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In Brief: Limit logging in ancient forests to protect wildlife, restore salmon runs in Columbia and Klamath basins, protect farmworkers from pesticides, save killer whales in Puget Sound.

Quick Facts Year opened: 1987 Number of staff: 11 Appeals court: Ninth Circuit Focus: Forests, Wildlife, Water	Meet Earthjustice To be most effective in the family tradition of 'fighting for your beliefs', Patti Goldman went to law school.  Learn More About Patti
Our Stories  The Forest and the Trees By the 1980s, the ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest were falling at a breathtaking rate and would have disappeared altogether in not many more years. A lawsuit to protect the northern spotted owl -- followed by litigation to force the federal agencies to follow the law -- cut the rate of logging dramatically. Tom Turner explains.  Read the story of the northern spotted owl Northwest Office Honored The Northwest office won the 2007 Conservation Leadership Award from the National Center for Conservation Science & Policy for their use of credible science to secure landmark legal victories during 2007 that measurably improved or restored protections for Pacific salmon and steelhead and old growth ecosystems.  Read the press release
Recent Victories Endangered Bird Trumps Chainsaws Old growth forest habitat protected -- for now Kalama Coal Plant Kiboshed Permit for dirty coal plant in Washington State denied Northwest Salmon Protections Saved Federal efforts to weaken regulations governing logging on steep, landslide-prone hillsides successfully rebuffed