Cascadia is the lush, forested region extending from northern California to southeastern Alaska. Its forests are some of the oldest, most awe-inspiring in the world. They shelter and nourish salmon, northern spotted owls, wolverines, lynx, wolves, and other cherished and unique species.
Decades of aggressive logging have left us with less than 10% of the original old-growth forests that once blanketed this region. Nearly all of this remaining old growth lies on public lands– lands owned by every American and managed by government agencies.
The future of these legacy forests is uncertain. Over the next 20 years, our government plans to log over one million acres of these forests. The Cascadia Wildlands Project is leading the fight to protect these natural legacies.
We use a combination of education, organizing, agitation, litigation, advocacy, and collaboration to defend wild places against destructive resource extraction and promote sustainable, restoration-based forestry.
