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(Washington, D.C.)—On the heels of the recent drawn-out torture of a captured and bound gray wolf, a coalition of organizations has filed their 60-day Notice of Intent to Sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for their refusal to restore Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections to the Western gray wolf. CLICK HERE TO READ THE PRESS RELEASE Range Rider - Patagonia Films In the Kettle River Range of Northeastern Washington, wolves are being killed to protect livestock that graze on public lands. A lone range rider, Daniel Curry, works year-round using nonlethal mitigation methods to help prevent wolves from looking at cows as a food source—and to prove that coexistence is possible. Restoration of forest sidelined in Eastern Washington .jpg) Executive Director, Tim Coleman Guest Opinion in the Spokesman Review. How are forests best restored to not only reduce wildfire risk to communities, but to also prepare for our changing climate? The first principle is to keep all the old fire-resistant trees, such as Ponderosa pine and Douglas fir. Yet those are the trees that the Colville Na- tional Forest is targeting in the Sanpoil project, which a District Court Judge has found illegal. CLICK HERE FOR THE REST OF THE STORY
Spokane, WA. The Kettle Range Conservation Group is celebrating today’s decision by U.S. District Court Judge Stanley Bastian finding that the U.S. Forest Service violated the National Environmental Policy Act and the National Forest Management Act in adopting the 2019 Colville National Forest Land Management Plan (Forest Plan) and deciding to proceed with the Sanpoil timber project. Lawsuit alleges 43,000-acre forest treatment project will impact lynx Feds Must Re-Analyze Impacts of Colville N.F. Cattle Grazing on Endangered Species
SPOKANE, WA.—The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service informed three conservation groups this month that in response to their litigation threat, it will conduct a new assessment of the impacts of cattle grazing on endangered species in the Colville National Forest. In November 2022, The Lands Council, Kettle Range Conservation Group, and Western Watersheds Project submitted a notice to the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of their intent to sue under the EndangeredSpecies Act. |
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History During our 48 years of conservation work we have met many challenges facing our national forests and rural communities throughout northeast and north central Washington. Our longest running campaign to protect national forest wilderness in the wild and un-roaded backcountry of the |
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Heavily hunted wolves have higher stress and reproductive hormones New research suggests heavily hunted wolves experience increased social and physiological stress. Read the news release Click Here Conservation Groups Appeal to Gov. Inslee to Require Rules Limiting Killing of Washington's Endangered Wolves Eight conservation groups filed an appeal with Gov. Jay Inslee to reverse the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission’s denial of a petition asking for enforceable rules limiting when wolves can be killed in response to livestock depredations. Read the news release Click Here KRCG notes killing wolves can result in more conflict Eight conservation organizations, representing hundreds of thousands of Washington residents, are calling on the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to rescind a kill order issued earlier this week for wolves of the Huckleberry pack. Read the news release Click Here |
-May 15, 2023 
