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Tag Archives: Conservation

Scrapping the Alaska king salmon troll season will hurt fishing communities without helping our endangered southern resident orcas

Excerpt: A lawsuit that seeks to halt the southeast Alas­ka com­mer­cial salmon troll fish­ery has become a big topic of discussion in the Last Frontier and in the PNW's fishing communities after a federal court judge recently ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, putting the upcoming fishing season in jeopardy.
Published at:12:30 PM on Tuesday, May 30th, 2023
Written by:Diane Jones
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Washington’s DNR teams up with American Forests, City of Seattle to advance tree equity

Excerpt: The partnership, which will be known as the Washington Tree Equity Collaborative, "will engage cities, community organizations and stakeholders during the next three years to build rigorous and inclusive urban forestry programs," the Department says. It will make use of American Forests' Tree Equity Score, a tool freely available to the public that measures tree canopy cover in an increasing number of cities and towns along socioeconomic lines.
Published at:4:30 PM on Thursday, April 13th, 2023
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Two-thirds of Seattle voters concerned about tree loss with housing density increasing

Excerpt: 68% of 651 likely February 2023 special election voters interviewed from January 26th-30th for NPI by Change Research said they were concerned about tree and canopy loss, while 30% said they were not. Only 1% were not sure.
Published at:1:30 PM on Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Biden-Harris administration reportedly plans to approve Willow oil drilling project in Alaska

Excerpt: Environmental groups have campaigned against what the Sierra Club has described as “a climate disaster waiting to happen.” A change.org petition opposing Willow had drawn 3.1 million signatures and an estimated 1.1 million unique letters have descended on the White House.
Published at:1:30 PM on Sunday, March 12th, 2023
Written by:Joel Connelly
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Senator Maria Cantwell weighs in against ConocoPhillips’ Willow Arctic drilling project

Excerpt: The potential devastation to Arctic ecosystems, from climate damage, “is irreversible and irresponsible to future generations,” said Cantwell. “Oil companies already have record profits and access to drilling rights on millions of acres of public lands which they should be using to meet our current fossil fuel needs.”
Published at:1:30 PM on Sunday, March 5th, 2023
Written by:Joel Connelly
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Senator Maria Cantwell: A workhorse for the people and the Pacific Northwest in Congress

Excerpt: Cantwell, sixty-four, is not one of the usual suspects seen on networks’ Sunday morning talk shows or shouting over talk radio. She gets stuff done by mastering details, quiet work with colleagues and by serving on a trio of A-list Senate committees where legislation is put together.
Published at:9:30 AM on Monday, February 13th, 2023
Written by:Joel Connelly
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U.S., Canadian officials act to rescue rainforests in Alaska and British Columbia

Excerpt: The U.S. Department of Agriculture officially reinstated the Clinton-era National Roadless Rule in Southeast Alaska’s vast seventeen million-acre Tongass National Forest. On the other side of the border, British Columbia’s Premier David Eby announced protection of 75,000 hectares of the Incomappleux Valley.
Published at:8:56 PM on Thursday, January 26th, 2023
Written by:Joel Connelly
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Logging of British Columbia’s old growth forests has declined, but critics say provincial government is still allowing harmful clearcuts

Excerpt: British Columbia’s government proudly announced this week that logging of old-growth forests in the province, once nicknamed “Brazil of the north” for its vast clearcuts, has declined to a record low in the past six years. Not low enough, critics responded.
Published at:8:30 AM on Saturday, November 5th, 2022
Written by:Joel Connelly
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King County conservation futures levy is receiving solid support, NPI poll finds

Excerpt: In the aggregate, 57% of voters surveyed this week for NPI by Change Research said they had voted for King County Proposition 1 or would be doing so, while 27% said they had voted no or would be doing so. The levy appears headed for passage.
Published at:6:28 PM on Friday, November 4th, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Republicans reaffirm their tight embrace of fossil fuels during a sweltering summer

Excerpt: The summer of 2022 has seen a disconnect between Republican politicians of the South, Midwest and Mountain West, and the sweltering, drought-stricken states they represent in Washington, D.C.
Published at:4:00 PM on Sunday, September 4th, 2022
Written by:Joel Connelly
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NPI at Netroots Nation 2022: Talking youth activism, plants with Brian Wingbermuehle

Excerpt: In this seventh installment of NPI@NN (2022), NPI's Caya Berndt spoke with Brian Wingbermuehle, the youngest Democratic committee member for St. Louis County, about the challenges facing young progressive activists and protecting plants from climate damage.
Published at:8:22 PM on Sunday, August 28th, 2022
Written by:Caya Berndt
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“For the benefit and enjoyment of all of the people”: Denali-inspired reflections on the necessity of conservation’s future in Alaska

Excerpt: National parks, once derided by interests bent on resource extraction, have been a huge blessing for Alaska, supporting a robust tourism sector and ensuring that wild places like Denali remain as unspoiled and breathtaking as they were in bygone eras. Yet more areas of The Last Frontier still await protection from development.
Published at:9:30 AM on Thursday, August 25th, 2022
Written by:Joel Connelly
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Seattle, TreePAC prevail over Master Builders in tree protection ordinance legal skirmish

Excerpt: Seattle Hearing Examiner Ryan Vancil rejected a challenge brought by the Master Builders of King and Snohomish counties to the city's determination that an update of its tree protection ordinance would not have would not have probable significant adverse impacts on the environment.
Published at:2:30 PM on Friday, August 12th, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Wild Olympics’ prospects rise thanks to inclusion in 2022 national defense funding bill

Excerpt: A decade in gestation, the Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act would protect 126,500 acres as wilderness – portions of Olympic National Forest surrounding the namesake national park – while extending Wild and Scenic River status to nineteen rivers and tributaries.
Published at:6:38 PM on Friday, July 15th, 2022
Written by:Joel Connelly
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