The Lower Columbia River and adjacent coastal regions of Washington contain a rich diversity of natural and cultural resources managed by a complex array of tribal sovereign nations, federal/state/local agencies, non-government conservation organizations, landowners, stakeholders Read more…
While the federal government weighs taking the Canada lynx off the list of threatened species, a new study points to reduced populations in Washington State, Colorado and Montana. Read the full article in the New Read more…
Recent years have brought unusually large and damaging wildfires to the Pacific Northwest, leaving many people wondering what this means for our region’s future. A University of Washington study, funded by the NW CASC and Read more…
This webinar will provide an overview of key learnings from a Tribal Drought Engagement Project, conducted in partnership between National Integrated Drought Information System and the University of Colorado Boulder Masters of the Environment program. Read more…
With funding from Seattle City Light’s Wildlife Research Grants Program, the Cascadia Partner Forum is excited to launch a year-long effort in coordination with species and habitat connectivity experts to dynamically model regional connectivity in Read more…
Crosscut article by Hannah Weinberger, click here to view the original piece April 11, 2019 – Grizzly bears have been listed as threatened in the Lower 48 since 1975, with about 1,800 bears roaming 2 Read more…
The University of Washington’s American Indian Studies Department co-sponsors an annual symposium, “The Living Breath of wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ: Indigenous Foods and Ecological Knowledge” on May 3-4, 2019 at the University of Washington in Seattle. This year Read more…
This month, an article in Ecosphere provides greater understanding of an issue that land and species managers have been interested in for some time – the relationship between recreation and wolverine’s use of the landscape. Read more…
In support of the ongoing effort by the National Park Service to develop an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to discuss potential environmental impacts of restoring a self-sustaining grizzly bear population to the US portion of Read more…
CBC News – July 2018 Excerpt from article: This should be a big year for sockeye on Canada’s most important salmon river, but the threat of high water temperatures and several years of low fish Read more…