Forests & Wildlife
All of Sightline's research, maps, and publications on Cascadia's forests, its wildlife and ecosystems, and how to safeguard the region's natural heritage.
Sightline Institute's Cascadia Scorecard project includes a forest indicator that measures the health of Northwest forests, by monitoring clearcuts in five key areas; and a wildlife indicator that tracks the abundance of five important Northwest species, including salmon, orcas, wolves, sage-grouse, and caribou.
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Fact sheet
2007 Wildlife Indicator - At a Glance
The latest addition to the Cascadia Scorecard--Sightline's wildlife index--tracks population counts of five key indicator species: gray wolves, mountain caribou, greater sage-grouse, orcas, and Chinook salmon.
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Organization
Sagebrush Sea
The Sagebrush Sea Campaign focuses public attention and conservation resources on protecting and restoring the vast sagebrush-steppe landscape in the American West. The campaign participates in public lands management planning, advocates for natural resource protection, and uses education, research, legislation and litigation to conserve and restore the Sagebrush Sea for present and future generations. The Sagebrush Sea Campaign is a project of Forest Guardians http://www.sagebrushsea.org -
Organization
Conservation Northwest
Conservation Northwest protects and connects old-growth forests and other wild areas from the Washington Coast to the BC Rockies, vital to a healthy future for us, our children, and wildlife. http://www.conservationnw.org
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