CASCADIA BIOREGION PROGRAM
We safeguard ecosystems through advocacy, education, and legal action, promoting a shift away from resource-driven economies while advancing Nature’s rights.
News & Events
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Watch our film!
Newly released: Last Stand: Saving the Elwha River's Legacy Forests
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Seattle Times Article
“WA sets aside 2,000 acres of forest for conservation, cancels timber sale near Elwha River”
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Event
Se’Si’Le presents All Our Relations: Tribute to the Orca; June 12 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Our Achievements
Through community organizing and strategic litigation protected critical forests in the Elwha River Watershed.
With coalition partners achieved recognition of the rights of the Southern Resident Orcas by 8 local governments.
Advising First Nation's government on rights of rivers law.
Drafted ecocentric language for conservation easement.
Current Campaigns
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Elwha Legacy Forest
Legacy Forest Protection in Elwha River Watershed and Western Washington
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Southern Resident Orcas
Rights of the Southern Resident Orcas and the ecosystems upon which they depend
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Rights of Rivers
Rights of Rivers; revitalizing Indigenous law to recognize a river's rights
Downloadable resources for the Cascadia Bioregion Program
Elizabeth Dunne
Cascadia Bioregion Program Director
Support the Cascadia Bioregion Program
Header Photo: Unsplash / Jordan Plihal; News & Events Photo: Unsplash / Nate Bell; Campaigns (left to right): forest2sea.com; Unsplash / Thomas Lipke; Unsplash / Jairo Gallegos; Resources Photo: Unsplash / Dave Hoefler; Footer Photo: Unsplash / Stephen Walker