Mountain Goats Fewer than 3,000 mountain goats likely reside in Washington currently, the majority of those in the Cascade Mountains. © John Marshall
Washington's majestic landscapes face unprecedented threats from devastating wildfires, a rapidly changing climate and species loss. Conservation and stewardship of TNC’s lands leverage innovative management practices, build resilience to wildfires and support habitats and communities. We work together with government agencies, local communities, Native Nations and partners to accelerate the use of these conservation practices across private and public lands.
Explore how TNC is working in Washington to create a more resilient future—one where lands and waters thrive, biodiversity flourishes and our planet heals.
We protect, manage and restore forests, supporting crucial habitats and preserving biodiversity. We implement natural climate solutions (NCS), accessing the power of nature to managed forests across Washington.
Learning to Live with Fire
Across the Pacific Northwest, we are experiencing longer and more intense fire seasons driven by increasingly warmer and drier conditions in our forests. As temperatures increase, our forests are becoming more vulnerable to high-intensity fires.
But fire can be essential. As an ecological and cultural process, fire has shaped the diversity of life on this planet for millennia. Our strategy seeks to restore balance to the system by reframing the issue: we must learn to live safely with fire—embrace and manage it as a natural and necessary process.
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How the West Fights Fire with Fire
After a century of excluding fires in our Western dry forests, these landscapes are now dangerously overgrown. Urgent action is needed.
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A Season of Good Fire in Washington
From the Columbia Gorge to the northeast corner of Washington, prescribed fire training takes place to facilitate peer-to-peer learning and hands-on experience with prescribed fire.
Restoration and Stewardship
We have a steadfast commitment to steward our lands and waters for wildlife habitat, clean water and healthy, resilient and prosperous communities. We work to ensure equitable use and access opportunities for our partners and communities and to center learning for continual improvement of their care, in order to have the greatest impact on the climate and biodiversity crises.
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Women in Conservation
From scientists to burn bosses, lobbyists to land stewards, the women and femmes staff at TNC in Washington contribute some of the leading interventions in conservation.
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Snow, Trees and Hope: How Forest Restoration Boosts Cascades Snowpack
TNC's Dr. Emily Howe explores new research that brings hope for an increase in depth and duration of snowpack in the Cascades.
Partnership & Community
It takes all of us working together to restore our lands. Collaboration is at the heart of what we do.
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Washington Statement of Commitment to Indigenous Peoples
As staff & trustees of TNC in Washington, we commit to practicing respect for people, communities & cultures as we work to live our organization’s values & make progress toward our mission.
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BIPOC Outdoors: Earth Day on Yellow Island
Members of Outdoor Asian, Outdoor Afro and Latino Outdoors traveled to Yellow Island to explore nature and volunteer on Earth Day.
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You Can Be a Voice for Healthy Urban Trees
As our cities grow, so will the challenges of sustaining clean air, clean water and quality of life. A healthy urban tree canopy can be part of the solution, providing a suite of benefits.
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Helping Washington's Coastal Forests Prepare for the Future
TNC is working at the Ellsworth Creek Preserve to offer land managers a way to cultivate characteristics that will help tomorrow’s forests adapt to an ever-changing environment.
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Rematriating Buffalo in Washington State
More than 65 North American Plains Bison, commonly known as “buffalo,” were transferred from TNC’s Niobrara Preserve in Nebraska to the Kalispel Tribe of Indians in the far NE corner of Washington.
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Five Nature Conservancy Preserves in Washington You Can Visit Any Time
Here are five Nature Conservancy preserves in Washington that you can visit anytime to immerse yourself in the beauty of nature and learn about The Nature Conservancy’s conservation efforts.
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More About Washington
Significant Washington Land Returned to the Colville Tribe, Its Original Stewards
In October 2021, the 9,243-acre Figlenski Ranch in Okanogan County was returned to its original stewards, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. Here's the remarkable story.
Growing Food for Immigrants and Refugees
The Hillside Paradise Parking Plots garden is the result of partnerships, volunteers and vision. The project set out to do one thing: benefit people at the most basic level — a place to grow food.
Water Connects Us All
The way of connection is revealed by water—snowy summits melting, forging rivers, winding streams and cutting wetlands to spill over a salty edge.