Mt. June/Hardesty Mountain Roadless Area Threatened with Old-Growth Clearcutting | Cascadia Wildlands

View from Mt. June

Some of our favorite hikes here at Cascadia Wildlands wind through the Hardesty Mountain Roadless Area just southeast of Eugene. Hardesty is one of the closest old-growth, roadless areas you can access from Eugene, and is a favorite of hikers and mountain bikers alike. We have worked for years to safeguard this area for its incredible values.

Over a decade ago, Cascadia Wildlands and our conservation allies led successful grassroots campaigns and called upon Rep. Peter DeFazio and other political leaders in Oregon to prevent destructive logging in this treasured area. Due to its ecological and recreational values, the Hardesty Mountain Roadless Area is currently being advocated for a Wilderness designation.

Forests Targeted for Clearcutting

There is reason for our continued vigilance. The Eugene Bureau of Land Management is proposing an old-growth clearcutting project, called "John's Last Stand" in the Hardesty Mountain Roadless Area, right next to the Mt. June hiking trail, and less than a 1/2 mile from Mt. June itself. Cascadia Wildlands is appalled, and once again is asking for your help in calling upon our political leaders to prevent this reckless logging.

We need your help now! Click here to urge Representative Peter DeFazio and Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley to tell the Bureau of Land Management to cancel this eggregious timber sale.

We are doing everything we can to halt this reckless sale, and if you have time, please reach out to these legislators by phone as well.

Rep. Peter DeFazio: 202-225-6416 (DC) or 541-465-6732 (Eugene)
Sen. Ron Wyden: 541-431-0229
Sen. Jeff Merkely: 541-465-6750

We again cannot thank you enough for your help and support. This sale will be stopped.