Teardrop Lakes, Deschutes National Forest (James Johnston)One of Cascadia Wildlands' primary goals: protect all remaining ancient forests in the region. Forever.
Less than 20% of our region's native forests (forests that haven't been logged) remain standing. Most forests have been clearcut and replaced with industrial tree farms. This conversion has created a regional wildlife extinction crisis. Spotted owls continue to plummet by 4% each year. Salmon are returning to spawn at record lows, causing fishery closures.
Our strategies for protecting threatened forests include grassroots organizing, public education, strategic litigation, monitoring, media outreach, and political advocacy. We carefully select timber sales to target based on ecological values, community significance, broad policy implications, and legal precedents to be set. For more information click here.
- Judge tells feds to study owls before selling timber April 6, 2013
- Revised Trapper Project Proposes to Log 44 Acres Near Blue River April 1, 2013
- Federal Court Ruling Puts Brakes on Goose Logging Project March 27, 2013
- Press Release: Sensitive Wildlife Habitat and Drinking Water Supply Protected Above McKenzie March 27, 2013
- Waldo Lake Bill Advances in Senate March 19, 2013
- Trapper: Zombie Timber Sale February 25, 2013
- Most at Hearing Oppose Seaplanes on Waldo Lake February 1, 2013
- Crony Capitalism on the Tongass January 31, 2013
- Press Release: Conservationists Challenge Controversial BLM Clear-Cutting Pilot Project January 30, 2013
- Forest Service Supports Float Plane Ban on Waldo Lake January 29, 2013
- Press Release: Conservation Groups Challenge Crater Lake-Area Logging January 2, 2013
- Lawsuit Blocks Elliott Logging November 18, 2012
- Lawsuit Chops Down Logging Plans on the Elliott November 16, 2012
- Press Release: Lawsuit Filed to Protect Threatened North Oregon Coast Red Tree Vole September 26, 2012
- Hard Slog Ahead as US Seeks Breakthrough in Timber War August 7, 2012
- Press Release: Big Timber Manufactures Timber Volume Crisis in Western Oregon June 21, 2012
- Public Forests: More information June 4, 2012
