Tag: Forest Service

Press Release: Over half a million people call on Forest Service to protect mature, old-growth forests and trees

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, July 20, 2023 

Public comment period concludes for pathway to rulemaking on how Forest Service manages national forests

Eugene, OR — More than 500,000 people have submitted public comments to the U.S. Forest Service calling for the agency to adopt a rule that protects mature and old-growth trees and forests on federal land as a cornerstone of U.S. climate policy. Activists were joined by organizers from the Climate Forests Campaign, a coalition which includes Oregon Wild, Cascadia Wildlands, and WildEarth Guardians, to deliver some of these public comments at an event at the Wayne Morse Federal Courthouse in Eugene on Thursday, July 20, 2023.

VICTORY! Court Halts Roadside Post-fire Logging Project

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 5, 2021 Contacts:Oliver Stiefel, Crag Law Center, Lead Counsel, oliver@crag.org, 503-348-7928Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands, nick@cascwild.org, 314-482-3746Doug Heiken, Oregon Wild, dh@oregonwild.org, 541-915-2329Travis Williams, Willamette Riverkeeper, travis@willametteriverkeeper.org, 503-890-1683 Judge … Continue reading VICTORY! Court Halts Roadside Post-fire Logging Project

INTERN-al UPDATE: A Snowy Field Check in Flat Country

By Courtney Kaltenbach Field Checking Intern for Cascadia Wildlands, Spring 2020 On a cool Saturday morning, over twenty people met in the Cascadia parking lot to prepare to go out … Continue reading INTERN-al UPDATE: A Snowy Field Check in Flat Country

Lawsuit Launched to Protect Rare Siskiyou Mountains Salamander

For Immediate Release, April 22, 2019 Contacts: Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands, (314) 482-3746, nick@cascwild.org Jeff Miller, Center for Biological Diversity, (510) 499-9185, jmiller@biologicaldiversity.org George Sexton, KS Wild, (541) 778-8120, gs@kswild.org … Continue reading Lawsuit Launched to Protect Rare Siskiyou Mountains Salamander

Science Review Begins for Northwest Forest Plan Revision

For Immediate Release November 10, 2016   Northwest Forest Plan science synthesis review begins Will help inform forest management efforts in Pacific Northwest   Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands, 314-482-3746, nick@cascwild.org … Continue reading Science Review Begins for Northwest Forest Plan Revision

Wolf Tracks

Willamette Week by Aaron Mesh May 27, 2015   Nick Cady is thrilled to see the return of gray wolves to Oregon’s Cascade Range. He celebrated when the wolf dubbed … Continue reading Wolf Tracks

Robbing Peter to Pay Paul: The Abuse of “Ecological Forestry” on our Public Lands in Western Oregon

By Nick Cady, Legal Director   The conservation community in the Northwest was incredibly excited by Cascadia’s legal victory over the White Castle timber sale.  Not just because of the … Continue reading Robbing Peter to Pay Paul: The Abuse of “Ecological Forestry” on our Public Lands in Western Oregon

Cascadia Wildlands Files 60 Day Notice on Behalf of Threatened Bull Trout

For Immediate Release  September 5, 2013 Contact: Nick Cady, Legal Director 541-434-1463 nick@cascwild.org  Cascadia Wildlands to US Forest Service—18 Years is Too Long to Wait for Action on Bull Trout … Continue reading Cascadia Wildlands Files 60 Day Notice on Behalf of Threatened Bull Trout

Forest Service Supports Float Plane Ban on Waldo Lake

Register-Guard op-ed by Meg Mitchell   On Jan. 31, the State’s Aviation Board will take public testimony on a new policy to allow floatplanes on Waldo Lake. At that hearing, … Continue reading Forest Service Supports Float Plane Ban on Waldo Lake