Measuring the impact of military flights on the Olympic Peninsula soundscape
Noise is expected in urban settings, but what happens when noise infiltrates rural and wilderness areas, even one of the country’s most... Read More
Marbled Murrelet Coalition Comments to U.S. Fish and Wildlife on Final EIS for Long-Term Conservation Strategy
The Coalition, including OFCO, submitted its comment on the Final Environmental Impact Statement to the USFWS on the Marbled Murrelet Long-Term Conservation... Read More
House Appropriations Subcommittee Visits Olympic Forest Collaborative
Rep. Derek Kilmer hosted a delegation of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies to an Olympic Forest Collaborative... Read More
OFCO, WCAA and Seattle Mayor Comment on Navy Draft DEIS/OEIS for Increased Training in the Olympic Peninsula and Marine Waters
The Navy’s plans for increasing Northwest Training and Testing in the Olympic Military Operations Areas will impact endangered species—marine mammals including orcas,... Read More
Results Released of Two-year Growler Sound Study on the Olympic Peninsula
The study was conducted by Lauren Kuehne, MSc Research Scientist at the University of Washington’s College of the Environment School of Aquatic... Read More
Latest Science on the Marbled Murrelet: In the Forest and Out on the Water
OFCO Board Member Fayette Krause posed this question to the Marbled Murrelet Coalition: Why are Washington’s Marbled Murrelets declining much more rapidly than... Read More
On the Banks of the River of Hope – The Elwha’s Lost Mile
The Elwha River Restoration Program is one of the few restoration programs that serves both as a visionary, successful effort to restore... Read More
Olympic Forest Coalition Submits Comment on Marbled Murrelet Long-Term Conservation Strategy and Federal Permit
OFCO contributed to a joint comment submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Washington Department of Natural Resources on... Read More
Summer Congressional Conference on Farm Bill Will Safeguard or Strip Environmental Protections
July and August will be hot in Washington, D.C., for federal forests. The U.S. House of Representatives passed their version of the... Read More
U.S House of Representatives Investigates Environmental Groups Enforcing Environmental Laws for Navy
Rep. Bishop (R-UT), Chair of the House Committee on Natural Resources, and Rep. Westerman (R-AR), Subcommittee on Oversight, have launched an investigation... Read More