FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 18, 2023
Agency to Reevaluate Harm to Coho, Murrelets
PORTLAND, Ore.— In response to a lawsuit Monday by the Center for Biological Diversity and Cascadia Wildlands, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has pulled its authorization of federal disaster relief funding to rebuild Cook Creek Road. The road would have been used for logging in Oregon’s Tillamook State Forest.
March 17, 2022 — The Oregon Department of Forestry and the National Marine Fisheries Service issued a draft environmental impact statement today for a habitat conservation plan that regulates logging on more than 600,000 acres of state forest in western Oregon.
The plan would allow the department to continue to log and harm endangered species, including coho and Chinook salmon, northern spotted owls, marbled murrelets and others, for 70 years in exchange for some habitat protection.
For Immediate Release April 14, 2021 Contacts:Nick Cady, Legal Director, Cascadia Wildlands; email, 314.482.3746Noah Greenwald, Endangered Species Director, Center for Biological Diversity; email, 503.484.7495 Environmental … Continue reading Lawsuit Filed Challenging Ongoing Post-Fire Clearcutting in Santiam State Forest East of Salem
A Recap of What Went Down This Legislative Session by Alexander Harris, Forest Policy Consultant for Cascadia Wildlands Last week, the Oregon Legislature ended its short session early, lacking the … Continue reading Salem Debacle Kicks Off a Very Consequential Year
By Rob Davis, Oregonian April 21, 2014 The Oregon Department of State Lands has struck a deal to sell a 788-acre parcel of the Elliott State Forest near Coos … Continue reading Elliott State Forest parcel to be sold to Seneca Jones, drawing environmental lawsuit
The Associated Press by Jeff Barnard February 6, 2013 The state Department of Forestry has agreed to cancel more than two dozen timber sales on state forests because they … Continue reading State Stops Timber Sales to Help Bird
The World by Jessie Higgins November 17, 2012 ELLIOTT STATE FOREST — The state has withdrawn more than 900 acres of planned Elliott State Forest timber sales, pending the outcome … Continue reading Lawsuit Blocks Elliott Logging
The Roseburg News-Review by Don Jenkins November 15, 2012 A lawsuit filed by conservation groups has caused the Oregon Department of Forestry to sharply scale back logging plans in … Continue reading Lawsuit Chops Down Logging Plans on the Elliott
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 … Continue reading Press Release: Oregon Suspends Clearcutting in the Elliott State Forest
