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

  • Watch our film!

    Newly released: Last Stand: Saving the Elwha River's Legacy Forests

  • Seattle Times Article

    “WA sets aside 2,000 acres of forest for conservation, cancels timber sale near Elwha River”

  • Event

    Se’Si’Le presents All Our Relations: Tribute to the Orca; June 12 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Our Achievements

  1. Through community organizing and strategic litigation protected critical forests in the Elwha River Watershed.

  2. With coalition partners achieved recognition of the rights of the Southern Resident Orcas by 8 local governments.

  3. Advising First Nation's government on rights of rivers law.

  4. Drafted ecocentric language for conservation easement.

Current Campaigns

  • Elwha Legacy Forest

    Legacy Forest Protection in Elwha River Watershed and Western Washington

  • Southern Resident Orcas

    Rights of the Southern Resident Orcas and the ecosystems upon which they depend

  • 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

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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