by Nick Cady, Legal Director On June 7, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission, whose members are appointed by Governor Kate Brown, adopted revisions to the state’s Wolf Conservation and Management Plan. This plan is required to be updated every five years, but this latest update was over four years late given the Department of … Continue reading Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commissions Votes to Weaken Oregon Wolf Plan
Press Release: Lane County Board of Commissioners Withdraws Membership from Extreme Timber Lobby Group
For immediate release June 11, 2019 Contact: Josh Laughlin, Executive Director, Cascadia Wildlands, 541-844-8182 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 … Continue reading Press Release: Lane County Board of Commissioners Withdraws Membership from Extreme Timber Lobby Group
Cascadia Wildlands and Partners in Front of Oregon Supreme Court to Protect the Elliott State Forest
by Noah Mikell, Cascadia Wildlands Summer Legal Intern Last week we kicked off our summer as Cascadia Wildlands’ latest legal interns by attending oral arguments in the Oregon Supreme Court! It couldn’t have been better timing that we started our internships just as attorneys Dan Kruse and Nick Cady were putting the final touches on … Continue reading Cascadia Wildlands and Partners in Front of Oregon Supreme Court to Protect the Elliott State Forest
Summer GIS Internship Position
Contact: Sam Krop, Grassroots Organizer Cascadia Wildlands PO Box 10455 Eugene, Oregon 97440 Phone: (541) 434-1463 Email: sam@cascwild.org About Cascadia Wildlands -Cascadia Wildlands is a non-profit environmental organization with an offices in Eugene, Oregon. Cascadia is dedicated to defending the forests, waters and wildlife of the Cascadia bioregion by monitoring environmentally destructive government actions and … Continue reading Summer GIS Internship Position
Press Release: Critical Jordan Cove LNG Permit Denied by Oregon
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, May 6, 2019 Sam Krop, Cascadia Wildlands, sam@cascwild.org, 541-434-1463 Allie Rosenbluth, Rogue Climate, allie@rogueclimate.org, 703-298-3639 OREGON AGENCY SAYS NO TO JORDAN COVE LNG PROJECT Oregon denies critical clean water act permit for Jordan Cove LNG [SALEM, OR] – The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today delivered a potentially fatal blow … Continue reading Press Release: Critical Jordan Cove LNG Permit Denied by Oregon
Wolves Under Assault on Multiple Fronts, Your Help Needed!
Both Washington and Oregon have released their 2018 wolf numbers and the Pacific Northwest has demonstrated minor gains in the face of continued poaching and state-funded wolf killing (Oregon’s wolf population increased from 124 wolves to 137 wolves statewide and Washington’s wolf population increased from 122 to 126). California’s wolves continue to live on the … Continue reading Wolves Under Assault on Multiple Fronts, Your Help Needed!