July 5, 2022 — A coalition of Oregon conservation organizations notified the Bureau of Land Management today it intends to sue the agency to protect marbled murrelets and coastal martens from a plan by the agency to log thousands of acres of old-growth forest in areas designated as late-successional reserves. The reserves were designated as part of the Northwest Forest Plan to protect the two threatened species, as well as hundreds of others.
By Jerry F. Franklin and K. Norman Johnson | Guest OpinionOriginally published in The Register-Guard April 27, 2021 Almost 20 years ago, the U.S. Forest Service essentially stopped logging older … Continue reading Protect older natural forests in the western Cascades
Cascadia Wildlands first grew out of a movement to protect old-growth forests on our federal forest lands outside of Eugene, Oregon. These efforts that began nearly 20 years ago continue … Continue reading Protecting our Federal Forests
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
For immediate release August 9, 2016 Contacts: Susan Jane Brown, Western Environmental Law Center, 503-680-5513, brown@westernlaw.org Todd True, Earthjustice, 206-343-7340, ext. 1030, ttrue@earthjustice.org John Kober, Pacific Rivers, 503-915-6677, john@pacificrivers.org Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands, … Continue reading New Western Oregon Forest Management Plan Challenged
by Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands Legal Director On August 5, the Bureau of Land Management signed a new management plan for western Oregon. Cascadia Wildlands and our conservation allies protested the … Continue reading BLM Signs Devastating New Management Plan for Oregon’s Forests!
For Immediate Release May 16, 2016 Contacts: Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands, 314-482-3746, nick@cascwild.org Todd True, Earthjustice, 206-343-7340, ext. 1030, ttrue@earthjustice.org Susan Jane Brown, Western Environmental Law Center, 503-680-5513, brown@westernlaw.org … Continue reading Cascadia Wildlands and Conservation Allies Challenge BLM Forest Plans in Oregon
The Bureau of Land Management in western Oregon is scheduling a series of what they are calling “Community Listening Sessions.” The stated goal of these sessions is to: 1) update … Continue reading Bureau of Land Management: Four December Plan Revision Meetings Scheduled for Oregon
Eugene Weekly by Camilla Mortensen More than two million acres of public forests, a checkered history, and federal and state laws confusingly mixed with county funding means that the current … Continue reading O&C Forest Debate Packs Public Library
