Cascadia Wildlands and partners have been working for over two decades to ensure strong protections for the outstanding streams, mature forests and imperiled wildlife on the Elliott State Forest located … Continue reading Take Action for the Elliott State Research Forest Plan!
By Isa Eisenberg, 2024 Summer Summer Field and Events Coordinator The Divide Project, located just south of Detroit, OR in the Willamette National Forest, consists of a variety of forests, … Continue reading BLOG: Basecamp 2024 was a success!
June 26, 2024 — Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a 2022 ruling from the District Court of Oregon that prevents Scott Timber Co. from clearcutting old-growth forest within Oregon’s Elliott State Forest. The court held that the proposed logging of the 355-acre Benson Ridge parcel by the subsidiary of Roseburg Forest Products would harm threatened marbled murrelets in violation of the federal Endangered Species Act. The case marks the first time a private timber company has been held to account in court for potential violations of the federal Endangered Species Act in Oregon.
June 20, 2024 — Conservation groups informed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today that they intend to sue over the agency’s denial of Endangered Species Act protections to the imperiled North Oregon Coast population of red tree voles. The Service’s decision to deny protections in February echoes a 2019 Trump administration denial, which was made despite several previous findings that protection was warranted. North Coast voles are threatened by logging and climate change-fueled wildfires.
May 28, 2024 — In response to a challenge brought by conservation organizations, on Friday a federal district court found that the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) violated the law with its “Integrated Vegetation Management” (IVM) program, which proposed aggressive logging in forest areas set aside for forest conservation.
May 20, 2024 — Bigstock Fundraiser has announced its 15th annual music event to be held at Hoodoo Ski Area on September 6-7 as a benefit for Oregon Adaptive Sports and Cascadia Wildlands.
Registration for this event is now CLOSED. Any questions can be directed to Madeline via email: madeline@cascwild.org or text/call: 206-653-4959 Cascadia Wildlands WildCAT Field Checking BASECAMP will take place in the U.S. Forest … Continue reading Register for Field Checking Basecamp — June 20-25
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Join the Pacific Northwest Forest Climate Alliance and communities from across the PNW on June 13 for the Forests Are Our Future rally. We will call attention to the pivotal … Continue reading Forests Are Our Future Rally — June 13
