The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) manages 2.5 million acres of public forests in western Oregon. Unlike the Forest Service, the BLM managed lands are in a checkerboard ownership pattern, every other square mile switches between privately owned and publicly owned forests. These low-elevation forests are generally in the Coast Range and Klamath Mountains, as … Continue reading Western Oregon BLM Lands
Save the Wild Rogue River
Cascadia Wildlands is working with allies across the region as part of the Wild Rogue Alliance to safeguard wildlands and tributaries in the lower Rogue River in southwest Oregon. We are currently working with Rep. Peter DeFazio and Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley to create additional Wild and Scenic River miles and Wilderness in the … Continue reading Save the Wild Rogue River
Protect Public Forests
One of Cascadia Wildlands' primary goals: protect all remaining ancient forests in the region. Forever. Less than 20% of our region's native forests (forests that haven't been logged) remain standing. Most forests have been clearcut and replaced with industrial tree farms. This conversion has created a regional wildlife extinction crisis. Spotted owls continue to plummet … Continue reading Protect Public Forests
Protect Devil’s Staircase
No place better represents what the Oregon Coast Range once looked like than Devil’s Staircase. Named for the iconic cascading waterfall on Wasson Creek, which tumbles through magnificent old-growth forests, into the lower Smith River then the lower Umpqua River, Devil’s Staircase’s beauty is unrivaled. Yet it remains unprotected, and was recently threatened with clearcutting … Continue reading Protect Devil’s Staircase