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Kentucky Falls Earth Day Hike — Sunday, April 21, 2024
Enjoy a beautiful spring visit to an old-growth forest and one of the Coast Range’s biggest waterfalls! SIGN UP PAGE HERE! Description: The Central Oregon Coast Range hides gorgeous forests, clear streams, a tangle of early spring vegetation and wildflowers, and big waterfalls like Kentucky Falls. Luckily Oregon Wild and Cascadia Wildlands staff know how … Continue reading Kentucky Falls Earth Day Hike — Sunday, April 21, 2024
Press Release: Groups Challenge BLM Commercial Logging in Conservation Reserve
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March 27, 2024
Medford Oregon —Today a coalition of conservation organizations again filed a legal complaint challenging the Medford District Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) efforts to aggressively log forest stands located outside of Gold Hill, Oregon. The Rogue Gold Forest Management Project (“Rogue Gold”) authorizes heavy commercial logging within Late Successional Reserves, areas expressly set aside for old forest conservation. The BLM is targeting mature and old-growth forests that are fire-resilient and provide important habitat for at-risk wildlife species. BLM admits that the purpose of the heavier logging prescriptions being authorized is the generation of commercial timber volume despite locating these logging activities within areas set aside for conservation, called Late Successional Reserves.
Press Release: Cascadia Wildlands Statement on Board of Forestry Decision to Advance a Habitat Conservation Plan for Western Oregon State Forests
March 8, 2024 — The Oregon Board of Forestry made a historic decision to move forward with a Habitat Conservation Plan for 640,000 acres of western Oregon state forests at its March 7th meeting in Salem. Voting 4-3 in favor of directing Oregon Department of Forestry to move forward with the draft Habitat Conservation Plan, the agency will now finalize the plan to establish a network of habitat and riparian conservation areas across roughly 300,000 acres of state forests and await federal approval. The department will also continue developing a new Forest Management Plan to guide implementation of the Habitat Conservation Plan.
PIELC (Public Interest Environmental Law Conference) — March 1-3
The Cascadia Wildlands staff will be participating in four panels this year and tabling at the globally renowned Public Interest Environmental Law Conference at the University of Oregon. We hope to see you there. OUR PANELS: Workshop: Wolves of the Pacific WestFriday, March 1, 12-2pm, Law School Room 175This workshop will cover the current threats … Continue reading PIELC (Public Interest Environmental Law Conference) — March 1-3
WildCAT Volunteer Meeting — March 20
Join us at our next meeting on March 20 @ 6:00 – 7:00 PM: Register Here Our meetings are now held in-person (and also on Zoom) at our office (120 Shelton McMurphey Blvd, Suite #250, in Eugene). *Please help us practice good community care. If you are feeling sick or have been exposed to sickness … Continue reading WildCAT Volunteer Meeting — March 20
Press Release: Feds Withdraw Controversial Big League Logging Project Following Legal Challenge
January 22, 2024 — In response to legal pressure, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) withdrew the proposed 4,600-acre Big League logging project in the Calapooia and Mohawk River Watersheds northeast of Eugene.
VIDEO: Cascadia Wildlands Celebrates 25 Years!
Since 1998, Cascadia Wildlands has been at the frontlines of the environmental movement — defending the Cascadia bioregion in the courts and on the streets. Thank you to all of our sponsors and supporters who have helped us get this far. Here’s to 25 more years! Help launch us into the next 25 years with … Continue reading VIDEO: Cascadia Wildlands Celebrates 25 Years!
Press Release: $26,500 Offered for Information About Two Illegal Oregon Wolf Killings
December 7, 2023 — The Oregon Wildlife Coalition, conservation partners and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are offering rewards totaling $26,500 for information leading to arrests and convictions following the separate killings of two wolves in Oregon.