At any given time, the Cascadia Wildlands Project is involved in a variety of strategic lawsuits aimed at protecting Cascadia’s old-growth forests and wild and sensitive places from logging, road building, and other environmentally destructive activities. Though usually the last resort, litigation has been one of our most effective means of not only protecting the forests, rivers and wildlife we love, but also of upholding the environmental laws we rely upon from constant and persistent industry and government rollbacks. We are frequently joined in litigation by our allies from other environmental organizations, and we are represented by our in-house attorney and Legal Director, Dan Kruse, and by at least a dozen other great and dedicated environmental lawyers from across the Northwest.
While environmental lawyers and lawsuits often bare the brunt of industry criticism and accusations, we take pride and consolation in the fact that almost every meaningful environmental advancement – from the protection of our last towering old-growth trees to the protection of wild salmon and spotted owls from extinction – has been the direct result of the hard-fought legal victories of environmental organizations like the Cascadia Wildlands Project. We are inspired by the battles we've won, by the places and species we've protected, by each other, and by the hope of a healthy future, to continue this rich tradition of fighting for the land.
This page contains information about just a few of our current lawsuits. We hope it gives you a better idea of the work we do, and serves as a resource for anyone who is fighting to protect the places they love. If you have any questions at all about our legal work or the specific issues we are fighting over, please don’t hesitate to call our office or email our attorney at dkruse@cascwild.org or 541.434.1463.
A few of the cases we are currently involved in:
1) Black Crater Post-fire timber sale (Cascadia Wildlands Project, et al. v. William Anthony)
2) Snow Creek Road (KS Wild v. BLM)
3) Five Buttes Project (League of Wilderness Defenders v. Weldon)
