by Gabe Scott, Cascadia Wildlands House Counsel Ready for some good news? Last week our partners at Eyak Preservation Council announced that the major part of Alaska’s Bering River Coalfield, and … Continue reading Reflections on the Enormous Victory in Northern Cascadia and Coming Full Circle
Cascadia Wildlands Leads Ground-truth Expedition into Fabled Tongass National Forest
by Alaska Legal Director Gabe Scott [updated 9/8/16] TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST, ALASKA— Lots to report from our ground-truthing trek last week into Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. We spent a week on … Continue reading Cascadia Wildlands Leads Ground-truth Expedition into Fabled Tongass National Forest
U.S. Supreme Court Denies Effort to Overturn Tongass National Forest Protections
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 29, 2016 CONTACTS Gabe Scott | Cascadia Wildlands | gscott@cascwild.org | (907) 491-0856 Tom Waldo | Earthjustice | twaldo@earthjustice.org | (907) 500‐7123 Niel Lawrence | Natural … Continue reading U.S. Supreme Court Denies Effort to Overturn Tongass National Forest Protections
FDA Approves Frankenfish, Cascadians Resist
By Gabe Scott, Alaska Legal Director CORDOVA, AK— Frankenfish may be coming to a store near you, but not if we can help it. Last week's decision by … Continue reading FDA Approves Frankenfish, Cascadians Resist
Win on the Tongass: Forest Service Withdraws Mitkof Island Old-Growth Timber Sale
For Immediate Release October 12, 2015 Contact: Gabe Scott, Cascadia Wildlands, (907) 491-0856, gscott@cascwild.org Becky Knight , GSACC, (907) 772-9391, bknight15@hotmail.com Oliver Stiefel, Crag Law Center, (503) 227-2212, oliver@crag.org … Continue reading Win on the Tongass: Forest Service Withdraws Mitkof Island Old-Growth Timber Sale
Appeals Court Affirms Roadless Protections on Tongass
E&E by Phil Taylor Thursday, July 30, 2015 By the thinnest of margins, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday ruled to reinstate roadless protections on the Tongass … Continue reading Appeals Court Affirms Roadless Protections on Tongass
Legal Battle Results in Protections for Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
NEWS RELEASE: August 29, 2015 Contact: Gabe Scott, Cascadia Wildlands, 907.491.0856, gscott@cascwild.org Liz Judge, Earthjustice, 415.217.2007, ljudge@earthjustice.org Anne Hawke, 202-513-6263, ahawke@nrdc.org Jacob Eisenberg, 202-289-2391, jeisenberg@nrdc.org Ninth Circuit Ensures … Continue reading Legal Battle Results in Protections for Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
Cascadia’s Efforts to Save Alaskan Wolves in the News
by Leila Kheiry, Ketchikan Community Radio for Southern Southeast Alaska Citing a state study that shows a sharp decline in the wolf population on Prince of Wales Island and surrounding … Continue reading Cascadia’s Efforts to Save Alaskan Wolves in the News
Lawsuit Challenges Plan to Log Old-growth in Alaska
Cascadia Wildlands yesterday filed suit against the Forest Service challenging approval of the Mitkof Island timber sale, a 4,117-acre old-growth logging project on the Tongass National Forest, near Petersburg in Southeast … Continue reading Lawsuit Challenges Plan to Log Old-growth in Alaska
Deja Vu, the Corrupt Bastards Club, and the Fabled Tongass National Forest
by Gabe Scott, Alaska Field Rep. Do you ever get the feeling you’re running in circles? That sense of déjà vu has been strong with me lately as … Continue reading Deja Vu, the Corrupt Bastards Club, and the Fabled Tongass National Forest