A Report on the Board of Forestry Meeting, 25 April 2018 By Will Watson, WildCAT Volunteer. Last month, Cascadia Wildland’s staff attorney, Gabe Scott, and volunteers John Selove and I … Continue reading “Let the Big Trees Alone. Let Them Grow”
Blog: Old Growth Timber Grab on the North Umpqua
by Gabe Scott, In-house Counsel Lone Rock Timber and BLM, shame on you. In what looks like a classic timber grab, Lone Rock Timber has demanded rights to log a … Continue reading Blog: Old Growth Timber Grab on the North Umpqua
Press Release: Trapping Ban Sought to Protect Imperiled Humboldt Marten
For Immediate Release, April 4, 2018 Contacts: Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands, (314) 482-3746, nick@cascwild.org Tierra Curry, Center for Biological Diversity, (928) 522-3681, tcurry@biologicaldiversity.org Coastal Trapping Ban Sought to Protect Oregon’s … Continue reading Press Release: Trapping Ban Sought to Protect Imperiled Humboldt Marten
Press Release: Endangered Species Protection Sought for California, Oregon Salamander Threatened by Logging
For Immediate Release, March 12, 2018 Contacts: Josh Laughlin, Cascadia Wildlands, (541) 844-8182, jlaughlin@cascwild.org Jeff Miller, Center for Biological Diversity, (707) 604-7739, jmiller@biologicaldiversity.org George Sexton, KS Wild, (541) 778-8120, … Continue reading Press Release: Endangered Species Protection Sought for California, Oregon Salamander Threatened by Logging
Press Release: Marbled Murrelet Listed as Endangered in Oregon
For Immediate Release February 9, 2018 Oregon Raises Protections for Rare Seabird Logging, Loss of Prey, Climate Change All Endanger Marbled Murrelet PORTLAND, Ore. — Responding to a petition from … Continue reading Press Release: Marbled Murrelet Listed as Endangered in Oregon
Cascade-Siskiyou — A Wonderland at a Biological and Political Crossroads
by Sam Krop, Cascadia Wildlands Grassroots Organizer Straddling the border of Oregon and California, the beautiful and biologicall unique Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument has received a lot of public attention lately. According … Continue reading Cascade-Siskiyou — A Wonderland at a Biological and Political Crossroads
Press Release: House of Representatives Passes Horrific “Logging without Laws” Bill
For immediate release November 1, 2017 Contacts: Gabriel Scott, In-House Counsel, Cascadia Wildlands, 907.491.0856 / gscott@cascwild.org Josh Laughlin, Executive Director, Cascadia Wildlands, 541.844-8182 / jlaughlin@cascwild.org EUGENE, OR – The House … Continue reading Press Release: House of Representatives Passes Horrific “Logging without Laws” Bill
Marbled Murrelet Review Suggests Increased Protections!
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Status Review Demonstrates that Marbled Murrelet Urgently Needs Endangered Status In response to a petition from multiple conservation organizations, the Oregon Department of Fish … Continue reading Marbled Murrelet Review Suggests Increased Protections!
On Westerman, Walden, and Kids: Contemplating Oregon’s Fire Season from Drake Peak Lookout
by Gabe Scott, Cascadia Wildlands In-House Counsel I’m sitting in the Drake Peak fire lookout tower in Oregon's Fremont-Winema National Forest for a long weekend with my young kids, … Continue reading On Westerman, Walden, and Kids: Contemplating Oregon’s Fire Season from Drake Peak Lookout
Climbing the Quartz Timber Sale
The Quartz Timber sale is an 847-acre logging project set to take place in the Umpqua National Forest. The timber sale proposes to commercially log and burn older forest in … Continue reading Climbing the Quartz Timber Sale