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Lawsuit Aims to Protect Oregon Coast Red Tree Voles

For Immediate Release, July 17, 2025  Contact:   Ryan Shannon, Center for Biological Diversity, (971) 717-6407, rshannon@biologicaldiversity.org Joe Liebezeit, Bird Alliance of Oregon, (503) 329-6026, jliebezeit@birdallianceoregon.orgDoug Heiken, Oregon Wild, (541) 344-0675 x 301, dh@oregonwild.orgBethany Cotton, Cascadia Wildlands, (503) 327-4923, bethany@cascwild.org PORTLAND, Ore.— Conservation groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for denying protections to the imperiled … Continue reading Lawsuit Aims to Protect Oregon Coast Red Tree Voles

Forests Over Fascists—Don’t Shut the Public Out of Public Lands.

The Trump administration is dismantling the public’s ability to engage with federal land management decisions — an alarming shift with especially dire consequences for Pacific Northwest  forests. The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which governs the environmental review process for public land management decisions and mandates public input in the review process, has been a repeat … Continue reading Forests Over Fascists—Don’t Shut the Public Out of Public Lands.

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Public Shut Out as Trump Administration Guts Bedrock Environmental Protections  

Sweeping changes and loopholes impact public oversight of threatened ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest.  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:  Jade Hagan, PhD,  Bark , jade@bark-out.org. Grace Brahler, Cascadia Wildlands, grace@cascwild.org. July 8, 2025  EUGENE, OR The Trump administration is dismantling the public’s ability to engage with federal land management decisions  — an alarming shift with especially dire consequences for Pacific … Continue reading Public Shut Out as Trump Administration Guts Bedrock Environmental Protections  

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URGENT: Take Action Against this 1.2 Million Acre Public Lands Sale

Public lands are still for sale. 1.2 million acres of Bureau of Land Management Lands are the next target of the Big Beautiful Bill. Following intense public outcry opposing efforts to sell off treasured public lands to private interests, including your messages, the Senate funding package (or “Big Beautiful Bill”) will no longer include its … Continue reading URGENT: Take Action Against this 1.2 Million Acre Public Lands Sale

US Fish and Wildlife Service Issues Permit to Advance Oregon’s Elliott State Research Forest 

Conservationists Applaud Approval, Which Safeguards Imperiled Species and Old-growth Forests  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  May 28, 2025  Contact: Josh Laughlin, Executive Director, Cascadia Wildlands, 541.434.1463 / jlaughlin@cascwild.org  Today, the US Fish and Wildlife Service announced it has issued a required permit to the Oregon Department of State Lands in order for the recently created Elliott State … Continue reading US Fish and Wildlife Service Issues Permit to Advance Oregon’s Elliott State Research Forest 

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Legal Intervention Defends Northern Spotted Owl Habitat 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    May 21, 2025 Contact: Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands, (314) 482-3746, nick@cascwild.org Chelsea Stewart-Fusek, Center for Biological Diversity,  (971) 717-6425, cstewartfusek@biologicaldiversity.org Susan Jane Brown, Silvix Resources, (503) 680-5513, sjb@silvix.org Tom Wheeler, Environmental Protection Information Center,  (206) 356-8689, tom@wildcalifornia.org  Sydney Wilkins, Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center,  (949) 812-0632, sydney@kswild.orgJohn Persell, Oregon Wild, (503) 896-6472, jp@oregonwild.orgDavid Woodsmall, Western Environmental Law Center (971) 285-3632, woodsmall@westernlaw.orgJoe Liebezeit, Bird Alliance of Oregon, (503) 329-6026, jliebezeit@birdallianceoregon.orgDave … Continue reading Legal Intervention Defends Northern Spotted Owl Habitat 

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Court Rejects Coast Range Clearcutting Project

Feds failed to consider harm to ecosystems and failed to follow required environmental review processes. April 25, 2025 Peter Jensen, Cascadia Wildlands peter@cascwild.org (385) 444-8631John Persell, Oregon Wild jp@oregonwild.org (503) 896-6472Oliver Stiefel, Crag Law Center, oliver@crag.org (503) 227-2212 Eugene, OR — Conservation groups secured a victory as a federal court rejected the Bureau of Land … Continue reading Court Rejects Coast Range Clearcutting Project

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Federal Land Agency Auctions Old-Growth Forest on Earth Day, Protesters Rally in Roseburg to Oppose the Project

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22, 2025 CONTACT: Madeline Cowen, Grassroots Organizer Cascadia Wildlands, madeline@cascwild.org, 206-653-4959 PHOTOS: to be updated throughout the day and evening of April 22, 2025 HERE.  Roseburg, OR — Today, Earth Day April 22nd, 2025 activists rallied in opposition to a Bureau of Land Management plan to log old-growth forests on federally-managed public lands in the Umpqua … Continue reading Federal Land Agency Auctions Old-Growth Forest on Earth Day, Protesters Rally in Roseburg to Oppose the Project

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After Years of Stagnation, Oregon’s Wolf Population Grows

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 11, 2025 Eugene, OR — Today, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) released in its annual report of the minimum 2024 gray wolf population and pack count for the state, which shows encouraging growth after years of stagnation. In both 2022 and 2023 the minimum wolf count was just … Continue reading After Years of Stagnation, Oregon’s Wolf Population Grows