December 13, 2012 By Camilla Mortensen—Eugene Weekly Worse than coal in your Christmas stocking is coal in your water. A recent accident at a coal terminal in Vancouver, B.C., calls attention to the impacts that coal exports have on oceans and waterways around the ports. A large bulk carrier of coal collided with one … Continue reading Coal Spill Trashes Ocean Waters
OR-7’s biological clock ticking as he moves to lower ground for winter
December 06, 2012 By Richard Cockle, The Oregonian Oregon's celebrity gray wolf apparently can't get enough of new California horizons. OR-7 has now migrated into an oak-chaparral woodland near Lake Almanor east of Red Bluff, said Karen Kovacs, wildlife program manager for the California Department of Fish and Game. "This is the first time … Continue reading OR-7’s biological clock ticking as he moves to lower ground for winter
Report could boost plans for natural gas pipeline in Douglas County
December 6, 2012 By Don Jenkins NewsReview In a finding that may bolster the argument for building a pipeline across Douglas County, natural gas exports would boost the U.S. economy, according to a report released Wednesday. The study, commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy, warned there would be “winners and losers,” … Continue reading Report could boost plans for natural gas pipeline in Douglas County
Group eyes coal trains
December 05, 2012 03:00 pm by Katy Nesbitt, The Observer La Grande nonprofit takes Oregon DEQ to task during meeting over shipping proposal BOARDMAN — Blocking coal trains is becoming a hot topic for Northwest activists. A group of La Grande residents attended a DEQ meeting Tuesday in Boardman to express their … Continue reading Group eyes coal trains
Small Seabird Stops Logging, Again
November 28, 2012 By Camilla Mortenson, Eugene Weekly Is a small, speedy potato-shaped seabird the new spotted owl? If it wasn’t already clear before: Clearcutting on hundreds of acres of coastal old-growth forests that are habitat for the threatened marbled murrelet is definitely at a standstill, this time thanks to a Nov. 19 … Continue reading Small Seabird Stops Logging, Again
Murrelet Story on KLCC (NPR)
Campaign Director Josh Laughlin was interviewed today on KLCC. Click the image below to hear the short story.
Judge blocks timber sales over sea bird nesting
November 27, 2013 by Jeff Barnard, AP Environmental Writer GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has put 11 state forest timber sales on hold while she considers a lawsuit contending they threaten the survival of the marbled murrelet, a protected seabird that nests in old-growth forests. The preliminary injunction issued last … Continue reading Judge blocks timber sales over sea bird nesting
Lawsuit Blocks Elliott Logging
The World by Jessie Higgins November 17, 2012 ELLIOTT STATE FOREST — The state has withdrawn more than 900 acres of planned Elliott State Forest timber sales, pending the outcome of an environmental lawsuit. The Oregon Department of Forestry instead plans to open 465 acres of alternative logging sites not named in the lawsuit. 'It's … Continue reading Lawsuit Blocks Elliott Logging
Lawsuit Chops Down Logging Plans on the Elliott
The Roseburg News-Review by Don Jenkins November 15, 2012 A lawsuit filed by conservation groups has caused the Oregon Department of Forestry to sharply scale back logging plans in the Elliott State Forest for 2013, a year in which the state planned to ramp up timber production in the 93,000-acre coastal forest. The … Continue reading Lawsuit Chops Down Logging Plans on the Elliott
Coho Protection Focus of Suction Dredge Mining Suit
Mail Tribune by Mark Freeman Three environmental groups are suing the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest for allegedly failing to protect threatened coho salmon from suction dredgers mining for gold in the Rogue River Basin's coho country. Filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Medford, the suit seeks to require that NOAA-Fisheries biologists review suction dredging … Continue reading Coho Protection Focus of Suction Dredge Mining Suit