By Amanda Parrish
After decades of working with the Forest Service on forest management policy and wilderness designation through forest collaboratives, in 2017 The Lands Council partnered with the Forest Service on our first large-scale stream habitat restoration project on the West Branch of LeClerc Creek.
After studying comparative ecology and conservation in Ecuador, Amanda Parrish graduated with a degree in Environmental Studies from the University of San Francisco in 2008 and went on to work as seasonal forestry technician with the Coeur d'Alene tribe. She joined The Lands Council (TLC) in 2009 as an AmeriCorps member.
The Washington State Leadership Board (WSLB), a non-profit that specializes in delivering equitable leadership development programs for the State of Washington, invites you to join them on April 30th for their first-ever Speaker Series -- where you can join celebrated leaders to talk politics, social justice, economics, and more!
By Joelle Robinson, Climate Solutions
The Washington Legislature might pass into law a firm cap on global warming pollution across the entire state. Only one other state has done it, and few others are trying right now.
Students at North Central High School's Institute of Science and Technology are working with PhD-level resources to solve a longstanding environmental issue in their own backyard. Hanna Faught and Meilin Scott are partnering with The Lands Council to determine whether bioremediation could help remove Polychlorinated biphenyls - or PCBs - from the Spokane River.
Most environmental concerns are huge, earth-sized, out of this world problems. Climate change and environmental racism are just two issues that are important and urgent, but they are also insanely giant and complicated. It’s easy to get overwhelmed and feel defeated when you are just one person. Is there anything I can do? Like actually do?
