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Conservation Groups Challenge Bureau of Land Management SW Oregon Old-Growth Timber Sale

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. November 19, 2024 Contact:Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands, (314) 482-3746George Sexton, Conservation Director KS Wild 541-778-8120 gs@kswild.orgJohn Persell, Staff Attorney, Oregon Wild 503-896-6472 jp@oregonwild.org EUGENE, OR. Today forest conservation organizations filed a legal challenge in Medford federal district court challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) latest old-growth timber sale located in the Cascade foothills east of … Continue reading Conservation Groups Challenge Bureau of Land Management SW Oregon Old-Growth Timber Sale

Salmon spawn in Honey Grove creek in the Aloha Trout logging project. The water is clear, and the surrounding rocks are brown. Trees above have yellow leaves.

Stand with Community Members — Say No to the Aloha Trout Logging Project!

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is planning a new logging project just a few miles east of the community of Alsea, Oregon. The Aloha Trout project would log and build new roads through 1,800 acres of public forest in the middle of Oregon’s Coast Range. While some of the project area is relatively young, … Continue reading Stand with Community Members — Say No to the Aloha Trout Logging Project!

Cascadia Wildlands Statement on the Election Results

As we process the results of the election and the disastrous consequences it will have on marginalized communities, democracy, and our environment, one thing is certain: We must support each other like never before to successfully defend the values we hold closely. We anticipate an all-out assault on the environment administratively and legislatively. Imperiled species, clean … Continue reading Cascadia Wildlands Statement on the Election Results

Cascadia Wildlands staff admire an old-growth tree at the Blue & Gold sale (photo by Cascadia Wildlands).

Lawsuit Launched to Prevent Old-Growth Logging in Oregon Coast Range

Former Agency Personnel Allege Feds Misrepresented Forest Age, Avoided Imperiled Wildlife Detection FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 27, 2024 Contact:    Nick Cady, Legal Director, Cascadia Wildlands (314) 482-3746 | nick@cascwild.org                 Meriel Darzen, Staff Attorney, Crag Law Center (503) 525-2725 | meriel@crag.orgJohn Persell, Staff Attorney, Oregon Wild (541) 344-0675 | … Continue reading Lawsuit Launched to Prevent Old-Growth Logging in Oregon Coast Range

Cascadia Wildlands staff admire an old-growth tree at the Blue & Gold sale . The camera is angled below the tree and onlookers, capturing ferns and leaves in the frame as well.

Say No to Blue and Gold Old-Growth Logging Project!

Despite the dual worsening climate and biodiversity crises, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is pushing forward with a controversial plan to log over a  thousand of acres of pristine, resilient old-growth forest habitat on public lands in Oregon’s Coast Range. The Blue and Gold logging project, located west of Yoncalla in the Umpqua River … Continue reading Say No to Blue and Gold Old-Growth Logging Project!

WildCATs Field Check the Divide Timber Sale.

BLOG: Basecamp 2024 was a success!

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, some of which have no record of previous logging. This means there is high potential for old, complex forest in units being considered for timber … Continue reading BLOG: Basecamp 2024 was a success!

Press Release: Ninth Circuit Upholds Conservationists’ Efforts to Stop Coastal Old-Growth Logging

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.

Press Release: Lawsuit Launched to Protect Oregon’s Red Tree Voles 

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.