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Draft Amended Analysis to Environmental Impact Statement for EA-18G “Growler” Airfield Operations at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Complex, Washington

10 Nov 2025

See link below for the following documents: Draft Amended Analysis to Environmental Impact Statement for EA-18G “Growler” Airfield Operations at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island...

OFCO Marbled Murrelet and Climate Change Position Paper – May, 2023

29 Oct 2025

Here is a link to the PDF of the OFCO Marbled Murrelet and Climate Change Position Paper – May, 2023 by Karen Sullivan: https://olympicforest.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/OFCO-Marbled-Murrelet-and-Climate-Change-Position-Paper-May-2023.pdf

OFCO has a dedicated staff and board

26 Nov 2024

Dr. Patricia A. Jones, Executive Director Patricia Jones joined OFCO as the Executive Director in July 2016. She is responsible for all communications with agencies,...

US Fish & Wildlife: DNR must change timber practices in the OESF

08 Aug 2024

In 2024, The Olympic Forest Coalition (OFCO) settled its litigation on the Olympic Experimental State Forest (OESF) 2016 Land Plan (2018-2024), on the DNR violation...

Ecology Draft Permit for Pacific Seafoods

26 Mar 2024

The Olympic Forest Coalition (OFCO) and the Coast Seafoods / Pacific Seafoods / Dulcich settled the Clean Water Act litigation about the Quilcene hatchery in...

Wild Olympics bill approved by Key Senate Committee

14 Dec 2023

Wild Olympics passes out of Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee...

Successes in 2023!

27 Nov 2023

It is our honor and pleasure to share with you our successes during 2023 – and we owe it to all of you for the...

Upper Salmon Creek Timber Sale

26 May 2023

This timber sale is scheduled for auction on July 26th. The timber sale drains to Salmon Creek which flows into Discovery Bay. SEPA comments are...

As Supreme Court weakens Clean Water Act, what does it mean for WA?

26 May 2023

“A U.S. Supreme Court ruling Thursday that eroded longstanding water protections might have little effect in Washington because of the state’s more stringent laws safeguarding...

Why “The Blob” was a Bigger Deal Than We Thought

05 May 2023

We would like to share with you an excellent article that OFCO board member Karen Sullivan has written and published in the Rainshadow Journal. Please...

Public Comments on Ecology’s Waste Discharge Permit for Pacific Shellfish – Quilcene

25 Jan 2023

Ecology will be issuing a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit to Pacific Shellfish (Quilcene) – we need your help! We would greatly appreciate...

Net Pen Fish Farms in Puget Sound
A Position Paper from the Olympic Forest Coalition

23 Jul 2022

by Karen Sullivan What if a single mega-corporation polluted Puget Sound with as much untreated waste as the cities of Port Angeles, Bellingham, Everett and...

Wild Olympics bill passes the House!

23 Jul 2022

The Wild Olympics Coalition cheered a major bi-partisan vote in Congress today that helped advance important public lands and rivers legislation forward, including the Wild...

All the People Win!

21 Jul 2022

Today the Washington Supreme Court recognized that DNR has the authority to manage our forests in the interests of all the people. Thank you to...

Wildfires and Western Forests

30 Jun 2022

We are pleased to present a video by Dr. Chad Hanson, research ecologist and director of John Muir Project of Earth Island Institute in California....

Conserving 137 Acres of Forest

26 May 2022

Olympic Forest Coalition, the Center for Responsible Forestry, the Northwest Watershed Institute and members of the public are asking Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz to...

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