Lamprey have remained largely unchanged for 360 million years, but today, their populations have been severely impacted by dams and habitat loss. For the past several years, Cascade Forest Conservancy has worked to incorporate lamprey habitat needs into restoration planning wherever lamprey may be present.      Meet the Pacific lamprey: An Ancient Species at...

The U.S. Forest Service is proposing major changes to the Travel Management Rule – the basic policy that determines where motor vehicles can travel on our national forests and grasslands. For more than 20 years, the rule has provided a common-sense approach: local land managers work with communities and forest users to identify which roads,...

Executive Director’s Note: For decades, logging and mining lobbyists have argued that regulations requiring public input and transparency hold back progress, but on a recent trip to Washington, D.C., I told members of Congress a different story. My message was simple: transparency, accountability, and public input actually make projects more efficient and lead to better outcomes. I pointed to the success...

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...