Tag: legal

Press Release: Court Halts Logging of Elliott State Forest Tract Sold to Private Timber Company

June 28, 2022 — Today, a U.S. District Court judge issued a ruling preventing Scott Timber from clearcutting old growth forest previously part of the Elliott State Forest. The court found that the proposed logging of the “Benson Ridge” parcel by the subsidiary of Roseburg Forest Products would harm and harass threatened marbled murrelets, in violation of the federal Endangered Species Act. The court’s ruling permanently enjoins logging of the occupied murrelet habitat.

Press Release: CW Appeals ODOT’s $87,000 Bill for Post-Fire Hazard Tree Removal Public Records Request 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 6, 2021 Contacts:Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands, nick@caswild.org, (314) 482.3746Meriel Darzen, Crag Law Center, meriel@crag.org, (503) 525.2725 Conservationist Appeal ODOT’s Bill for Release of Public Records Agency Billed … Continue reading Press Release: CW Appeals ODOT’s $87,000 Bill for Post-Fire Hazard Tree Removal Public Records Request 

Lawsuit Filed to Protect Red Tree Vole

For Immediate ReleaseMarch 25, 2021 Contact:Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands, (314) 482-3746, emailNoah Greenwald, Center for Biological Diversity, (503) 484-7495, emailDanielle Moser, Oregon Wild, (503) 975-0482, emailBob Sallinger, Portland Audubon, (503) … Continue reading Lawsuit Filed to Protect Red Tree Vole

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

USFWS: Northern spotted owls are endangered, but we’re too busy to help

For Immediate Release:December 14, 2020 Contacts: Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands, 314-482-3746, nick@cascwild.org Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a finding on the northern spotted owl’s listing status, spurred … Continue reading USFWS: Northern spotted owls are endangered, but we’re too busy to help

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

Press Release: Legal Action Taken to Halt Thurston Hills Logging in Springfield, OR

For Immediate ReleaseAugust 17, 2020 ContactNick Cady, Legal Director, Cascadia Wildlands, 314.482.3746, nick@cascwild.orgDoug Heiken, Oregon Wild, 541-344-0675, dh@oregonwild.org  Cascadia Wildlands, Oregon Wild File Legal Challenge Against the Thurston Hills Timber SaleLitigation comes … Continue reading Press Release: Legal Action Taken to Halt Thurston Hills Logging in Springfield, OR

Press Release: Legal Petition Filed to Regulate Washington Wolf-killing

View Post For Immediate ReleaseMay 11, 2020 ContactNick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands Legal Director(314) 482-3746, nick@cascwild.org Legal Petition Seeks New Rules to Reduce Washington Wolf-killing SEATTLE | — Conservation groups petitioned … Continue reading Press Release: Legal Petition Filed to Regulate Washington Wolf-killing

Legal Victory: Thurston Hills Timber Sale Defeated in Court

For Immediate Release: September 19, 2019 Contact: Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands, 314-482-3746, nick@cascwild.org Doug Heiken, Oregon Wild, 541-344-0675, dh@oregonwild.org   Court Rules BLM Clearcuts on the Edge of Springfield Will … Continue reading Legal Victory: Thurston Hills Timber Sale Defeated in Court