Washington Wild Leads Local Efforts to Support Reinstating Roadless Area Protections in the Tongass National Forest
Yesterday marked the end of the 60-day formal comment period to collect public input on the Biden Administration’s proposal to restore National Forest Roadless Area protections in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. The proposal would reinstate a Trump Administration repeal of the Alaska Roadless Rule, which stripped away long-standing protections for nine million acres under the […]
Coalition Cheers Settlement to Halt Mining Threat in the Skagit River Headwaters
An international coalition cheered a major victory today: A settlement to halt mining in the Skagit Headwaters. In 2019, Imperial Metals Corporation filed a permit to begin mining in the “donut hole” of the unprotected Canadian headwaters of the Skagit River. Today — after a nearly three-year decision process — the British Columbia government, Imperial […]
Corporate Partner Grayl Receives Outstanding Partnership Award from the Conservation Alliance, nominated by Washington Wild
The Conservation Alliance announced the recipients of its 2021 Outstanding Partnership Awards earlier this month—Bank of the West, Grayl, and Obōz. The yearly award recognizes the organization’s member companies whose efforts directly support grantee organizations working to protect wild places in North America. As a Conservation Alliance grantee, Washington Wild nominated Grayl, a water purification and filter manufacturer […]
Positive Media Attention Grows in Support of National Forest Roadless Protections
The Biden Administration recently announced steps to restore national forest roadless area protections in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. The proposal is a repeal of the Trump Administration’s 2020 Alaska Roadless Rule, which stripped away long-standing protections under the 2001 Roadless Rule, a federal safeguard that restricts logging and roadbuilding in designated wild areas. A 60-day comment […]
Wild Profile: Gro Buer and Bruce Williams
20-year supporters of Washington Wild Bruce Williams was born in Seattle and has checked pretty much every adventure box you can think of. As a kid, his family, sailed, hiked, skied and backpacked all over the state. As their passion for the outdoors grew, so did their appetite for adventure, culminating with all four teenagers […]
Wild Profile: Caramia and Kevin Murry, Owners of Hot Cakes Molten Chocolate Cakery
While both Caramia and Kevin Murry of Hot Cakes Molten Chocolate Cakery were not born here, they consider themselves Washingtonians. At one year old, Kevin arrived in Washington from Massachusetts and grew up on the coast. Caramia moved here with her parents at the age of 5 from California, noting that her stepfather grew up […]
Conservation Voices: The Skagit: A River that Connects Us All
By Tom Wooten, Samish Indian Nation Chairman. The Skagit River of Northwest Washington State has always been about connections. The river connects the mountains of the North Cascades to the Salish Sea. Since time immemorial it has connected Indigenous Peoples to trade routes and carried salmon to both the saltwater and freshwater environments in the […]
ACTION COMPLETE: Support National Forest Roadless Area Protections for Old-Growth Trees in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
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Biden Administration announces steps to restore National Forest Roadless Area protections for nine million acres of old-growth forest
Proposal to protect ancient forests and address climate impacts in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest relevant to Washington State WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, the Biden Administration announced steps to restore national forest roadless area protections in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. The proposal is a repeal of the Trump Administration’s 2020 Alaska Roadless Rule, which stripped away long-standing […]
Legacy Roads and Trails Act Signed into Law as part of Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
On November 15, President Biden signed the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Included in the bill was the Legacy Roads and Trails Act (LRT), which was introduced on Earth Day by U.S. Representatives Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08), Mike Simpson (ID-02), and Derek Kilmer (WA-06). The bill leverages public and private funding to address water quality and access […]
