Your donation makes a difference because Cascade Forest Conservancy (CFC) is the only non-profit organization focused entirely on protecting and restoring the area of southwest Washington we call the heart of the Cascades.

Our ability to continue addressing complex, region-wide challenges with comprehensive strategies through a broad array of projects depends on the support of people like you. Some of our projects are funded through grants, but it’s your generosity that funds many other essential, but sometimes hard-to-measure, aspects of our work. For example, the critical task of building authentic and lasting relationships with our supporters, volunteers, and with our partners and collaborators, like our friend, the late Pete Krabbe.

Pete passed away on June 1, 2023, but his vision and dedication continue to inspire our work.

Pete  lived near the Gifford Pinchot NF for 35 years. He was a logger, a mushroom forager, a talented angler, a hunter, and someone who cared for his community–both the human and non-human life he lived beside.

That care for his community could be seen in his decision to begin participating in the Pinchot Partners forest collaborative. Forest collaboratives are organizations that foster conversations among agencies, Tribes, conservation groups, timber industry representatives, business owners, rural community leaders, and others. These forest collaboratives have a major influence on the land management decisions and strategies that are adopted in their districts.

Pete Krabbe, who served as Chair of the Pinchot Partners, once recalled that when he first met members of CFC’s staff at the beginning of his time with the collaborative, his opinion of our organization evolved significantly over time.