OFCO v. Coast Seafoods Oral Arguments Before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Paul Kampmeier of Kampmeier & Knutsen, PLLC, attorney for OFCO, presented oral arguments in the case on appeal by Coast before the Ninth Circuit Court... Read More
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"The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it." - Robert SwanOlympic Forest Coalition Posts
OFCO Submits Comment on Navy’s NWTT SEIS Expanding Militarization of the Olympic Peninsula
The Department of the Navy announced that it will undertake a supplemental (SEIS) to the 2015 Northwest Training and Testing Final EIS/OEIS. The Navy is seeking... Read More
OFCO Requests Governor Implement Permanent Salmon Net Pen Ban
OFCO Board VP Lorna Smith has spearheaded OFCO’s request to Governor Jay Inslee to permanently ban Atlantic salmon net pens in marine waters off the... Read More
National Park Service Extends Comment Deadline to October 10 on Goat Removal Plan – OFCO Submits Comment
Please click here to review background information. The Olympic Forest Coalition has submitted a comment on the National Park Service’s Mountain Goat Management Plan/Draft Environmental... Read More
Olympic National Park Needs Your Help to Remove Non-native Mountain Goats
Dear OFCO Members and Supporters – Please consider attending a meeting below and also commenting to support Olympic Park Associates (OPA) in their efforts to... Read More
The Marbled Murrelet Bureaucratic Dance
by Marcy Golde What’s been happening in the nearly endless story of the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) trying to, or not trying to,... Read More
Tell Governor Inslee to Protect Our Salmon and Our Sound from Atlantic Salmon Net Pens
OFCO, along with many other environmental organizations, has signed the petition urging Governor Inslee to stop the expansion of Atlantic salmon net pens. Oregon, California... Read More
OFCO Welcomes New Board Director
The Olympic Forest Coalition welcomes Dr. Catharine Copass to the Board of Directors. Dr. Copass is a Port Angeles-based ecologist. She has been working for... Read More
Military Expansion on the Olympic Peninsula
by Karen Sullivan
WA Supreme Court Accepts Conservation Lawsuit for “All the People”
Olympic Forest Coalition (OFCO), Conservation Northwest, and Washington Environmental Council are pleased that on March 3, 2021 the Washington Supreme Court granted direct review in Conservation... Read More
ENDANGERED
A special presentation by Maria Mudd Ruth, author of Rare Bird: Pursuing the Mystery of the Marbled Murrelet Monday, May 156:30 to 8:30 p.m.Carver RoomPort... Read More
Dungeness Watershed Needs Your Help
Our colleagues at Olympic Park Associates (OPA) have submitted comments to the Forest Service regarding the Dungeness Watershed Roads Project. The Olympic National Forest is... Read More
U.S. Forest Service Responds to OFCO’s Objection on Electronic Warfare – No Change in Decision
The U.S. Forest Service responded to OFCO’s Objection to its Decision Notice/Finding of No Significant Impact (DN/FONSI), allowing the permit to the U.S. Navy for... Read More
Navy Must Do a New Environmental Impact Statement on Growler Fleet
New OFCO board member Karen Sullivan, retired U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service marine biologist, wrote OFCO’s recent comments on the Navy Whidbey Island Growler Fleet... Read More
Military Training Impacts on Marbled Murrelets – The State Must Analyze All Impacts
New OFCO board member Karen Sullivan, retired U.S. Fish and Wildlife marine biologist, is assisting OFCO with its work to save the Marbled Murrelets in... Read More