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Guest Opinion: QMS logging project will undermine Willamette National Forest recreation

by Nadene LeCheminant | Guest Opinion in The Statesman Journal
Originally published at 11:00am on December 24, 2021.

I moved to Oregon 16 years ago, drawn by its physical beauty. The Cascade Mountains are the primary reason I chose to live in Salem.

I was dismayed to learn about the proposed Quartzville-Middle Santiam logging project being planned in the Willamette National Forest. This massive project covers a staggering 89,000 acres between Detroit and Sweet Home.

Opinion: To achieve Glasgow’s climate goals, end old-growth logging at home

by Rebecca White, CW Wildlands DirectorOriginally published in The Register-Guard, November 27, 2021. After two weeks of often tense negotiations, the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow have concluded. What remains … Continue reading Opinion: To achieve Glasgow’s climate goals, end old-growth logging at home

FIELD REPORT / BLOG: Quartzville-Middle Santiam Old-Growth on the Chopping Block

Proposed Quartzville-Middle Santiam (QMS) Timber Sale Project: Field Check Trip, July 2020 by Chelsea Stewart-Fusek Cascadia Wildlands Legal Intern, Summer 2020 On a gorgeous day earlier this month, the Willamette … Continue reading FIELD REPORT / BLOG: Quartzville-Middle Santiam Old-Growth on the Chopping Block

Quartzville-Middle Santiam (QMS)

BACKGROUND The QMS project is located on USFS forestlands 20 miles northeast of Sweet Home in the Willamette National Forest off of Highway 20. The sale is massive, encompassing 89,000 acres … Continue reading Quartzville-Middle Santiam (QMS)