Measures part of public lands package will designate wilderness and wild and scenic rivers in Oregon and to honor legendary stewards of the North Umpqua River Contacts: David Moryc, American Rivers, 503-307-1137 Zach Collier, Northwest Rafting Company, 541-399-6442 Eugene, OR (February 12, 2019) – Today, the U.S. Senate passed the Natural Resources Management Act (S. 47), a public lands … Continue reading Press Release: U.S. Senate Passes Bills Protecting Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers in Oregon
Legal Victory for California’s Wolves!
Court: Gray Wolves Can Keep California Endangered Species Protection Judge Finds No Merit in Pacific Legal Foundation, Rancher Challenge SAN DIEGO— A state court judge today upheld protection for gray wolves under the California Endangered Species Act. The ruling rejected a challenge from the Pacific Legal Foundation on behalf of the California Cattlemen’s Association and … Continue reading Legal Victory for California’s Wolves!
Another Fracked Gas Pipeline: Why We Should Care
“On a brisk January evening in Salem, Oregon, hundreds of people came together in solidarity in front of the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs building to demand that the Jordan Cove Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Export Terminal and the Pacific Connector Pipeline not get built. The 229 mile controversial pipeline is being pushed forward by … Continue reading Another Fracked Gas Pipeline: Why We Should Care
Join Us for a Rally Against the Fracked Gas Pipeline – January 15, 2019
Cascadia Wildlands is teaming up with 13 other organizations to coordinate a rally in opposition of the Jordan Cove Energy Project. If built, this LNG/Fracked Gas Pipeline and Export Facility would harm nearly 500 waterways (100,000+ public drinking water), seize property from private landowners through eminent domain, create major safety and public health hazards, impact … Continue reading Join Us for a Rally Against the Fracked Gas Pipeline – January 15, 2019
Conservation Groups Exit Oregon Wolf Meeting Citing Potential Increased Killing
For Immediate Release, January 7, 2019 Conservation Groups Exit Oregon Wolf Meetings Citing Potential Increased Killings, Flawed Process Oregon Officials Unwilling to Follow Science on Wolf Management PORTLAND, Ore.— Four conservation groups have notified Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and the state wildlife commission that they are withdrawing from stakeholder meetings about the management of the … Continue reading Conservation Groups Exit Oregon Wolf Meeting Citing Potential Increased Killing
LEGAL VICTORY: Oregon to Regulate Humboldt Marten Trapping!
Legal Victory: Oregon Must Update Coastal Marten Trapping Regulations Before Next Season PORTLAND, Ore.— In response to a lawsuit from the Center for Biological Diversity and Cascadia Wildlands, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has agreed to issue new regulations addressing the trapping of critically imperiled Humboldt martens in Oregon’s coastal forests. The regulations … Continue reading LEGAL VICTORY: Oregon to Regulate Humboldt Marten Trapping!
Oregon Sued for Humboldt Marten Trapping
For Immediate Release, December 19, 2018 Oregon Sued for Not Stopping Coastal Marten Trapping State’s Last Two Populations of Cat-like Carnivores at Risk of Local Extinction PORTLAND, Ore.— The Center for Biological Diversity and Cascadia Wildlands sued the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife today for failing to ban the trapping of imperiled Humboldt martens … Continue reading Oregon Sued for Humboldt Marten Trapping
Press Release: 9th Circuit Voids Old-Growth Timber Sales on the Tongass
For immediate release November 29, 2018 Contacts: Larry Edwards, Greenpeace 907-752-7557, ledwards@greenpeace.org Gabe Scott, Cascadia Wildlands 907-491-0856, gscott@cascwild.org Oliver Stiefel, Crag Law Center 503-227-2212, oliver@crag.org ANCHORAGE – A unanimous verdict of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has invalidated four U.S. Forest Service (USFS) logging projects in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, the nation’s largest national … Continue reading Press Release: 9th Circuit Voids Old-Growth Timber Sales on the Tongass
Washington Targeting Three Wolf Packs for Killing
by Nick Cady, Legal Director On November 7, 2018, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) authorized the killing of wolves in the Smackout pack in Stevens County and ordered the complete elimination of the Togo pack in Ferry County. Department staff are still actively trying to kill the last adult and pup in … Continue reading Washington Targeting Three Wolf Packs for Killing
Timber Mandates Recklessly Ignore Common Interest
From Register-Guard, October 11 2018 By Dylan Plummer The “Pedal Power” timber sale is yet another example of destructive forest management on our nearby public lands being justified by Bureau of Land Management because of the increased timber quotas imposed on the agency. The sale will result in extensive “regeneration harvest” (all but clear-cutting) of … Continue reading Timber Mandates Recklessly Ignore Common Interest