OFCO has a dedicated staff and board
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,... Read More
OFCO Blog
"The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it." - Robert SwanOlympic Forest Coalition Posts
US Fish & Wildlife: DNR must change timber practices in the OESF
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... Read More
Ecology Draft Permit for Pacific Seafoods
The Olympic Forest Coalition (OFCO) and the Coast Seafoods / Pacific Seafoods / Dulcich settled the Clean Water Act litigation about the Quilcene hatchery in... Read More
Wild Olympics bill approved by Key Senate Committee
Wild Olympics passes out of Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee...
Successes in 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... Read More
Upper Salmon Creek Timber Sale
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... Read More
As Supreme Court weakens Clean Water Act, what does it mean for WA?
“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... Read More
Why “The Blob” was a Bigger Deal Than We Thought
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... Read More
Public Comments on Ecology’s Waste Discharge Permit for Pacific Shellfish – Quilcene
Ecology will be issuing a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit to Pacific Shellfish (Quilcene) – we need your help! We would greatly appreciate... Read More
Net Pen Fish Farms in Puget Sound
A Position Paper from the Olympic Forest Coalition
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... Read More
Wild Olympics bill passes the House!
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... Read More
All the People Win!
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... Read More
Wildfires and Western Forests
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.... Read More
Conserving 137 Acres of Forest
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... Read More
When “I Speak for the Trees” Means the Climate, Too.
Last month in Seattle, President Biden signed an executive order directing the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to inventory mature and old-growth... Read More
Federal judge sides with Washington State against illegal Growler fleet expansion
Federal judge sides with Washington State against illegal Growler fleet expansion.A federal judge sided with Washington State and other plaintiffs in Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s... Read More