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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.
For Immediate Release, September 10, 2020 Contact: Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands, (314) 482-3746, nick@cascwild.org PORTLAND, Ore.— Conservation groups filed a petition today asking the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission to permanently … Continue reading Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission Petitioned to End Beaver Trapping and Hunting on Federal Land
SALEM, Ore.— Late Wednesday afternoon after hours of deliberation, the Oregon Board of Forestry voted 5-2 to accept a petition for rulemaking on coho salmon. The petition was brought by … Continue reading Oregon Board of Forestry Grants Petition to Protect Coho Salmon from Private and State Logging
Twenty Oregon Fishing and Conservation Groups Petition for New Logging Rules to Protect Coho Salmon SALEM, OR – Today, twenty conservation and fishing organizations delivered a rulemaking petition to the … Continue reading Oregon Board of Forestry Petitioned to Develop Coho Salmon Protections
Excerpt from: Sucking Up Riverbeds–Is suction dredging ruining your favorite trout stream? By Ted Williams Fly Rod and Reel Magazine Spring 2013 “Part of the [suction dredgers’] … Continue reading Excerpt from:Sucking Up Riverbeds–Is suction dredging ruining your favorite trout stream?
Mail Tribune by Mark Freeman Three environmental groups are suing the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest for allegedly failing to protect threatened coho salmon from suction dredgers mining for gold in … Continue reading Coho Protection Focus of Suction Dredge Mining Suit
Suction dredging emerged as a recreational and economic activity when new technology began allowing miners to reach streambeds in deep rivers to mine for gold. Suction dredging uses a vacuum-like … Continue reading Suction Dredge Mining in California
By Bob Ferris My access point to my career in the conservation field came originally from fish. I caught my first trout on the Eel River in northern California … Continue reading Suction Dredging…Sucks
Pacific salmon are a little like seagoing golden retrievers. Only instead of drool-slimed tennis balls, they retrieve nutrients lost from the land and gobbled up by an assortment of … Continue reading Pacific Salmon–Sea Going Golden Retrievers
"It's déjà vu all over again" –Yogi Berra Yogi Berra made the above quote when he watched Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris repeatedly hit back-to-back home runs in the early … Continue reading Please Take a Cold Hard Look at Coal Trains
