Local / Regional News
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8/20, 7pm: Elwha Legacy Forest monthly meeting, on Zoom.
8/21 and 8/22: Wildflower walks in the upper Dungeness with the Dungeness River Nature Center.
8/22, 11am: Leveraging Science and Conservation, a Western Environmental Law Center presentation on Zoom.
8/22, 6pm: Call 4 Climate Action update from Washington Conservation Action. Sign up here.
8/29, 4pm: 350 Action will talk about their partnerships with Seed the Vote and Environmental Voter Project and how you can plug into phone banking programs in key swing states. Join the Zoom.
Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe poised to help manage key Salish Sea wildlife refuges – “Our tribe has a strong historical and cultural relationship with the Dungeness Refuge since our original village was sitting at the mouth of the Dungeness River,” Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Chairman Ron Allen told KUOW.
Landscape disturbance in PNW national parks – check out this story map.
Through Sept. 8: Elwha River exhibit at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center — A visual journey exploring the artistry evoked from the renewal of the Elwha River.
What the river teaches – 10 years after the Elwha Dam was removed
OCA is joining other groups in the “No on 2117” campaign to oppose the ballot initiative that seeks to repeal the Climate Commitment Act. An unprecedented coalition of over 350 organizations are uniting to defeat initiative 2117. Volunteer!
WA state leads in climate friendly building policy… for now – Gains are threatened.
National / International News
Insurers and the climate crisis— a New York Times report.
Take action for Salmon – Don’t let Congress sabotage tribal rights and plans to restore habitats.
Tim Walz — a climate leader? Bill McKibben thinks so.
End commercial clear-cutting of old-growth in Alaska – Sign this Alaska Wilderness League petition.
Solutions and Inspiration
Canada’s 1st prisoner of conscience is an indigenous land defender
In rural Hawaii, solar provides energy independence – a Grist report
Feeding seaweed to cattle halved methane emissions – an Australia report
Olympic Climate Action 