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
FERC Denies Jordan Cove LNG Permit! Major Victory for Oregon
Friday, March 11, 2016: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) laid out a major victory today for Oregon communities, wildlife, waterways, and wildlands, when they DENIED the plans to construct … Continue reading FERC Denies Jordan Cove LNG Permit! Major Victory for Oregon
Stand Up for Public Lands!
In the midst of the ridiculous scene unfolding at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, bigger, darker, and more intelligent forces are working to give away our public lands. Our public … Continue reading Stand Up for Public Lands!
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
Last Chance to Comment on BLM’s Western Oregon Plan Revision
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) manages over 2.6 million acres of public forests in western Oregon and has recently undertaken efforts to revise all of its forest plans. These … Continue reading Last Chance to Comment on BLM’s Western Oregon Plan Revision
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
Wyden, Merkley Introduce New Oregon Wilderness Bill
The Statesman Journal by Zach Urness June 25, 2015 Oregon senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley introduced a bill today that would provide new environmental protections for 200,000 acres … Continue reading Wyden, Merkley Introduce New Oregon Wilderness Bill
Press Release: Logging Industry Lawsuit Thrown out by Federal Appeals Court
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 12, 2015 Contact: Kristen Boyles, Earthjustice, 206-343-7340 x1033 Joseph Vaile, KS Wild, 541-488-5789 Doug Heiken, Oregon Wild, 541-344-0675 Josh Laughlin, Cascadia Wildlands, 541-844-8182 Washington, … Continue reading Press Release: Logging Industry Lawsuit Thrown out by Federal Appeals Court
Bills Easing State Land Sales Worry Environmentalists
Capital Bureau by Hillary Borrud May 31, 2015 SALEM — Environmental groups that pushed for legislation to protect Oregon’s Elliott State Forest from commercial logging had little success in … Continue reading Bills Easing State Land Sales Worry Environmentalists
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