Groups Support Balance between Recreation and Conservation for Pack and Saddle Guiding Permits
Today, Washington Wild coordinated a joint comment letter signed by 10 conservation and recreation organizations concerning Pack and Saddle permits on Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. The joint comment letter expressed their […]
COMPLETED ACTION: Defend Your Ability to Speak Up for Our Public Lands!
Rep. Lynne Cheney (R-WY) has introduced House Joint Resolution 44 and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-KA) introduced House Joint Resolution 15 under the Congressional Review Act that would repeal recently completed […]
The Year Ahead: 2017 Program Priorities
FIGHT Attacks on our Public Lands Over the next four years our wild lands and waters will be under siege. We expect renewed Congressional attacks on bedrock environmental laws like […]
COMPLETED ACTION: The War On Public Lands Begins…Stand Up for Our Wild Places!
As 2017 began, within days it became clear that wild places on federal lands were going to be attacked on two fronts. The new Republican led Congress wasted little time […]
2016 Washington Wild Conservation Accomplishments
Wild Olympics Legislation Receives First Congressional Hearing In April, the Wild Olympics legislation had its first congressional hearing by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. In advance […]
COMPLETED ACTION: Urge Forest Service to Say No to Navy Jet Training over Olympic National Park and Wilderness Areas
A new Forest Service draft decision would enable the U.S. Navy to surround Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest with electromagnetic emitter trucks, resulting in high decibel jet training […]
Congress Passes New Rule, Makes it Easier to Sell Our Public Lands
Today, the newly elected U.S. House of Representatives passed a controversial provision changing the way Congress calculates the costs and economic value of federal parks, forests and national wildlife refuges, […]
Methow Headwaters Receives Two Year Protection from Mining Interests
Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) officially announced the segregation notice for 340,000 acres in the Methow Headwaters region of Washington State. This essentially protects the Methow from mining […]
Organizations Back Expansion of the Morning Star Natural Resource Conservation Area
Today 17 organizations signed onto a comment letter coordinated by Washington Wild supporting the expansion of the Morning Star Natural Resource Conservation Area (NRCA) by nearly 3,000 acres. The Morning […]
80 Organizations Urge Federal Government to Say No to New Dam Construction
Today Washington Wild joined 79 other organizations on a joint letter to the Department of Energy (DOE) coordinated by Hydropower Reform Coalition concerning the economical, ecological,and social impacts of new […]