Forests & Wildlife - Resources & Links

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Washington Environmental Council

WEC protects Washington's environment and natural heritage for current and future generations by advocating for improved state protections and better enforcement of existing laws. http://www.wecprotects.org

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Washington Forest Law Center

Founded in 1996, the Washington Forest Law Center is a public interest law firm that frequently co-counsels cases of state law with the Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, a national public interest environmental law firm. http://www.wflc.org

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Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition

The Coalition works to secure funding for the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program that empowers local communities to acquire land for outdoor recreation opportunities and wildlife habitat protection through a competitive grant process. http://www.wildliferecreation.org

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Western Environmental Law Center

WELC is a non-profit, regional public interest law firm dedicated to preserving the forests, waters, wildlife and human communities of the West. http://www.westernlaw.org

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Wild Salmon Center

The Wild Salmon Center's mission is to identify, understand and protect the best wild salmon ecosystems of the Pacific Rim. It devises and implements strategies, based on the best science, to protect these extraordinary places and their biodiversity. http://www.wildsalmoncenter.org

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Sightline Daily news: Forests

Sightline Daily is a daily online news digest that collects the best headlines on economic, environmental, and social issues from over 40 different news sources across the Northwest. The link above connects you to Sightline Daily's forests headlines. http://daily.sightline.org

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Sightline Daily news: Wildlife

Sightline Daily is an online news digest that collects the best headlines on economic, environmental, and social issues from over 40 different news sources across the Northwest. The link above connects you to Sightline Daily's wildlife headlines. http://daily.sightline.org

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Clearcutting Canada's Rainforest

The David Suzuki Foundation has studied all planned logging in British Columbia to determine if logging practices have improved since 2001 when the governmenet vowed to explore ways to implement environmentally-responsible logging practices. http://www.canadianrainforests.org/?CMSLiteSiteVars=flash:yes

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Global Forest Watch: Data Explorer

GFW's Data Explorer provides access to GFW's collection of datasets, providing information on forests and conservation efforts worldwide. http://ims.missouri.edu/gfwmetadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

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Oregon Natural Resources Council: Wilderness Proposal Map

ONRC provides access to its collection of maps of forested roadless areas in Oregon. The maps cover topics from elk habitat to watersheds to clearcuts. http://www.oregonwild.org/orwildmaps.html

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Sierra Club BC: Map Gallery

This resource, from the Sierra Club of British Columbia, gives access to a selection of maps covering issues such as the Great Bear rainforest, land use planning, and wild salmon, among others.

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The Rain Forests of Home: An Atlas of People and Place

The Rain Forests of Home reports on an effort to assemble a portrait of the North American coastal temperate rain forest bioregion by presenting information on forest cover, watersheds and much more. http://www.inforain.org/rainforestatlas

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Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

From NGOs to various salmon data, WDFW's website on salmon recovery contains a large list of links to different resources all about salmon. http://wdfw.wa.gov/recovery.htm