Tag: Endangered Species Act

Press Release: Court Rules Logging Project Violates Endangered Species Act

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 4, 2022

Late Friday, a judge in the District Court for the District of Oregon ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) justification for Bureau of Land Management (Bureau) timber sales totaling nearly 18,000 acres including in old growth forest violated the Endangered Species Act. The judge ruled against the Service’s claim that old-growth logging in the Poor Windy and Evans Creek timber sales on 15,848 acres of threatened northern spotted owl habitat would not harm the imperiled bird species.

Press Release: Wildlife Advocates Convince Feds to Keep Lynx Protections, Write Long-overdue Recovery Plan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 1, 2021 Contacts:Matthew Bishop, Western Environmental Law Center, 406-422-9866, bishop@westernlaw.orgBethany Cotton, Cascadia Wildlands, 503-327-4923, bethany@cascwild.orgArlene Montgomery, Friends of the Wild Swan, 406-886-2011, arlene@wildswan.orgPeter Hart, Wilderness Workshop, 303-475-4915, … Continue reading Press Release: Wildlife Advocates Convince Feds to Keep Lynx Protections, Write Long-overdue Recovery Plan

Lawsuit Filed Challenging Removal of 3.4 Million Acres of Critical Spotted Owl Habitat

For Immediate ReleaseMarch 23, 2021 Contacts:Bethany Cotton, Cascadia Wildlands, email, (503) 327-4923Kristen Boyles, Earthjustice, email, (206) 930-6660Susan Jane Brown, Western Environmental Law Center, email, (503) 914-1323Ryan Shannon, Center for Biological … Continue reading Lawsuit Filed Challenging Removal of 3.4 Million Acres of Critical Spotted Owl Habitat

Western Wolf Coalition Challenges Nationwide Wolf Delisting

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:January 14, 2021 Contact:Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands, 314-482-3746Kelly Nokes, Western Environmental Law Center, 575-613-8051John Mellgren, Western Environmental Law Center, 541-359-0990Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project, 307-399-7910Lindsay Larris, WildEarth Guardians, … Continue reading Western Wolf Coalition Challenges Nationwide Wolf Delisting

Missing lynx: Advocates challenge Feds’ refusal to prepare recovery plan

For Immediate Release: December 1, 2020 Contact: Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands, 314-482-3746, nick@cascwild.org Today, a coalition of conservation organizations filed a complaint in federal court challenging the U.S. Fish and … Continue reading Missing lynx: Advocates challenge Feds’ refusal to prepare recovery plan

BLOG: Environmental Rollbacks Gut Core Conservation Laws

Trump Administration Pushing Through Environmental Rollbacks During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Gene McCarthy Cascadia Wildlands Legal Intern, Summer 2020 It can be exhausting keeping up with the constant barrage of … Continue reading BLOG: Environmental Rollbacks Gut Core Conservation Laws

Press Release: Lawsuit Launched to Protect North Oregon Coast Red Tree Vole

For Immediate Release April 14, 2020 Contact Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands Legal Director (314) 482-3746, nick@cascwild.org Lawsuit Launched to Protect North Oregon Coast Red Tree Voles Rare Forest Mammal Threatened … Continue reading Press Release: Lawsuit Launched to Protect North Oregon Coast Red Tree Vole

Press Release: Lawsuit Filed Challenging Oregon’s Failure to Protect Murrelets

For immediate release August 2, 2018 Contact: Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands, (314) 482-3746, nick@cascwild.org Quinn Read, Defenders of Wildlife, (206) 508-5474, qread@defenders.org Jared Margolis, Center for Biological Diversity, (802) 310-4054, … Continue reading Press Release: Lawsuit Filed Challenging Oregon’s Failure to Protect Murrelets

Press Release: Fishing, Conservation Groups Sue to Protect Coho Salmon from Oregon State Forest Logging

For immediate release June 13, 2018 Contact: Noah Greenwald, Center for Biological Diversity, (503) 484-7495, ngreenwald@biologicaldiversity.org Glen Spain, PCFFA and IFR, (541) 689-2000, fish1ifr@aol.com Mark Sherwood, Native Fish Society, (303) … Continue reading Press Release: Fishing, Conservation Groups Sue to Protect Coho Salmon from Oregon State Forest Logging