As we process the results of the election and the disastrous consequences it will have on marginalized communities, democracy, and our environment, one thing is certain: We must support each other like never before to successfully defend the values we hold closely. We anticipate an all-out assault on the environment administratively and legislatively. Imperiled species, clean … Continue reading Cascadia Wildlands Statement on the Election Results
SOLD OUT! Venue 252 / 252 Lawrence St, Eugene, OR 97401 / 6-10 pm It’s back! Join Cascadia Wildlands (indoors!) for the 20th annual Wonderland Auction set for Saturday, December 14 from 6-10 pm at Venue 252 in Eugene! We cannot wait to spend this special evening celebrating the beauty and defense of the Cascadia … Continue reading 20th Annual Wonderland Auction
Former Agency Personnel Allege Feds Misrepresented Forest Age, Avoided Imperiled Wildlife Detection FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 27, 2024 Contact: Nick Cady, Legal Director, Cascadia Wildlands (314) 482-3746 | nick@cascwild.org Meriel Darzen, Staff Attorney, Crag Law Center (503) 525-2725 | meriel@crag.orgJohn Persell, Staff Attorney, Oregon Wild (541) 344-0675 | … Continue reading Lawsuit Launched to Prevent Old-Growth Logging in Oregon Coast Range
By: Aidan Bassett (he/they) Hey fellow Cascadians! The team at Cascadia Wildlands (CW) has had a busy summer fighting to protect our beloved forests, field checking proposed timber sales, and advocating for climate action across Oregon. We’ve also had a series of important legal victories, one of which — concerning a Bureau of Land Management … Continue reading BLOG: A Win for IVM
By Dana McHenry (she/her) I woke up to smoke settling on the Willamette Valley, and the smell churns my stomach. It’s July, or as most of us here in Oregon have come to know it — the beginning of fire season. As summer smoke fills the air, it is hard not to think about the … Continue reading BLOG: A Win for Wildfire Resilience
Cascadia Wildlands and partners have been working for over two decades to ensure strong protections for the outstanding streams, mature forests and imperiled wildlife on the Elliott State Forest located northeast of Coos Bay. We now have an important opportunity to comment on the draft Forest Management Plan for the recently established 82,000-acre Elliott State … Continue reading Take Action for the Elliott State Research Forest Plan!
By Isa Eisenberg, 2024 Summer Summer Field and Events Coordinator The Divide Project, located just south of Detroit, OR in the Willamette National Forest, consists of a variety of forests, some of which have no record of previous logging. This means there is high potential for old, complex forest in units being considered for timber … Continue reading BLOG: Basecamp 2024 was a success!
June 26, 2024 — Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a 2022 ruling from the District Court of Oregon that prevents Scott Timber Co. from clearcutting old-growth forest within Oregon’s Elliott State Forest. The court held that the proposed logging of the 355-acre Benson Ridge parcel by the subsidiary of Roseburg Forest Products would harm threatened marbled murrelets in violation of the federal Endangered Species Act. The case marks the first time a private timber company has been held to account in court for potential violations of the federal Endangered Species Act in Oregon.
June 20, 2024 — Conservation groups informed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today that they intend to sue over the agency’s denial of Endangered Species Act protections to the imperiled North Oregon Coast population of red tree voles. The Service’s decision to deny protections in February echoes a 2019 Trump administration denial, which was made despite several previous findings that protection was warranted. North Coast voles are threatened by logging and climate change-fueled wildfires.
