March 8, 2024 — The Oregon Board of Forestry made a historic decision to move forward with a Habitat Conservation Plan for 640,000 acres of western Oregon state forests at its March 7th meeting in Salem. Voting 4-3 in favor of directing Oregon Department of Forestry to move forward with the draft Habitat Conservation Plan, the agency will now finalize the plan to establish a network of habitat and riparian conservation areas across roughly 300,000 acres of state forests and await federal approval. The department will also continue developing a new Forest Management Plan to guide implementation of the Habitat Conservation Plan.
Thank Oregon State Forester and Board Members for Moving Habitat Protections for State Forests Forward
PIELC (Public Interest Environmental Law Conference) — March 1-3
The Cascadia Wildlands staff will be participating in four panels this year and tabling at the globally renowned Public Interest Environmental Law Conference at the University of Oregon. We hope … Continue reading PIELC (Public Interest Environmental Law Conference) — March 1-3
WildCAT Volunteer Meeting — March 20
Join us at our next meeting on March 20 @ 6:00 – 7:00 PM: Register Here Our meetings are now held in-person (and also on Zoom) at our office (120 … Continue reading WildCAT Volunteer Meeting — March 20
Press Release: Feds Withdraw Controversial Big League Logging Project Following Legal Challenge
January 22, 2024 — In response to legal pressure, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) withdrew the proposed 4,600-acre Big League logging project in the Calapooia and Mohawk River Watersheds northeast of Eugene.
VIDEO: Cascadia Wildlands Celebrates 25 Years!
Since 1998, Cascadia Wildlands has been at the frontlines of the environmental movement — defending the Cascadia bioregion in the courts and on the streets. Thank you to all of … Continue reading VIDEO: Cascadia Wildlands Celebrates 25 Years!
Press Release: $26,500 Offered for Information About Two Illegal Oregon Wolf Killings
December 7, 2023 — The Oregon Wildlife Coalition, conservation partners and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are offering rewards totaling $26,500 for information leading to arrests and convictions following the separate killings of two wolves in Oregon.
Press Release: Wolverines listed as “threatened” under Endangered Species Act after 20-year conservation effort
November 29, 2023 — Today, after more than 20 years of advocacy by wildlife conservation groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the Service) found that wolverines warrant federal protections as a threatened species. Numbering only about 300 in the contiguous U.S., snow-dependent wolverine populations have suffered from climate change, habitat loss, trapping, and other anthropogenic pressures.
Press Release: Letter Calls on Gov. Kotek to Protect Old-Growth Forests, Cook Creek Watershed
November 14, 2023 — Eleven conservation groups today sent a letter calling on Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and the Board of Forestry to protect additional acres of forest lands in the proposed Western Oregon State Forest Habitat Conservation Plan. Their proposed increase in protected mature and old-growth forest land would help safeguard imperiled species like the threatened Oregon Coast coho salmon and marbled murrelet.
Press Release: Conservation Groups Challenge BLM’s “Big League” Logging Project Due to Impacts on Imperiled Spring Chinook Salmon Habitat and Other Values
November 7, 2023 — Today, conservation organizations Willamette Riverkeeper, Cascadia Wildlands, and Oregon Wild filed suit against the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), challenging the agency’s authorization of the approximately 4,600-acre Big League Project in the Calapooia and Mohawk River Watersheds northeast of Eugene. According to the groups’ complaint, the BLM violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by failing to take the required “hard look” at the impacts that the Big League Project would have on a host of environmental values, including spotted owl habitat, carbon storage, stream flows, and water quality. Specifically, this project plans to clearcut the last and best older forest stands in the Calapooia and Mohawk River Watersheds.