US Fish and Wildlife Service Issues Permit to Advance Oregon’s Elliott State Research Forest

Conservationists Applaud Approval, Which Safeguards Imperiled Species and Old-growth Forests FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 28, 2025 Contact: Josh Laughlin, Executive Director, Cascadia Wildlands, 541.434.1463 / jlaughlin@cascwild.org Today, the US Fish and Wildlife Service announced it has issued a required permit to the Oregon Department of State Lands in order for the recently created Elliott State … Continue reading US Fish and Wildlife Service Issues Permit to Advance Oregon’s Elliott State Research Forest

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Court Rejects Coast Range Clearcutting Project

Feds failed to consider harm to ecosystems and failed to follow required environmental review processes. April 25, 2025 Peter Jensen, Cascadia Wildlands peter@cascwild.org (385) 444-8631John Persell, Oregon Wild jp@oregonwild.org (503) 896-6472Oliver Stiefel, Crag Law Center, oliver@crag.org (503) 227-2212 Eugene, OR — Conservation groups secured a victory as a federal court rejected the Bureau of Land … Continue reading Court Rejects Coast Range Clearcutting Project

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Tell the Oregon Senate to Pass Beaver and Water Quality Bill HB 3932

Speak up for Oregon’s beavers and waterways – HB 3932 passed the House and is now up for a hearing in the Senate. Express your support for this natural solution to a tricky conservation issue today! Beavers are ecosystem engineers, and one of our best natural climate solutions. The Beavers and Water Quality Bill would … Continue reading Tell the Oregon Senate to Pass Beaver and Water Quality Bill HB 3932

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Tell the Oregon House: Vote No on anti-wolf bill!

We need you to speak up to improve a bad bill moving through the Oregon legislature! Unfortunately, the wolf compensation multiplier bill – SB 777, passed out of the Senate and is now getting a hearing in the House Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources and Water Committee. The bill, as in past sessions, is designated … Continue reading Tell the Oregon House: Vote No on anti-wolf bill!

Conservation Groups Challenge Bureau of Land Management SW Oregon Old-Growth Timber Sale

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. November 19, 2024 Contact:Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands, (314) 482-3746George Sexton, Conservation Director KS Wild 541-778-8120 gs@kswild.orgJohn Persell, Staff Attorney, Oregon Wild 503-896-6472 jp@oregonwild.org EUGENE, OR. Today forest conservation organizations filed a legal challenge in Medford federal district court challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) latest old-growth timber sale located in the Cascade foothills east of … Continue reading Conservation Groups Challenge Bureau of Land Management SW Oregon Old-Growth Timber Sale

Salmon spawn in Honey Grove creek in the Aloha Trout logging project. The water is clear, and the surrounding rocks are brown. Trees above have yellow leaves.

Stand with Community Members — Say No to the Aloha Trout Logging Project!

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is planning a new logging project just a few miles east of the community of Alsea, Oregon. The Aloha Trout project would log and build new roads through 1,800 acres of public forest in the middle of Oregon’s Coast Range. While some of the project area is relatively young, … Continue reading Stand with Community Members — Say No to the Aloha Trout Logging Project!

Press Release: Quartz Timber Sale Challenged Over Impacts to Red Tree Voles

May 16, 2018 — Today, three conservation groups challenged the 847-acre Quartz timber sale on the Cottage Grove Ranger District of the Umpqua National Forest that targets mature forests. The contested area is home to a thriving population of red tree voles, a small tree-dwelling mammal that is a prey source for the imperiled northern spotted owl and is critical to forest ecosystems in western Oregon.

Press Release: Trapping Ban Sought to Protect Imperiled Humboldt Marten

April 4, 2018 — Five conservation groups filed a rulemaking petition today asking the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to ban trapping of Humboldt martens in Oregon’s coastal forests. The petition follows a new study that found that trapping could easily wipe out the species in the state.

Press Release: Endangered Species Protection Sought for California, Oregon Salamander Threatened by Logging

March 12, 2018 — Conservation groups filed a federal petition for Endangered Species Act protection today for the Siskiyou Mountains salamander, a rare terrestrial salamander that lives in old-growth forests in the Klamath-Siskiyou region of southern Oregon and Northern California.

Putting Fracked Gas Infrastructure on Kate Brown’s Agenda

The third resurrection of the zombie pipeline is upon us. Like the premise for an 80s horror film, the Jordan Cove Energy Project proposal slated for southwest Oregon makes little sense, yet it just won’t seem to be forgotten. First proposed in 2004, the 232-mile Pacific Connector LNG pipeline and accompanying Jordan Cove liquified … Continue reading Putting Fracked Gas Infrastructure on Kate Brown’s Agenda