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November 14, 2023
PORTLAND, Ore.— Eleven conservation groups today sent a letter calling on Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and the Board of Forestry to protect additional acres of forest lands in the proposed Western Oregon State Forest Habitat Conservation Plan. Their proposed increase in protected mature and old-growth forest land would help safeguard imperiled species like the threatened Oregon Coast coho salmon and marbled murrelet.
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July 18, 2023
Agency to Reevaluate Harm to Coho, Murrelets
PORTLAND, Ore.— In response to a lawsuit Monday by the Center for Biological Diversity and Cascadia Wildlands, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has pulled its authorization of federal disaster relief funding to rebuild Cook Creek Road. The road would have been used for logging in Oregon’s Tillamook State Forest.
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July 17, 2023
Renewed Cook Creek Logging Will Harm Coho Salmon, Marbled Murrelets
PORTLAND, Ore.— The Center for Biological Diversity and Cascadia Wildlands sued the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for authorizing federal disaster relief funding to rebuild Cook Creek Road, a logging road in Oregon’s Tillamook State Forest.
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May 8, 2023
Renewed Cook Creek Logging Will Harm Coho Salmon, Marbled Murrelets
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Center for Biological Diversity and Cascadia Wildlands filed a notice of intent today to sue the Federal Emergency Management Agency for funding the reopening of Cook Creek Road in the Oregon Coast Range.
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March 23, 2023
PORTLAND, Ore.— Resolving multiyear litigation over the harms of logging to coho salmon, conservation groups reached an agreement today with the Oregon Department of Forestry to greatly expand stream buffers across more than half a million acres of the Tillamook and Clatsop state forests.
On November 5, 2020, a federal court ruled in favor of Cascadia Wildlands’ lawsuit that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) violated core federal laws when it approved the first-ever … Continue reading Victory! Court rules GE Salmon Approval Unlawful!
For Immediate Release May 4, 2017 Contacts: Josh Laughlin, Cascadia Wildlands, (541) 844-8182 Doug Moore, Oregon League of Conservation Voters, (503) 729-5175 Salem, OR – The Oregon Conservation … Continue reading Press Release: Conservation Organizations Enthusiastic about Governor’s Plan for the Elliott
Associated Press, by Jeff Barnard December 9, 2014 The state of Oregon is looking for an unusual buyer for Elliott State Forest — someone willing to pay … Continue reading State Starts Process of Hunting up Buyer for Elliott State Forest
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 8, 2014 Contact: Josh Laughlin, Cascadia Wildlands, 541-844-8182 Ed Putnam, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, Oregon Chapter, 541-678-3548 Christy Splitt, Oregon League of Conservation Voters, 971-404-7279 … Continue reading Press Release: State of Oregon Shelves Elliott State Forest Privatization Idea
By Bob Ferris “Kathy Jones, Seneca Jones’ co-owner, said her company didn’t bid on the land because her mill needs lumber but because she and her two sisters refused … Continue reading Do Not Let the “Timber Witches” Have the Elliott
