Today, Joan Baez’s trusty adage “action is the antidote to despair” fills my brain. I woke up yesterday morning and took a long, hot shower, trying to forever rinse … Continue reading Post-election Thoughts: Action is the Antidote to Despair
Oregon Land Board May Seek Buyer for Elliott State Forest
The Associated Press by Jeff Barnard August 7, 2015 GRANTS PASS — The Oregon State Land Board is scheduled to vote on a plan to find an unusual buyer for … Continue reading Oregon Land Board May Seek Buyer for Elliott State Forest
Wyden, Merkley Introduce New Oregon Wilderness Bill
The Statesman Journal by Zach Urness June 25, 2015 Oregon senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley introduced a bill today that would provide new environmental protections for 200,000 acres … Continue reading Wyden, Merkley Introduce New Oregon Wilderness Bill
Bills Easing State Land Sales Worry Environmentalists
Capital Bureau by Hillary Borrud May 31, 2015 SALEM — Environmental groups that pushed for legislation to protect Oregon’s Elliott State Forest from commercial logging had little success in … Continue reading Bills Easing State Land Sales Worry Environmentalists
Exciting Leadership Transition at Cascadia Wildlands
Dear Cascadia Wildlands Supporters, Bushwacking through head-high ferns to find the elusive Devil’s Staircase waterfall. Watching salmon thrash upstream to their natal grounds. Hearing the pre-dawn keer of the marbled … Continue reading Exciting Leadership Transition at Cascadia Wildlands
Revenge Forestry: A Flare-up in the Elliott State Forest (an Excerpt)
October 14, 2014 by Jonathan Frochtzwajg, Oregon Business Magazine When the Eugene-based timber company Seneca Jones made a $1.8 million bid on land in southern Oregon's Elliott State Forest … Continue reading Revenge Forestry: A Flare-up in the Elliott State Forest (an Excerpt)
Press Release: Over 100,000 in Northwest Oppose Gray Wolf Delisting
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 17, 2013 CONTACT: Amaroq Weiss, Center for Biological Diversity, 707-779-9613 Jasmine Minbashian, Conservation Northwest, 360-671-9950 x129 Josh Laughlin, Cascadia Wildlands, 541-844-8182 Joseph Vaile, Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center, … Continue reading Press Release: Over 100,000 in Northwest Oppose Gray Wolf Delisting
KLCC Hikes into Devil’s Staircase
KLCC Radio by Rachael McDonald On August 22, Cascadia Wildlands led KLCC reporter Rachael McDonald down into the proposed Devil's Staircase Wildernes. We got her down and back in one … Continue reading KLCC Hikes into Devil’s Staircase
Suction Dredge Reform Bill Passes Legislature
Salem Statesman Journal by Zach Urness July 8, 2013 A bill that would scale back the number of suction dredge mining permits issued in Oregon has passed the House … Continue reading Suction Dredge Reform Bill Passes Legislature
New Rules Seek to Benefit Wolf Recovery
Eugene Weekly by Amy Schneider It’s been more than half a century since packs of gray wolves wandered the rim of Crater Lake and the Three Sisters Wilderness, but conservationists … Continue reading New Rules Seek to Benefit Wolf Recovery