by Josh Laughlin, Executive Director I remember first meeting Francis Eatherington the day she rolled into an Earth First! road blockade high up on the Umpqua National Forest on her motorcycle. She was wearing a leather biking jacket, had a stack of timber sale maps under her arm, a compass dangling from her neck … Continue reading Marching in Francis’ Army
Natural Gas Export Plan Unites Oregon Landowners Against It
Jeff Brady NPR May 29, 2013 A radical shift in the world energy picture is raising environmental concerns in the United States. Until recently, the U.S. had been expected to import more natural gas. But now, because of controversial technologies like "fracking," drillers are producing a lot more domestic natural gas; so much … Continue reading Natural Gas Export Plan Unites Oregon Landowners Against It
New Line in the Sand in the Oregon Dunes
The Register-Guard by Saul Hubbard FLORENCE — The webs of trails that border vast expanses of open sand in sections of the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area slice through woods, shrubbery and beachgrass. Some of the trails are wide and well-established. Others are narrow — just 4 or 5 feet wide — or … Continue reading New Line in the Sand in the Oregon Dunes
Judge blocks timber sales over sea bird nesting
November 27, 2013 by Jeff Barnard, AP Environmental Writer GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has put 11 state forest timber sales on hold while she considers a lawsuit contending they threaten the survival of the marbled murrelet, a protected seabird that nests in old-growth forests. The preliminary injunction issued last … Continue reading Judge blocks timber sales over sea bird nesting
Press Release: State of Oregon Suspends 10 State Forest Timber Sales in Marbled Murrelet Habitat
For immediate release July 2, 2012 Contact: Josh Laughlin, Cascadia Wildlands, (541) 844-8182 Noah Greenwald, Center for Biological Diversity, (503) 484-7495 Bob Sallinger, Portland Audubon Society, (503) 380-9728 Tanya Sanerib, Crag Law Center, (503) 525-2722 State of Oregon Suspends 10 State … Continue reading Press Release: State of Oregon Suspends 10 State Forest Timber Sales in Marbled Murrelet Habitat