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Last month, on cold and blustery Seattle morning, we served pancakes to over 250 people in just two hours. The event, “Pancakes over Pipelines” was our latest fundraiser for Pull Together in Washington state and despite the weather, it was a huge...

Once among the world’s richest salmon rivers, today the Columbia is the most dammed river system in the world and is managed as an “organic machine.” The capstone of the dam-building era was the Columbia River Treaty (CRT), negotiated in the 1950s...

Given the pace of wolf recovery, WDFW has proposed to develop a post-recovery conservation and management plan for wolves to guide long-term wolf conservation and management under state authority once wolves are considered recovered in Washington...

While 2019 was overall a great year for the environment in the Washington State Legislature, unfortunately, there were a few important jobs unfinished in 2019. Among these include important regulations needed to protect the rivers and streams that...

Thanks to our new 100% clean electricity law, coal-power will no longer be allowed in Washington by the end of 2025, the same time the Centralia coal plant will stop operating. Finally, after 15 years, Washington will be coal-free. In the wake of...

The next big climate fight is close to home. In Washington State our homes and our buildings are the single fastest-growing source of climate pollution, up by more than 50 percent since 1990. In Seattle, more than one-third of our total greenhouse...

The Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska is likely an unfamiliar name to the average American. However, as co-owners of this public land we should take note that this vast forest, dubbed the ‘crown jewel’ of the National Forest System, is...

The 9th annual Bumping Lake Outing took place on a beautiful Fall weekend (September 14-15) along the shores and deep into the ancient forests of this far-flung destination past Goose Prairie, WA and next to the William O. Douglas Wilderness....

The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is proposing an updated conservation and management plan for wolves in Washington State. They are soliciting comments until November 1st, so make your voice heard now and help protect...

On June 26th, the State Court of Appeals ruled that Washington’s new instream flow rule failed to protect recreational and aesthetic uses of the River. This ruling marks twenty years of advocacy to protect Spokane River flows, and provides a...