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U.S House of Representatives Investigates Environmental Groups Enforcing Environmental Laws for Navy

19 Jun 2018

Rep. Bishop (R-UT), Chair of the House Committee on Natural Resources, and Rep. Westerman (R-AR), Subcommittee on Oversight, have launched an investigation into the environmental...

Northwest Forest Plan Update: Final Science Synthesis Report Published

19 Jun 2018

Marbled Murrelet, Northern Spotted Owl, Climate Change and Federal Forests The U.S. Forest Service published their final science synthesis report for the update of the...

Climate Costs of Militarizing the Olympic Peninsula

04 Jun 2018

What happens when the world’s largest user of fossil fuels fails to fully disclose its contributions to air pollution, respiratory diseases and climate change? What...

Board Member Jill Silver Recognized for Invasive Plant Work

31 May 2018

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...

OFCO Joins 122 Conservation Groups to Oppose Forest Provisions in Farm Bill – Bill Fails

21 May 2018

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....

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Denies Coast Seafood Petition for En Banc Review

15 May 2018

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...

OFCO Opposes Expansion of Penn Cove Shellfish Project in Quilcene Bay: Outdated and Inadequate Science

15 May 2018

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...

Coast Seafoods Delays Complying with Clean Water Act – Asks Court to Re-review Its Decision

18 Apr 2018

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...

Marbled Murrelet Conservation Topic of Interview

12 Apr 2018

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...

Governor Inslee Signs HB 2285 into Law

06 Apr 2018

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,”...

The Elwha: A River and a Vision Restored

05 Apr 2018

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...

Heroines of the Olympic Peninsula

27 Mar 2018

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...

Navy Special Ops Comments Submitted

26 Mar 2018

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...

Military Control Over Public Adjacent Lands Stopped

17 Mar 2018

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...

Legislative Wrap-up

15 Mar 2018

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...

OFCO OPPOSES Trump Administration Offshore Oil-Drilling

14 Mar 2018

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...

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