- Made the Growth Management Act matter
- Closed development loopholes
- Won protection for wetlands
- Won limit on clearcuts
- Created the Conservation Futures Fund
- Reduced shoreline development density 95%
- Saved Saratoga Woods from development
- Saved Pacific Rim Institute from development
- Protected Camp Casey forest
- Protected Maxwelton Creek
- Saved Keystone Spit
- Prevented the “Orca Pipeline”
- Prevented new shopping mall south of Oak Harbor
- Prevented 1050 house development on Fakkema farm
- Prevented Wright’s Crossing (1500 houses)
- Prevented tidal turbines in Admiralty Inlet
- Prevented massive Coupeville gravel pit
- Prevented 1000’ “floating road” & subdivision
- Protected Critical Areas from agriculture, logging, & development
- Cleaned up Oak Harbor School District toxics
- Made Island County roads “no spray”
- Banned Atlantic salmon net pens
- Organized March for Science
- Organized local Global Climate Strike marches
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May 2026 Newsletter
Senator Maria Cantwell has been a champion of the Roadless Area Conservation Act (RACA) since she first introduced it as a bill in Congress in 2002. In fact, she's reintroduced the bill in the Senate ten times, including this past year.