By Elie Steinberg & Marty Farrell, 2021 Summer Legal Interns In a time where billionaires set their sights toward the stars (or rather, just outside of earth’s atmosphere), we set … Continue reading BLOG: Legal Interns Set Sights on the Murrelet
Opinion: The perils of cutting public out of post-fire forest decisions
by Rebecca White, CW Wildlands DirectorOriginally published in The Register-Guard, August 28, 2021. Ever since 2020’s wildfires cooled, we’ve been taking calls from community members alarmed at the amount of … Continue reading Opinion: The perils of cutting public out of post-fire forest decisions
Local environmental group warns of lawsuit over BLM salvage harvest
By Adam Duvernay (RG Reporter)Originally published in The Register-Guard, August 15 A number of environmental groups have warned the Bureau of Land Management they intend to sue if changes aren’t made to … Continue reading Local environmental group warns of lawsuit over BLM salvage harvest
Environmental groups sue over post-wildfire roadside logging plans
By Cassandra Profita (OPB)Originally published on OPB, Aug. 19, 2021 5:43 p.m. Lawsuit challenges plans to remove ‘danger’ trees along 400 miles of roads in Willamette National Forest Conservation groups … Continue reading Environmental groups sue over post-wildfire roadside logging plans
Press Release: ODFW Uses Tax Dollars to Kill 3.5 Month Old Wolf Pups
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 2, 2021 Contacts:Bethany Cotton, Conservation Director, Cascadia Wildlands, bethany@cascwild.org, 503.327.4923Samantha Bruegger, Wildlife Coexistence Campaigner, WildEarth Guardians, sbruegger@wildearthguardians.org, 970.531.6720 Outrage: Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife Kills Wolf … Continue reading Press Release: ODFW Uses Tax Dollars to Kill 3.5 Month Old Wolf Pups
LTE: Forward-thinking conservation
Originally published in The Register-Guard, Letters to the EditorAugust 1, 2021 Recently, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission delivered a commonsense vote reclassifying the marbled murrelet from “threatened” to “endangered” … Continue reading LTE: Forward-thinking conservation
Opinion: Will we learn from the 2020 wildfire season?
by Rebecca White, CW Wildlands DirectorOriginally published in The Register-Guard, July 24, 2021. Gazing at the Milky Way from my tent in the Three Sisters Wilderness last weekend, I reflected … Continue reading Opinion: Will we learn from the 2020 wildfire season?
Know Your Zone: Eugene/Springfield Emergency Preparedness
Eugene Springfield Fire has developed Emergency Evacuation Zones to be used in case of an emergency (i.e. severe weather event, wildfire, flooding, etc.) requiring evacuation. The Evacuation Zones allow community … Continue reading Know Your Zone: Eugene/Springfield Emergency Preparedness
VICTORY! Marbled Murrelet Gains Increased Protections in Oregon
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 9, 2021 Contact: Quinn Read, Center for Biological Diversity, (206) 979-3074, emailKatie Arberg, Defenders of Wildlife, (202) 772- 0259, emailBob Sallinger, Portland Audubon, (503) … Continue reading VICTORY! Marbled Murrelet Gains Increased Protections in Oregon
Opinion: Protecting Cascadia’s forests is our greatest climate solution
by Rebecca White, CW Wildlands DirectorOriginally published in The Register-Guard, June 26, 2021. Let’s talk “proforestation.” Coined by scientist William Moomaw, this term describes letting older forests do their natural … Continue reading Opinion: Protecting Cascadia’s forests is our greatest climate solution