Protecting and restoring our Olympic forest
and aquatic ecosystems


In this Section:

Our Newsletter



Dosewallips:
    Dosewallips Road Washout Update – Feb 2009
    Forest Alert: Dosewallips Valley Threatened Again – June 2008
    Press Release: Dosewallips DEIS – June 2008
    Dosewallips Washout Grows – December 2007
    Dosewallips Washout Update – September 25, 2006
    Dosewallips Washout (article and slideshow) July 21, 2006
    The Editorial Board of the Kitsap Sun Has Weighed in on the Dosewallips Washout.
        Read their opinion here. – June 28, 2006

    USFS Again Proposes to Reconstruct Dose Road, but National Marine Fisheries Service Letter Says
        Road Plan Poses Risk to Threatened Salmon Run




Climate Change:
    How to Use Our National Forests in the 21st Century – May 28, 2009
    Draft Legislation from Senator Ron Wyden Bad News for Northwest Forests. – April 30, 2009
    Washington State Conservationists Join on Vision for Future of Our Forests – May 20, 2009
    EarthJustice: New Bill Will Help Species Imperiled by Climate Change – October 23, 2007
    Feds Claim Climate Warming's Effects Aren't a Big Enough Priority – Sept. 10, 2007



Logging on Public Lands:
    Conservation Organizations' Comments on Draft EIS OESF Land Plan – July 2010
        Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D
    
Forest Alert: Olympic Experimental State Forest Comments Needed – July 2010
    Forest Alert: West Forks Humptulips – May 2009
    Election Results Will Bring Changes in State Forest Management – Feb. 2009
    Legislation to Change the Northwest Forest Plan Coming Our Way? – Feb. 2009
    U.S. District Court Rules Against Bear Creek Saddle Timber Sale – May 2008
    Blanchard Mountain: Challenge to DNR Compliance – March 2008
    Forest Service Announces Decision for Jackson Timber Sale – January 2008
    Housing Market Crashes – Good or Bad News for Our Forests? – December 2007
    OFCO/Allies Urge Administration Not to Water Down National Environmental Policy Act – Oct. 2007
    Groups Ask Rep. Dicks to Withhold Funding for Spotted Owl "death plan" – Oct. 17, 2007
    Administration's "Recovery Plan" Would Move Spotted Owls Closer to Extinction – Sept. 3, 2007
    Northwest Forest Plan Under Attack ... Again – June 12, 2007
    New Owl Decision – May 4, 2007
    Judge: Administration Suppressed Scientists' Views on Forest Plan – April 2, 2007
    Timber Group Sues to Have Protection for Rare Marbled Murrelets Lifted
    The Olympic Experimental State Forest and OFCO – July 17, 2006
    Settlement Reached on State Forest Logging



Other Public Lands Issues:
    OFCO Comments RE Opposing ORVs/ATVs in Calawah/Sitkum Watershed – June 2010
    Proposed Pope/DNR Land Swap Gets Thumbs Down from Goldmark – May 2009
    Forest Alert: Lands Commissioner Goldmark Aligns Himself with Timber Industry – April 2009
    OFCO/Local Orgs Oppose DNR/Pope Resources Land Swap – Feb. 2009
    Dabob Bay Preserve: We Want a NAP! – Feb. 2009
    Sadie Creek Shooting Area Proposal Is Not Feasible – Feb. 2009
    Wilderness Is the One Place We Don't Have to Change– December 2007



Roadless Areas:
    OFCO's Field Monitoring Program – May 2009
    Volunteers Needed to Help OFCO Monitor Back Roads of South Fork Skok – May 2009
    Quinault Roadless Areas – Letter to Government Officials – March 2008
    After the Storm in the Quinault Valley – March 2008
    Senate and House Introduce Roadless LegislationMay 24, 2007
    Forests: Judge Enjoins USFS from Drilling, Roadbuilding in Roadless Areas
    Governor Gregoire Moves to Protect Roadless Areas – Your Help Is Needed Now – Sept. 6, 2006
    Governor Calls for Public Input to Protect Roadless Areas in National Forests – August 30, 2006
    Olympic's Roadless Areas (article and slideshow) August 22, 2006
    Good News on Roadless Area Protection Front – April 2006



Watershed Restoration Initiative:
    Future Brightens for State's Aging National Forest Roads – Dec. 2009
    Conservation Groups Call for a National Forest Watershed Restoration Corps – Feb. 2009
    Green Jobs in the Woods: Restoring Our National Forests – Jan. 2009
    Conservation Groups Propose National Forest Watershed Restoration Corps – Dec. 2008
    Washington & Oregon National Forests Receive Funding for Vital Watershed Restoration – March 2008
    Kitsap Sun: With Money for Forest Roads, Congress Aims for Cleaner Streams – February 2008
    Conservationists Work for Watershed Restoration with Congress, Feds and State – Dec. 2007
    Current Watershed Restoration Projects on Olympic National Forest – December 2007
    State, Forest Service Battle Over Logging Road UpkeepNovember 26, 2007
    OFCO Part of the Washington Watershed Restoration Initiative – October 23, 2007
    Letter to Congressman Norm Dicks – May 2, 2007
    Forests — State Says Feds Should Step Up to the Plate and Fix Forest Service Roads:
           Read About It in The News Tribune – May 14, 2007
           Read About It in The Daily World – May 2, 2007
    Introducing the Watershed Restoration Initiative for WA State National Forests – March 27, 2007
    Brochure: Watershed Restoration Initiative
    Washed-out Roads Becoming Environmental Hazards – KING-5 Video Report




Collaboration with the Olympic National Forest (slideshow)


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