Stories of Healthy Ecosystems

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Ecohaus

Matt Freeman-Gleason acted on his commitment to sustainability and started Environmental Home Center, now Ecohaus, an eco-friendly building materials supplier.

Cart'M Recycling

Frustrated by the lack of recycling resources in Manzanita, Oregon, Lane deMoll and Kathleen Ryan started a citizen-run dump, recycling center and community center.

Dungeness River Watershed Restoration

Tribespeople, irrigators, property owners, conservationists, and public agencies came together to restore threatened salmon populations.

Thundering Hooves

Formerly a struggling conventional wheat farmer, Joel Huesby uses innovative techniques on his successful organic beef, chicken and turkey ranch.

Tenmile Creek Watershed Restoration Project

Dorie Belisle and her husband John worked with neighboring farms to protect the salmon and the agriculture on the Tenmile Creek Watershed.

JEA Farms, Ltd.

John Aeschliman promotes rich, moist soil in dry country using direct-seed or no-till farming to grow wheat.

Leonetti Cellar

Leonetti Cellar winemaker Gary Figgins and his son Chris, the winery's lead viticulturalist, cultivate soil health to create quality wines.

Limberlost Tree Farm

Herb and Grace Payne reclaim family land and replant cedars in the hope of recreating the old growth stands that were here a century ago.

Moccasin Lake Ranch

Preservation, conservation and production all blend together on Moccasin Lake Ranch which covers over 2200 acres in north central Washington.

Read, Deanna and Jeremy Smith Family Farms

Read Smith protects his topsoil with no-till farming on his ranch in eastern Washington’s Palouse region.

Two Rivers Farm

Nancy Denson and Nick Stemm celebrate the coexistence of the cultivated and the wild on their farm by supporting a balance between harvest and natural setting.

Colvin Family Ranch

Fred Colvin balances conservation and restoration with grass fed cattle ranching on his 640 acre property in western Washington.

Double J Ranch

Peter Goldmark draws on his scientific and farming background to run his grass finished yearling and wheat breeding ranch in Washington's Okanogan Valley.

Hedlin Family Farm

Dave Hedlin encourages long-range vision on his Skagit Valley farm and has joined with other local growers to preserve farmland, open spaces and wildlife habitat.

Nash Huber & Delta Farm

Partnering with PCC Natural Foods to create the Farmland Fund, farmer Nash Huber saved the Dungeness River Valley's Delta Farm from development.

S & S Homestead Farm

Henning Sehmsdorf and his family stay healthy by practicing biodynamic farming, and are moving towards self-sufficiency on Lopez Island, WA.

Forest Concepts, LLC

Forest Concepts promotes forest health and the local economy by using the by-products of forest restoration in constructing products that benefit watersheds.

Gies Farm

Dale Gies experimented with mustard plants and green manure to improve his soil quality and unexpectedly became a leader in the field of biofumigation.

Peshastin Creek Growers Association

Dr. John Dunley helps the Peshastin Creek Growers Association develop a soft pesticide program for their orchards and move away from conventional farming.

Stillaguamish Old Channel Restoration

Chuck Hazleton and the Snohomish County, WA community on the Stillaguamish River installed a water control structure to repair habitat for endangered salmon.