We recently named 29 wild places that could be preserved through the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), which use revenues generated from offshore oil and gas drilling leases to acquire critical new lands. Six of the 29 places are located in my region, the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Read on to discover why two of these special places deserve to be saved.

Good news for salmon in Washington! Through our work coordinating a diverse coalition in Washington state, salmon habitat on the battered Skokomish River scored a win recently.

Over the years, road construction, clearcut logging, and dams, among other factors, have significantly altered the character of the Skokomish River, which empties into southwest portion of Puget Sound.