This includes our participation in the Northeast Washington Forest Coalition. Our Forest Field Program operates on the Colville and Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forests as well as nearby state public lands, collaborating with local businesses, recreation leaders and elected officials for forest and watershed restoration.The Columbia Highlands Initiative, an ongoing effort to permanently protect the wild crest of the Kettle Range and other backcountry Roadless Areas on the Colville National Forest in northeast Washington.The Working for Wildlife Initiative is a public-private partnership to recover native wildlife, restore habitat and preserve working lands in the Okanogan Valley and Kettle River Mountain Range.Our Sagelands Heritage Program and the Safe Passage Highway 97 project, championing wildlife crossings for mule deer and other species, habitat restoration, and grasslands protection in the transboundary Okanogan Valley.Conservation Northwest operates multiple programs in the Cascades to Rockies corridor, including: We’re also working with local leaders like Bobby Whittaker of the Ferry County Rail Trail to support sustainable outdoor recreation and rural communities, and collaborating with stakeholder groups such as the Northeast Washington Forest Coalition. Stretching from the Cascade Mountains in north-central Washington through the Loomis State Forest, Okanogan Valley and Kettle River Mountain Range, to the Selkirk Mountains in the northeast corner of the state and into southern British Columbia, through multiple programs, we’re working to restore this critical corridor and connect our region’s largest wild areas. The Kettles are the southern tip of the Monashee Mountains, which extend south from the Canadian Rockies into northeast Washington state. The Kettle Range sits between the North Cascades and the Rocky Mountains, making it a critical stepping stone for wildlife. Sunset from the Kettle Crest in Ferry County. Learn more in our new video, Cascades to Rockies Connections, or scroll down for a map! This landscape and connections between the North Cascades and Rocky Mountains are vital for Canada lynx, wolverines, mule deer, wolves and other native wildlife. For nearly 20 years, we’ve been trying to bridge together the Cascades to the Rockies, to protect the habitat corridor,” – Mitch Friedman, our founder and Executive Director.īiologists with the Washington Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group have identified the Cascades to Rockies corridor as among the most critical in the Pacific Northwest, especially in the face of climate change, large wildfires and impacts from human development. “As the climate changes, big landscape-level connections are essential. By Chase Gunnell, Communications Directors Connecting the North Cascades and the Rocky Mountains through habitat corridors, wildlife crossings, forest restoration and wilderness protection.
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