Trump Administration Rollback on Migratory Bird Protection
We have submitted a comments letter outlining our comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the regulations governing the take of migratory birds... Read More
OFCO Blog
"The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it." - Robert SwanOlympic Forest Coalition Posts
Wild Olympics passes in House Bill
QUILCENE, Wash. (July 22, 2020) –The Wild Olympics Coalition cheered a major bi-partisan vote in Congress yesterday that helped advance important public lands and rivers legislation... Read More
Environmental Challenges in the Times of Covid-19
The year 2020 has brought the entire nation many surprises, but none as critical as the Covid-19 pandemic that has forced all of us to... Read More
OFCO Opposes Navy Training in Washington State Parks
OFCO submitted a comment letter to the Washington Commission of Parks because the training activities unnecessarily contradict environmental laws, may risk public health and safety,... Read More
Support Dabob and Toandos Heritage Forests
[OFCO supports Peter Bahls, Executive Director of Northwest Watershed Institute on the following issue]: Friends of Dabob Bay and Toandos Peninsula: Protecting the Heritage Forests... Read More
Measuring the impact of military flights on the Olympic Peninsula soundscape
Noise is expected in urban settings, but what happens when noise infiltrates rural and wilderness areas, even one of the country’s most beloved National Parks?... Read More
Our Supporters and Members rock!
For your great response to our year-end fund appeal. We raised over $3,000. Needed now more than ever – major changes that rolled back protections... Read More
Olympic Forest Coalition Heroine: Bonnie Phillips
Bonnie Phillips’ inspiration began when she discovered her love for hiking the wilderness. Early in the 1980s she moved to the Pacific Northwest from Wisconsin... Read More
Marbled Murrelet Coalition Comments to U.S. Fish and Wildlife on Final EIS for Long-Term Conservation Strategy
The Coalition, including OFCO, submitted its comment on the Final Environmental Impact Statement to the USFWS on the Marbled Murrelet Long-Term Conservation Strategy. The Service... Read More
OFCO Asks Ecology to Consider Environmental Degradation in Quilcene Bay for Shellfish Operations Permit
Image: by Larry Eifert The Olympic Forest Coalition has asked the Washington State Dept. of Ecology to consider the environmental degradation in Quilcene Bay as... Read More
House Appropriations Subcommittee Visits Olympic Forest Collaborative
Rep. Derek Kilmer hosted a delegation of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies to an Olympic Forest Collaborative Stewardship Project during... Read More
Dept. of Natural Resources Releases Final Environmental Impact Study on Marbled Murrelets – Not Enough Conservation
Washington’s DNR released the FEIS of their preferred alternative for the state’s Long-Term Conservation Strategy for the Marbled Murrelet. The Strategy, overdue by decades, is... Read More
Washington’s Attorney General Ferguson Files Suit Against Navy for Growler Expansion Over the Olympic Peninsula and Marine Waters
AG Bob Ferguson filed suit against the Navy for not complying with federal law and fully evaluating Growler expansion impacts on the environment and human... Read More
OFCO, WCAA and Seattle Mayor Comment on Navy Draft DEIS/OEIS for Increased Training in the Olympic Peninsula and Marine Waters
The Navy’s plans for increasing Northwest Training and Testing in the Olympic Military Operations Areas will impact endangered species—marine mammals including orcas, and terrestrial habitats... Read More
Results Released of Two-year Growler Sound Study on the Olympic Peninsula
The study was conducted by Lauren Kuehne, MSc Research Scientist at the University of Washington’s College of the Environment School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences.... Read More
OFCO Member and Donor Remembered
OFCO joins countless of other friends in mourning the death of Hellmut Golde, on April 17, after a brief illness. Husband of OFCO board member... Read More