects to break down barriers for conservation. Photo: Phototropic
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