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How We Work
How We Work
At The Nature Conservancy, we are helping people and communities solve our greatest conservation challenges—so nature thrives and enriches lives.
We are focusing on the highest priority solutions in the places where we can have the greatest impact on the future of the world. We work with a broad range of partners and use science, on-the-ground programs and political advocacy to develop new strategies and solutions that work at large scales.
We’ve tackled conservation challenges throughout Washington and around the world for more than 50 years. We can marshal our experience and our partnerships to test novel approaches, influence major decisions and create and steer much-needed resources.
Our goals are to:
- Clean up Puget Sound once and for all.
- Bring wild salmon back to the Washington coast.
- Restore our eastern forests from Canada to Oregon.
- Preserve our sagelands heritage in Washington.
- Help solve global conservation challenges.
- Inspire more people to value nature.
We employ roughly 80 staff members in Washington who work in Seattle and in our field offices in Yakima, Wenatchee, Olympia, Mount Vernon and Astoria, Oregon. Led by State Director Karen Anderson, we are scientists, conservation experts, fundraisers, marketers, coalition builders, advocates and more.
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We all have a role to play in creating a thriving planet and abundance for all. And we have a strong conservation foundation upon which to build. It is within our power to fix what is broken and pass on a better Washington and a better world.
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Bringing People Together for Nature
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50 Years of Conservation
In 2010 the Conservancy celebrated 50 years in Washington at Born to Be Wild, the biggest conservation party of the year. Learn more.
Annual Reports
You can find recent annual reports on our Washington Wildlands Magazine page.
Science Website
Dig deeper into our program's science work by visiting our science team's website, WaConservation.org.
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