US Fish and Wildlife Service Issues Permit to Advance Oregon’s Elliott State Research Forest

Conservationists Applaud Approval, Which Safeguards Imperiled Species and Old-growth Forests FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 28, 2025 Contact: Josh Laughlin, Executive Director, Cascadia Wildlands, 541.434.1463 / jlaughlin@cascwild.org Today, the US Fish and Wildlife Service announced it has issued a required permit to the Oregon Department of State Lands in order for the recently created Elliott State … Continue reading US Fish and Wildlife Service Issues Permit to Advance Oregon’s Elliott State Research Forest

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Legal Intervention Defends Northern Spotted Owl Habitat

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 21, 2025 Contact: Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands, (314) 482-3746, nick@cascwild.org Chelsea Stewart-Fusek, Center for Biological Diversity, (971) 717-6425, cstewartfusek@biologicaldiversity.org Susan Jane Brown, Silvix Resources, (503) 680-5513, sjb@silvix.org Tom Wheeler, Environmental Protection Information Center, (206) 356-8689, tom@wildcalifornia.org Sydney Wilkins, Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center, (949) 812-0632, sydney@kswild.orgJohn Persell, Oregon Wild, (503) 896-6472, jp@oregonwild.orgDavid Woodsmall, Western Environmental Law Center (971) 285-3632, woodsmall@westernlaw.orgJoe Liebezeit, Bird Alliance of Oregon, (503) 329-6026, jliebezeit@birdallianceoregon.orgDave … Continue reading Legal Intervention Defends Northern Spotted Owl Habitat

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Court Rejects Coast Range Clearcutting Project

Feds failed to consider harm to ecosystems and failed to follow required environmental review processes. April 25, 2025 Peter Jensen, Cascadia Wildlands peter@cascwild.org (385) 444-8631John Persell, Oregon Wild jp@oregonwild.org (503) 896-6472Oliver Stiefel, Crag Law Center, oliver@crag.org (503) 227-2212 Eugene, OR — Conservation groups secured a victory as a federal court rejected the Bureau of Land … Continue reading Court Rejects Coast Range Clearcutting Project

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Federal Land Agency Auctions Old-Growth Forest on Earth Day, Protesters Rally in Roseburg to Oppose the Project

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22, 2025 CONTACT: Madeline Cowen, Grassroots Organizer Cascadia Wildlands, madeline@cascwild.org, 206-653-4959 PHOTOS: to be updated throughout the day and evening of April 22, 2025 HERE. Roseburg, OR — Today, Earth Day April 22nd, 2025 activists rallied in opposition to a Bureau of Land Management plan to log old-growth forests on federally-managed public lands in the Umpqua … Continue reading Federal Land Agency Auctions Old-Growth Forest on Earth Day, Protesters Rally in Roseburg to Oppose the Project

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After Years of Stagnation, Oregon’s Wolf Population Grows

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 11, 2025 Eugene, OR — Today, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) released in its annual report of the minimum 2024 gray wolf population and pack count for the state, which shows encouraging growth after years of stagnation. In both 2022 and 2023 the minimum wolf count was just … Continue reading After Years of Stagnation, Oregon’s Wolf Population Grows

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Court: N126, one of the largest Oregon logging projects in decades, needs more detailed study to safeguard environment, imperiled species

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 3, 2025 Contact: Nick Cady, legal director, Cascadia Wildlands, 314-482-3746 nick@cascwild.orgSangye Ince-Johannsen, attorney, Western Environmental Law Center, 541-778-6626, sangyeij@westernlaw.org Eugene, OR — In response to a challenge brought by Cascadia Wildlands and the Western Environmental Law Center, an Oregon federal district court on Monday held that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) violated the law in authorizing the N126 … Continue reading Court: N126, one of the largest Oregon logging projects in decades, needs more detailed study to safeguard environment, imperiled species

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Illegal IVM Late Successional Reserve Logging Scheme Struck Down

April 1, 2025 Medford Oregon For Immediate Release Contact: George Sexton, Conservation Director KS Wild (541) 778-8120 gs@kswild.orgNick Cady, Legal Director, Cascadia Wildlands (314) 482-3746 nick@cascwild.orgJohn Persell, Staff Attorney, Oregon Wild (503) 896-6472 jp@oregonwild.orgMeriel Darzen, Senior Staff Attorney, Crag Law Center (503) 525-2725 meriel@crag.org On March 31, 2025, Federal District Court Judge Ann Aiken ruled that the … Continue reading Illegal IVM Late Successional Reserve Logging Scheme Struck Down

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Tell the Oregon Senate to Pass Beaver and Water Quality Bill HB 3932

Speak up for Oregon’s beavers and waterways – HB 3932 passed the House and is now up for a hearing in the Senate. Express your support for this natural solution to a tricky conservation issue today! Beavers are ecosystem engineers, and one of our best natural climate solutions. The Beavers and Water Quality Bill would … Continue reading Tell the Oregon Senate to Pass Beaver and Water Quality Bill HB 3932

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Help Strike Out the Big League Logging Project

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has revived the deeply flawed Big League logging project in the Mohawk River and Upper Calapooia River watersheds near Marcola and Wendling, Oregon. The Bureau of Land Management wants to log 2,700 acres of forested watersheds and construct or renovate a whopping 133 miles of roads in the Big … Continue reading Help Strike Out the Big League Logging Project

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Weigh In on the Future of Northwest Public Forests

For 30 years, the Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP) has guided management of 17 national forests stretching from western Washington and Oregon south to northwestern California. Proposed changes to the plan are underway. We are asking you to take two concrete actions to help advocate for the ecosystems you love. Originally developed to curb the impacts … Continue reading Weigh In on the Future of Northwest Public Forests