On November 5, 2020, a federal court ruled in favor of Cascadia Wildlands’ lawsuit that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) violated core federal laws when it approved the first-ever … Continue reading Victory! Court rules GE Salmon Approval Unlawful!
Oregon Board of Forestry Grants Petition to Protect Coho Salmon from Private and State Logging
SALEM, Ore.— Late Wednesday afternoon after hours of deliberation, the Oregon Board of Forestry voted 5-2 to accept a petition for rulemaking on coho salmon. The petition was brought by … Continue reading Oregon Board of Forestry Grants Petition to Protect Coho Salmon from Private and State Logging
Oregon Board of Forestry Petitioned to Develop Coho Salmon Protections
Twenty Oregon Fishing and Conservation Groups Petition for New Logging Rules to Protect Coho Salmon SALEM, OR – Today, twenty conservation and fishing organizations delivered a rulemaking petition to the … Continue reading Oregon Board of Forestry Petitioned to Develop Coho Salmon Protections
Press Release: 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds State Efforts to Protect Salmon Habitat from Mining
For immediate release September 12, 2018 Contacts: Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands, (314) 482-3746, nick@cascwild.org Pete Frost, Western Environmental Law Center, 541-359-3238, frost@westernlaw.org Stacey Detwiler, Rogue Riverkeeper, (541) 488-9831, stacey@rogueriverkeeper.org Jonathan … Continue reading Press Release: 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds State Efforts to Protect Salmon Habitat from Mining
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 … Continue reading Putting Fracked Gas Infrastructure on Kate Brown’s Agenda
Saving Oregon’s Famed Rivers and Wild Salmon from Gold Mining
by Nick Cady, Legal Director It has been a long road to suction-dredge mining reform in Oregon, but this campaign is close to finalizing permanent protections for Oregon’s iconic rivers … Continue reading Saving Oregon’s Famed Rivers and Wild Salmon from Gold Mining
Conservation Groups Decry Vote by State Treasurer, Secretary of State to Sell Elliott State Forest
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Bob Sallinger, 503.380.9728 or bsallinger@audubonportland.org Josh Laughlin, 541.844.8182 or jlaughlin@cascwild.org Doug Moore, 503.729.5175 or dmoore@olcv.org Conservation groups decry vote by State Treasurer, Secretary of State … Continue reading Conservation Groups Decry Vote by State Treasurer, Secretary of State to Sell Elliott State Forest
Reflections on the Enormous Victory in Northern Cascadia and Coming Full Circle
by Gabe Scott, Cascadia Wildlands House Counsel Ready for some good news? Last week our partners at Eyak Preservation Council announced that the major part of Alaska’s Bering River Coalfield, and … Continue reading Reflections on the Enormous Victory in Northern Cascadia and Coming Full Circle
Lawsuit Launched to Protect Washington Rivers, Salmon from Destructive Suction Dredge Mining
Harmful Gold-mining Method Already Restricted in California, Oregon For Immediate Release, January 10, 2017 Contact: Gabriel Scott, Cascadia Wildlands (541) 434-1463 gscott@cascwild.org Jonathan Evans, Center for Biological Diversity, (510) 844-7118, … Continue reading Lawsuit Launched to Protect Washington Rivers, Salmon from Destructive Suction Dredge Mining
Op-Ed: State Should Scrap Elliott Forest Privatization
by Rod Sando for The Register-Guard June 5, 2016 Defying the will of most Oregonians, our elected leaders in Salem are deep into a process to privatize the 93,000-acre … Continue reading Op-Ed: State Should Scrap Elliott Forest Privatization