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Note to You This year marked Kettle Rangers 48th anniversary of rural, grassroots activism. Our mission to defend wilderness, protect biodiversity and restore ecosystems continues on a solid footing of science, advocacy and experience. In April KRCG was fortunate to hire Elizabeth Carr as lead staff working to protect wild carnivores, fish and ecosystems. Liz and I are proud to represent Kettle Range Conservation Group membership doing our part as a continuum of defenders of Wild Nature, sentient wild creatures and ancient wisdom of biological nations that long existed even before us humans arrived. Our knowledge of the land plus decades of applied experience in law & policy has achieved significant legal and frontline administrative successes furthering our mission to promote evolutionary ecologic ecosystem integrity across north central and northeastern Washington. This sub-region of the upper Columbia River is small yet of critical importance to the survival of grassland, forest and aquatic ecosystems. Landscape analysis shows this area is critical to the migrational pathway from coastal, Cascade and Rocky Mountain ecosystems for sensitive, threatened and endangered species. Kettle Rangers have a rock-solid history as team players supporting grassroots activism nationally and regionally in the greater Rocky and Cascade Mountain bioregion. And like so many other grassroots causes, we have more failures than successes. Though we have tried and failed to achieve congressional wilderness protection for deserving wildlands in the Colville and Okanogan National Forest, it’s not for lack of trying. We have no intention of giving up – we are tenacious and committed to Wild Nature that is Life. Last Word 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 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 District Court Finds Forest ServiceViolated Law in Sanpoil Case 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 SpeciesSPOKANE, 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.CLICK HERE TO READ THE PRESS RELEASE The Future of Forests with Dr. Jerry FranklinRS Sources and the Center for Responsible Forestry's short film featuring preeminent forest ecologist Jerry Franklin, who is widely recognized as the father of ecological forestry. The Future of Forests with Dr. Jerry Franklin explains what ecological forestry is, and how it can help restore forests to be more resilient to climate change impacts.CLICK HERE TO WATCH THIS 10 MINUTE VIDEO Wildlife for All is a national campaign to reform state wildlife management to be more ecologically-driven, democratic, and compassionate.
KRCG endorses Wildlife for All. Check it out: Click Here Understanding Wolves - Wolf Behavior and Habituation
Normal wolf behavior can easily be confused as habituation; becoming too comfortable with humans. Wolves are often described as shy and fearful of humans. Consequently, when a person sees a wolf pup lying in the middle of a dirt road or an adult wolf trails a person through the woods, he/she describes the wolf as exhibiting non-typical behavior or “habituated”. READ THE REST OF THE STUDY The perfect gift...protecting Wilderness Consider giving a gift membership to Kettle Range Conservation Group. Your gift will help protect the last wild places in the Colville National Forest and support Project Scholarship. Plus your gift is tax deductible. You can purchase a gift membership by using our secure PayPal account. Please click this link: Join KRCG. Plus you can download and print a special KRCG gift card to present to your friend. Click here. Thank you!
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