Washington Conservation Action

Background

Washington Conservation Action, formerly Washington Conservation Voters, was founded in 1999. ³ The non-advocacy focused arm of the organization, the Washington Conservation Action Education Fund, has been active in Washington state environmental policy since 1967. ³

Activism

Washington Conservation Action opposes the construction of terminals that make the export of natural resources from the United States to other countries possible. ⁴ The organization states that it has successfully canceled the construction eight proposed oil-by-rail export terminals, as well as seven proposed coal terminals. ⁴

Washington Conservation Action supported Senate Bill 5116, legislation signed by Governor Jay Inslee (D) in 2019. ⁵ Senate Bill 5116 would require the elimination of all coal from the state’s electric grid system by 2025, requires that utility companies within the state be carbon-neutral by 2030, requires that utility companies not rely on non-weather-dependent sources of energy by 2045, and provides tax breaks for businesses that generate weather-dependent energy. ⁵

Washington Conservation Action also advocates for a taxpayer-funded program to switch all public school buses to zero-emission vehicles, ⁶ the formation of a top-down regulatory body that would monitor and regulate the price of gasoline akin to regulations covering utility companies for electricity, ⁶ and imposing a “end of life” cost on packaging materials manufacturers, in effect implementing  an added tax on packaging products that cannot be recycled. ⁶

Get Out The Vote (GOTV)

Washington Conservation Action engages in get-out-the-vote campaigns. ⁷ The organization’s efforts direct its membership and other aligned environmentalists through its Call 4 Climate Action program, efforts which include phone-banking and text-banking to register more potential voters in the state of Washington who are aligned with the organization’s objectives. ⁷

#NoKings Protests

In June 2025, Washington Conservation Action participated in organizing or supporting protests branded under the “#NoKings” banner, a national day of demonstrations positioned as a defense of democratic norms against President Donald Trump. These events were part of a larger mobilization involving over 70 Democratic Party affiliates and allied organizations across at least 19 U.S. states and multiple international locations, according to publicly available event listings on Mobilize.us, a Democratic Party-aligned organizing platform. ^{8 9}

Financials

In 2023, Washington Conservation Action received $1,568,343 in contributions, ¹⁰  $1,600,426 in total revenue, ¹¹ incurred $1,834,515 in expenses, ¹² and held $2,330,492 in total assets. ¹³

Leadership

Alyssa Macy is the CEO of Washington Conservation Action. ¹⁴ Prior to leading the organization, she was the chief operations officer (COO) of the of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Oregon. ¹⁴ She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Justice Studies from the University of Arizona and a graduate degree from the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis. ¹⁴