February 27, 2014 — Earlier this week, neighboring landowners discovered a mudslide in the “experimental” Buck Rising clearcut logging project on public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management in Douglas
County. The type of clearcutting used in the project has been the model for US Senator Ron Wyden’s plan to double logging levels on O&C lands in Western Oregon.
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Senator Wyden is Holding a Hearing on the O&C Lands Today: He Should be Hearing From You
On February 6, 2014 Oregon Senator Ron Wyden will be holding hearings on Senate Bill 1784. Cascadia Wildlands is so concerned about elements of this bill that we sent our own Francis Eartherington and Nick Cady to Washington, DC to talk about to our elected officials about the dangers of this bill. Our concerns are laid … Continue reading Senator Wyden is Holding a Hearing on the O&C Lands Today: He Should be Hearing From You
The O&C Lands: Holding out for a Hero
By Bob Ferris The general public tends not to gravitate to the complicated. That is one of the reasons that relatively few get engaged in the federal farm bills or in energy policy in spite of the critical importance of both those entities to our health, wealth and happiness. The end result is that the … Continue reading The O&C Lands: Holding out for a Hero
Cascadia Wildlands and Allies Send Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley Letters About O&C Logging Bill
Click here to read the letter to Senator Ron Wyden. Click here to read the letter to Senator Jeff Merkley.
The Fate of Western Oregon’s O&C Forest Lands–Please Join Us
Please join Cascadia Wildlands, Oregon Wild, Forest Web of Cottage Grove, Eugene Weekly and other concerned community members for a presentation about the future of western Oregon’s public forestlands, also known as the O&C lands. These forest provide 1.8 million Oregonians with clean drinking water, offer habitat for imperiled fish and wildlife, and store incomparable … Continue reading The Fate of Western Oregon’s O&C Forest Lands–Please Join Us
O&C Schemes: What About Blacktail Winter Habitat?
Pictures and graphics are always important. In putting together a power point slide for an upcoming talk I am giving on the Tongass National Forest for the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, I stumbled onto the following graphic representation (with lots of help from Gabe Scott our person in Cordova, Alaska). Just a simple … Continue reading O&C Schemes: What About Blacktail Winter Habitat?
O&C Legislation and Negotiations
The 1937 O&C act devised a payment strategy, since modified, so that 50% of gross timber receipts of BLM O&C lands are given to the counties in lieu of property taxes. For a history of BLM O&C lands, go here. By the 1990's, the counties had become rich off of the lucrative clearcutting of old … Continue reading O&C Legislation and Negotiations
Press Release: Lane County Board of Commissioners Withdraws Membership from Extreme Timber Lobby Group
June 11, 2019 — Today, the Lane County Board of Commissioners voted 4-1 to withdraw its membership from the Association of O&C Counties (AOCC), an extreme timber lobby group. Newly elected commissioner Heather Buch brought forward the motion to remove Lane County’s funding, totaling $79,444 for 2019-2020, and membership in the AOCC. Commissioner Jay Bozievich was the lone commissioner to oppose the withdrawal.
Press Release: Sen. Wyden Drops Logging Turducken* Before Holiday
November 26, 2013 — Eugene-based Cascadia Wildlands today expressed disappointment with the O&C forest legislation released by Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) that affects management of over two-million acres of public forestland in western Oregon. The conservation organization believes that it is a bad deal for the environmental values that make Oregon special and is committed to working with the Senator to see it drastically improved.