About WSICI

The Western Seaboard Integrated Conservation Initiative (WSICI) is a 501(c)(3) conservation nonprofit working across the western seaboard, from Alaska and western Canada through the western United States to Mexico. WSICI’s work rests on three connected areas: environmental research, applied implementation, and education and outreach. On the research side, the organization focuses on generating sound and usable science concerning the health of western landscapes and waterways, including water quality monitoring, site assessment, and geospatial analysis. WSICI treats research as a starting point, designing studies and assessments so the results can directly inform restoration priorities, land management decisions, and policy at the local and regional level.

Through applied restoration practices, WSICI turns that science into results on the ground. WSICI works alongside governments, agencies, tribes, conservation districts, community members, and other nonprofits to plan and carry out projects that improve watershed function, restore habitat, and address contamination and other environmental threats, conducting core work directly and bringing in specialized partners where a project calls for it. Education and outreach tie the work together. WSICI develops tools and materials that make technical information accessible, from 3D visualizations of landscape change to locally adapted signage and outreach resources for invasive species prevention, empowering communities, landowners, and decision-makers to understand the issues facing their watersheds and take part in solving them.