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PROTECT • RESTORE • INSPIRE

CONSERVING & ADVOCATING

Cascade Forest Conservancy campaigns and advocates for laws, policies, and projects that maintain the health and biodiversity of habitats throughout southwest Washington’s Cascades.  

CONVENING & COLLABORATING

Cascade Forest Conservancy is a founding member of two forest collaboratives. These groups bring together representatives from the US Forest Service, timber companies, Indigenous communities, recreation organizations, and local business owners to guiding decisions affecting the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. By discussing proposed projects early in the planning stages, we are often able to positively influence actions impacting the region without costly legal actions.

Through our partnerships with scientists, researchers, agencies, Tribes, and restoration professionals, we help design, study, and facilitate innovative cost-effective projects that are improving and restoring habitats across Washington’s southern Cascades.   

CONNECTING & EDUCATING

Cascade Forest Conservancy was founded by a group of volunteers who were concerned for the sustainability and health of the region’s forests. More than three decades later, public involvement and grassroots environmental action are still central to who we are and what we do.

Cascade Forest Conservancy provides volunteer opportunities that offer unique chances to learn and make a lasting impact for the environment. 

Our 12,000+ members and supporters are our greatest asset in our continuing efforts to protect and sustain the places we care for and steward. 

SPEAK UP FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

Since 1985, Cascade Forest Conservancy has been your voice speaking for the areas in and around the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in southwest Washington. Join the 12,000 other members who support Cascade Forest Conservancy and are making a difference now.

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Our Work

Forest

Forest

Protecting, restoring, and exploring the beautiful and diverse forests of the southern Washington Cascades

Water

Water

Innovating effective solutions for aquatic habitats

Wildlife

Wildlife

Studying wildlife and safeguarding biodiversity

Conservation Guidebook

conservation guidebook

Strategies to conserve ecosystems and safeguard biodiversity in the southern Washington Cascades

Fire

Fire

Creative response to wildfire in southwest Washington

Volunteer Science and Education

Volunteer Science and Education

Providing volunteers one-of-a-kind opportunities to learn and make a lasting impact

The Green River Valley & Mount St. Helens: No Place for a Mine

The Green River Valley & Mount St. Helens: No Place for a Mine

Our ongoing fight to stop a disasterous open-pit mine in the shadow of Mount St. Helens (Lawetlat'la)

News & Updates

SIGNS OF TROUBLE AND HOPE AT MCDONALD RIDGE

Cascade Forest Conservancy staff, volunteers, and Forest Service botanists recently conducted native plant surveys in wildfire-impacted forests beneath the slopes of Mount Adams.  There we observed signs of climate change impacts affecting our forests, but documented examples of how CFC and our community can make a positive impact.       On this occasion, we climbed...
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NEWS RELEASE: CASCADE FOREST CONSERVANCY’S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO TESTIFY BEFORE U.S. HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON FORESTRY

The House Committee on Agriculture asks a nonprofit to testify before the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture on partnerships with the U.S. Forest Service. News Release | 24 June, 2026 Vancouver, WA – Representative Andrea Salinas (OR) called on Molly Whitney, Executive Director of the Vancouver-based conservation non-profit, Cascade Forest Conservancy (CFC), to provide testimony...
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BREAKING: NEW EFFORTS TO DEVELOP A MINE ONCE AGAIN THREATEN MOUNT ST. HELENS

Despite previous legal victories, environmental designations, and local public opinion, a Canadian mining corporation is once again taking steps toward developing a new mine in the foothills of Mount St. Helens, North America’s most active volcano..     The impacts of hard rock mining extend far beyond the locations of mines themselves. Several recent studies...
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