Sustainable Northwest provides a variety of resources to a range of audiences and partners to help advance community-based sustainability in the West.

Policy Resources

The Healthy Forests Healthy Communities program serves a broad array of partners, both in the business and non-profit sectors. Each partner is committed to environmental and social responsibility, and to creating a sustainable future for the Pacific Northwest.

Biomass/Wood-based Energy

Sustainable Northwest promotes woody biomass utilization as a tool to restore forests, promote local economic development in communities, enhance the use of renewable energy at the local level, and support green building initiatives.

Klamath Basin

Sustainable Northwest works with ranchers from the Wood, Williamson and Sprague Valleys, with farmers from the Klamath Federal Irrigation Project, and with tribal leaders to develop comprehensive, community-based solutions in support of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement.

Collaboration and Stewardship

Sustainable Northwest has helped facilitated collaborative decisionmaking around natural resource management for 15 years.  We've held workshops and forums to help communities throughout the region advance stewardship practices.

Media Room

View recent media coverage related to Sustainable Nortwhest.

Publications & Projects

Annual Reports

Testimony, Public Comments, and Sign-on Letters
Read testimony, public comments and sign-on letters from Sustainable Northwest staff, partners, and Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition working groups.

Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition Issue Papers
Issue papers are the RVCC's primary communication materials and a source of information for congressional staff, federal agency decision makers, interest groups, academics, and the media. Learn more about the RVCC policy platform.

Rural Climate Change Policy
A web resource on climate change policy for rural communities and landscapes in the Western U.S. 

Forest Service New Business Model Initiative
Sustainable Northwest facilitated a meeting for the USFS New Business Model Initiative. Read the summary report of the New Business Model Initiative Partnership Meeting, February 2008.

National Rural Assembly
The following document was created in preparation for the Natural Rural Assembly held July 16-18, 2008 in Washington, D.C.

• Policy Opportunity Snapshots: Context, Challenges, and Opportunities - Quality in Education, Stewardship of Natural Resources, Health of Our People, Investment in Our Communities