Board Member Jill Silver Recognized for Invasive Plant Work
Jill Silver, founder of 10,000 Years Institute, has been recognized for her work on invasive plants in habitat areas on the Olympic Peninsula. See this... Read More
OFCO Blog
"The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it." - Robert SwanOlympic Forest Coalition Posts
OFCO Joins 122 Conservation Groups to Oppose Forest Provisions in Farm Bill – Bill Fails
The Wilderness Society (TWS) led the effort to oppose the forest provisions in the Forestry Title of the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 (H.R.... Read More
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Denies Coast Seafood Petition for En Banc Review
The U.S Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied Coast Seafood’s petition for en banc review. The Court has discretion to allow en banc... Read More
OFCO Opposes Expansion of Penn Cove Shellfish Project in Quilcene Bay: Outdated and Inadequate Science
The Olympic Forest Coalition (OFCO) submitted comments to the Jefferson County Dept. of Community Development on the controversial expansion of the Penn Cove mussel raft... Read More
Coast Seafoods Delays Complying with Clean Water Act – Asks Court to Re-review Its Decision
Coast Seafoods has petitioned the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for an en banc review (review of the appellate decision by the Ninth Circuit by... Read More
Marbled Murrelet Conservation Topic of Interview
Maria Ruth, author of the book Rare Bird and member of Black Hills Audubon, was interviewed on the Marbled Murrelet Long-Term Conservation Strategy (LTCS) decision... Read More
Governor Inslee Signs HB 2285 into Law
Rep. Mike Chapman spearheaded an effort to get a bill signed into law that would support Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz’s multi-stakeholder “Solutions Table,”... Read More
The Elwha: A River and a Vision Restored
Essayist, poet and conservationist Tim McNulty wrote a wonderful “Letter to America” about the hope of the Elwha dam removal. Thanks to Tim and Terrain.org... Read More
Heroines of the Olympic Peninsula
Connie Gallant, OFCO’s Board President and driving light for our organization for many years, gave a speech in 2013 dedicated to the heroines who worked... Read More
Navy Special Ops Comments Submitted
The Olympic Forest Coalition and the West Coast Action Alliance submitted comments on March 22, objecting to the Navy’s Environmental Assessment for the Naval Special... Read More
Military Control Over Public Adjacent Lands Stopped
OFCO Board Member Karen Sullivan, co-founder of the West Coast Action Alliance (WCAA), led OFCO advocacy to stop a bill that would have turned land... Read More
Legislative Wrap-up
Salmon Net Pen Ban Won! Washington’s fin fish net pen ban is on the Governor’s desk for signature after a roller coaster legislative effort by... Read More
OFCO OPPOSES Trump Administration Offshore Oil-Drilling
Senator Cantwell Gets Interior Secretary Zinke’s Assurances Washington Is Low Value for Drilling Program The Olympic Forest Coalition submitted a comment opposing the Administration’s plan to... Read More
Salmon Net Pen Ban Won in Legislature!
Washington’s non-native fin fish net pen ban bill, which will phase out Atlantic salmon in-water pens, is on the Governor’s desk for signature after a... Read More
U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms OFCO’s Clean Water Act Win, Advancing Protections for Hood Canal and Puget Sound
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued their decision in Olympic Forest Coalition v. Coast Seafoods Company on March 9, affirming OFCO’s... Read More
Navy Special Operations ESA Comments
From the West Coast Action Alliance: The Navy has opened for comment an Environmental Assessment (EA) for Special Operations in which Navy SEALs stage covert... Read More