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Bigfoot Award

Emily Platt and David Jennings pose with 2008 Bigfoot Award winner Claire Lavendel (middle).

N. Fork Meadow

Meadows can provide prime habitat for many recovering predator species.

Culvert from Iron Creek

This giant culvert was recently removed and created work for the Washougal-based LKE Corporation.

Mt St Helens Crater [Brent]

 

Sara & Justin-Street canvass

Sara Kasper discusses the benefits of becoming a Task Force member.

Freedom To Roam-Wide

Photo by Jim Thode

Freedom To Roam-Wolves

 

Mt St Helens

 

Wolves

 

Lookout Pack

Photos of Lookout Pack recorded on Conservation Northwest remote monitoring cameras, 2008.

Obama

President Obama signed the public lands omnibus into law at a formal East Room ceremony today. Photo by Eric Bontrager.

Wolverine Tracks

 

Siouxon Creek Hike

 

Lords Of Nature

 

Wolverine on Mount Adams

 

Hemlock Dam Removal

 

Roadless

 

Roadless Map

 

From The Ashes

 

NY Times Mount St. Helens In Recovery

IN RECOVERY Mount St. Helens in southwestern Washington-Leah Nash for The New York Times

NY Times Frenzen

RARE OPPORTUNITY Charles M. Crisafulli, right, hiking the mountain with Peter Frenzen. The men study how landscapes recover after violent disturbance. Leah Nash for The New York Times

Pinchot Partners Project

 

wolf

Photo courtesy of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

8123 Road

Investing in the road system today can prevent damage like this that threatens sensitive fish and blocks access. Road-related restoration can close unneeded roads while maintaining the ones that will remain.

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Investing in the road system today can prevent damage like this that threatens sensitive fish and blocks access. Road-related restoration will close unneeded roads while maintaining roads needed for recreation and forest management.

Bull trout

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to take a new look at how much habitat needs to be protected for bull trout. File/The Associated Press

Road Washout

 

Slide

Climate change is predicted to increase the intensity of floods that cause road failures like this one near Mount St. Helens.

Carbon Storing

 

Scoping Letter

 

Cattle

 

LON poster

 

Spirit Lake Oregonian

 

Swift Development

 

Dam Removal

photo courtesy of PGE

Man vs sawblade

Tyler Tjomsland / For The Daily News Chris Blodgett, 59, stands in a thicket of trees off of the Lewis River Highway near Lake Merwin on Monday. Blodgett says parts of the forrest should be saved because of the trees' age and proximity to Woodland.

Decomm Road 1

 

Decomm Road 2

 

Toutle River LKE 1

LKE workers bolt thick planks to piling driven into the Toutle River flood plain. This structure will stretch across the valley to slow the river and trap silt.

Toutle River LKE 2

LKE workers bolt thick planks to piling driven into the Toutle River flood plain. This structure will stretch across the valley to slow the river and trap silt.

Clear Creek

 

Clear Creek Pre 1

 

Clear Creek Pre 2

 

Clear Creek Post 1

 

Clear Creek Post 2

 

Condit Dam

Photo by Steven Lane. Condit Dam on the White Salmon River could be removed as early as next fall after a tentative agreement was reached between Skamania and Klickitat counties and PacifiCorp, which operates the 125-foot dam.

Connectivity Map

 

Jobs and Restoration

Wy’East Restored builds on our strategic vision to identify large-scale restoration that bring jobs to rural communities.

Salamander

Wy’East Resored takes an integrated view of the entire Mt. Hood National Forest to help prioritize restoration opportunities, such as habitat for threatened newts & salamander species.

Wy'East Cover

 

Facebook Logo

 

Drill

A drill used last year for exploratory drilling sits in the background behind the truck. The Task Force believes that an environmental review and public process comment should be conducted before allowing drilling on public lands.

Condit Dam by Thomas O'Keefe

Kaykers at the base of the Condit Dam, by next year at this time there is likely to be no sign of the dam left. Photo by Thomas O'Keefe

Wolf-USGS

The recently adopted Washington Wolf Management Plan balances the demands of a diverse group of interests in an environmentally and scientifically responsible way. Photo: USGS

Wolf-USGS-S

The new Washington Wolf Management Plan requires at least 15 breeding pairs of wolves in the state before they can be considered for removal from the Washington endangered species list. Photo: USGS

Grizzly Lake View

Gizzly Lake in the Mount Margaret Backcountry is just a few miles from the potential drilling.