“Sonic Sea” Debut in Port Townsend
The Olympic Forest Coalition and West Coast Action Alliance are honored to participate with other organizations in sponsoring a special screening of “Sonic Sea”— a... Read More
OFCO Blog
"The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it." - Robert SwanOlympic Forest Coalition Posts
U.S. Senate Holds Bill Hearing for Wild Olympics
by Connie Gallant, Board President I am happy to report that, for the first time since the Wild Olympics bill was introduced in 2012, there... Read More
OFCO Files Clean Water Act Lawsuit Against Coast Seafoods Company
Olympic Forest Coalition, based in Quilcene, Washington, has filed a lawsuit against Coast Seafoods Company under Section 505 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C.... Read More
Help Plant Trees at the Snow Creek Forest Preserve!
Join the North Olympic Salmon Coalition and Jefferson Land Trust folks in planting trees on the Snow Creek Forest Preserve, Discovery Bay, Thursday, January 28,... Read More
Olympic Peninsula Beaches Training Grounds for Navy SEALs
In his excellent article, Truthout‘s Dahr Jamail has exposed plans that the Navy is proposing combat military training on our beaches with the famed Navy... Read More
No Oral Comments Allowed by Navy on Ediz Hook Draft EA
by Connie Gallant, Board President As part of yet another draft environmental assessment (DEA), the Navy has proposed to build a pier on Ediz Hook... Read More
Navy Not Following Process
Yesterday we received the news that the Navy has made its Record of Decision (ROD) on the Section 106 review for the U.S. Navy’s Northwest... Read More
Did the U.S. Navy Break Federal Laws to Push War Games Over National Forests?
The West Coast Action Alliance, along with OFCO, has substantiated, through public records, just how much the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rules have been... Read More
‘Bag Monster’ Conservation Leader Recognized with Eleanor Stopps Environmental Leadership Award in Port Townsend
by Charlie Bermant, Peninsula Daily News, Oct. 15, 2015 (posted with permission) PORT TOWNSEND — Judith “Jude” Rubin, who has worked in support of a... Read More
Joint Memorandum from West Coast Action Alliance and Olympic Forest Coalition Sent to U.S. Navy
This week we sent a formal memorandum, along with a letter from UNESCO, to the U.S. Navy senior command and to federal, state and local... Read More
Your Help Needed to Protect Murrelets
Please Attend These Meetings and/or Submit Comments Special Board of Natural Resources Meeting on Marbled Murrelets in OlympiaThursday, Oct. 15, 9-3:30John A. Cherberg Building, Senate... Read More
Learn How to Save Your Favorite Wild Place!
The Wildlands and Wilderness Team is sponsoring a training for wild lands activists, and those ready to become wild lands activists, this October 16–18 in... Read More
Is the Pit-to-Pier Project Finally in the Pits?
Letter from Connie Gallant, OFCO Board President, to the Peninsula Daily Newsregarding this Sept. 3, 2015 article: We applaud the court’s decision ruling against the... Read More
U.S. Army Extends Comment Period to Nov. 3
The Aviation Division within the Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization, and Security at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) proposes to establish three off-base helicopter training areas... Read More
No Helicopters in the Wilderness
by The Herald Editorial BoardPublished: Sunday, August 9, 2015, 12:01 a.m.(reprinted with permission) Our national forests have long been managed for multiple uses. Congress made... Read More
Carbon Tax Initiative Presentation
Here’s an opportunity to learn about I-732: Link to press release.