Guest Opinion, Everett Tribune, Abi Ludwig, April 22 2026Read our Article in the Tribune: Who is running the Snohomish County Charter Review Commission? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This week, Standing for Washington appeared before the Snohomish County Charter Review Commission to advocate for the creation of an Office of the Watershed Advocate —

Everett Herald, Saturday Dec 6 2025 BP’s Olympic Pipeline leaked near the Snohomish River recently, forcing a shutdown and emergency response (“BP’s Olympic Pipeline fully restarts after 2-week shutdown,” The Herald, Dec. 1). We don’t yet know the full extent of the damage, but restoring a watershed is difficult, expensive

My Everett News, Nov 24 2025 Last week, Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Jennifer Langbehn invalidated Everett Initiative 24-03, which passed in November 2024. The initiative provided Snohomish River standing legal rights, allowing city residents to take legal action against activities within city limits that negatively impact the watershed’s health. Read

Works In Progress, by Rachel Kurtz-McAlaine, Esq., April 14, 2024 In 2018, Harry Branch voiced concerns over legal decisions dismissing appeals by the Olympia Urban Waters League against a development in the Moxlie Creek Estuary. He questioned why our legal system treats nature merely as property, prompting him to partner

Works in Progress, Rachel Kurtz-McAlaine, Nov 30 2025 PRESS RELEASE: Standing for Nature to Appeal Ruling Striking Down Everett’s Snohomish River Rights Law Standing for Nature announced today that it will appeal Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Jennifer Langbehn’s decision granting summary judgment against Everett Initiative 24-03, the voter-approved law

Everett Herald, Eliza Aronson, Oct 22 2025 EVERETT — Last November, the city of Everett passed a historic initiative granting the Snohomish River legal standing rights in court On Friday, a group of developers will present its case that the law should be repealed. Read the FULL ARTICLE HERE

Everett Post, Mikayla Finnerty, Sept 22 2025 EVERETT, SEPT. 22: In January, the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties filed a complaint against a City of Everett law giving the Snohomish River Watershed legal rights. Earlier this month an Everett city attorney submitted a response on behalf of

Works in Progress, Rachel Kurtz-McAlaine, April 15 2025 As many of you know, Standing for Nature (a 501c3 organization) has intervened in a lawsuit filed earlier this year by development and business interests—including the Master Builders Association—seeking to overturn Everett Initiative 24-03, the voter-approved ordinance recognizing the rights of the

KUOW Sound Side, Jan 14 2025 Listen to the entire show at Can a river have rights? Everett is finding out, by Libby Denkman & Alec Cowan, January 24, 2025. In Everett, voters approved Initiative 24-03, granting the Snohomish River watershed legal rights, such as the right to exist, flow,