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
OFCO Blog
"The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it." - Robert SwanOlympic Forest Coalition Posts
THANK YOU!! OFCO Comments on Draft Impact Statements on Marbled Murrelets and Timber Harvest
OFCO joined with the Marbled Murrelet Survival Project Coalition to submit comments on two important policies affecting the Marbled Murrelet: the Draft Environmental Impact Statements... Read More
Broad Coalition of Rural Americans Cheer Wild Olympics Act Reintroduction as Local Endorsements Increase
Senator Murray and Congressman Kilmer have introduced the Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. The bill would protect environmentally sensitive parts of... Read More
Urgent Action: Comment Letters to State Needed to Stop Marbled Murrelet Extinction on State Lands
Feb. 22 – Hear Expert Live on Conservation Alternative Write Comment by March 9, 5 PM, to Support Conservation Alternative Urgent action is needed now... Read More
OFCO Objects to Electronic Warfare Training in Olympics
Click here to read the Objection Letter.
OFCO to File Objection on Forest Service Draft Decision to Permit War Games
The Olympic Forest Coalition is working with the West Coast Action Alliance and Karen Sullivan, retired U.S. Fish and Wildlife biologist, to object to the... Read More
Navy Training Exercises in Olympic Forest 260 Days a Year, 16 Hours per Day Given the “Go Ahead” over Local Protests
U.S. Forest Service Proposes to Issue a Permit to Navy for Military War Games in Olympic National Forest – Finds There Will Be “No Significant... Read More
Decisions on Marbled Murrelet & Deadline to Save Marbled Murrelets Start in January
Washington State Department of Natural Resources Marbled Murrelet Draft EISs Will Lead to Extirpation – Campaigns Need Your Support in January for Marbled Murrelet Month... Read More
Year-end Appeal
ex•tir•pate verb 1 root out and destroy completely 2 Synonym: weed out, destroy, eradicate, stamp out, root out, wipe out, eliminate, suppress, crush Dear Friends,... Read More
OFCO v. Coast Seafoods Company—on Appeal in U.S. Court
by Patricia Jones, Executive Director Earlier this year, OFCO filed suit against Coast Seafoods Company for violations under Section 505 of the Clean Water Act.... Read More
Good Guys Win
by John Fabian The official end of the state conservation easement appeal process ended on 9/2 when the State Court of Appeals declared the case... Read More
Important Dabob Bay Natural Area Expansion Meeting and Hearing – HEARING RESCHEDULED to OCT. 25, SAME TIME & LOCATION AS BELOW
by Peter Bahls, Executive DirectorNorthwest Watershed Institute Friends of Tarboo–Dabob Bay, Great news! Peter Goldmark, outgoing Commissioner of Public Lands, is interested in protecting more... Read More
Olympic Experimental State Forest Final EIS Finally Issued
On August 4, the Department of Natural Resources issued a Final Environmental Impact Statement on the Olympic Experimental State Forest (OESF) HCP (Habitat Conservation Plan)... Read More
Forest Service Delays Again
The West Coast Action Alliance reports that The U.S. Forest Service has again delayed their decision on the use of Navy mobile electronic warfare emitters... Read More
Judge allows suit against Coast Seafoods to proceed
by Allison Arthurreprinted with permission from The Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader, June 8, 2016 A lawsuit against Coast Seafoods Co. over the discharge... Read More
Public Forum for Commissioner of Public Lands Candidates
Please take advantage of this opportunity, co-sponsored by OFCO, to learn about the candidates for this important elected position.