The Trump administration is dismantling the public’s ability to engage with federal land management decisions — an alarming shift with especially dire consequences for Pacific Northwest forests. The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which governs the environmental review process for public land management decisions and mandates public input in the review process, has been a repeat … Continue reading Forests Over Fascists—Don’t Shut the Public Out of Public Lands.
Sweeping changes and loopholes impact public oversight of threatened ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jade Hagan, PhD, Bark , jade@bark-out.org. Grace Brahler, Cascadia Wildlands, grace@old.cascwild.org. July 8, 2025 EUGENE, OR The Trump administration is dismantling the public’s ability to engage with federal land management decisions — an alarming shift with especially dire consequences for Pacific … Continue reading Public Shut Out as Trump Administration Guts Bedrock Environmental Protections
Conservationists Applaud Approval, Which Safeguards Imperiled Species and Old-growth Forests FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 28, 2025 Contact: Josh Laughlin, Executive Director, Cascadia Wildlands, 541.434.1463 / jlaughlin@old.cascwild.org Today, the US Fish and Wildlife Service announced it has issued a required permit to the Oregon Department of State Lands in order for the recently created Elliott State … Continue reading US Fish and Wildlife Service Issues Permit to Advance Oregon’s Elliott State Research Forest
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 21, 2025 Contact: Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands, (314) 482-3746, nick@old.cascwild.org Chelsea Stewart-Fusek, Center for Biological Diversity, (971) 717-6425, cstewartfusek@biologicaldiversity.org Susan Jane Brown, Silvix Resources, (503) 680-5513, sjb@silvix.org Tom Wheeler, Environmental Protection Information Center, (206) 356-8689, tom@wildcalifornia.org Sydney Wilkins, Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center, (949) 812-0632, sydney@kswild.orgJohn Persell, Oregon Wild, (503) 896-6472, jp@oregonwild.orgDavid Woodsmall, Western Environmental Law Center (971) 285-3632, woodsmall@westernlaw.orgJoe Liebezeit, Bird Alliance of Oregon, (503) 329-6026, jliebezeit@birdallianceoregon.orgDave … Continue reading Legal Intervention Defends Northern Spotted Owl Habitat
Feds failed to consider harm to ecosystems and failed to follow required environmental review processes. April 25, 2025 Peter Jensen, Cascadia Wildlands peter@old.cascwild.org (385) 444-8631John Persell, Oregon Wild jp@oregonwild.org (503) 896-6472Oliver Stiefel, Crag Law Center, oliver@crag.org (503) 227-2212 Eugene, OR — Conservation groups secured a victory as a federal court rejected the Bureau of Land … Continue reading Court Rejects Coast Range Clearcutting Project
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22, 2025 CONTACT: Madeline Cowen, Grassroots Organizer Cascadia Wildlands, madeline@old.cascwild.org, 206-653-4959 PHOTOS: to be updated throughout the day and evening of April 22, 2025 HERE. Roseburg, OR — Today, Earth Day April 22nd, 2025 activists rallied in opposition to a Bureau of Land Management plan to log old-growth forests on federally-managed public lands in the Umpqua … Continue reading Federal Land Agency Auctions Old-Growth Forest on Earth Day, Protesters Rally in Roseburg to Oppose the Project
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 11, 2025 Eugene, OR — Today, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) released in its annual report of the minimum 2024 gray wolf population and pack count for the state, which shows encouraging growth after years of stagnation. In both 2022 and 2023 the minimum wolf count was just … Continue reading After Years of Stagnation, Oregon’s Wolf Population Grows
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 3, 2025 Contact: Nick Cady, legal director, Cascadia Wildlands, 314-482-3746 nick@old.cascwild.orgSangye Ince-Johannsen, attorney, Western Environmental Law Center, 541-778-6626, sangyeij@westernlaw.org Eugene, OR — In response to a challenge brought by Cascadia Wildlands and the Western Environmental Law Center, an Oregon federal district court on Monday held that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) violated the law in authorizing the N126 … Continue reading Court: N126, one of the largest Oregon logging projects in decades, needs more detailed study to safeguard environment, imperiled species
April 1, 2025 Medford Oregon For Immediate Release Contact: George Sexton, Conservation Director KS Wild (541) 778-8120 gs@kswild.orgNick Cady, Legal Director, Cascadia Wildlands (314) 482-3746 nick@old.cascwild.orgJohn Persell, Staff Attorney, Oregon Wild (503) 896-6472 jp@oregonwild.orgMeriel Darzen, Senior Staff Attorney, Crag Law Center (503) 525-2725 meriel@crag.org On March 31, 2025, Federal District Court Judge Ann Aiken ruled that the … Continue reading Illegal IVM Late Successional Reserve Logging Scheme Struck Down
Advocates Sue to Address Harm to Bull Trout and Chinook Salmon Contacts: Bethany Cotton, Cascadia Wildlands, bethany@old.cascwild.org 503.327.4923 John Persell, Oregon Wild jp@oregonwild.org 503.896.6472 Jennifer Fairbrother, Native Fish Society: jennifer@nativefishsociety.org 541.602.0696 Lindsey Hutchinson, Willamette Riverkeeper lindsey@willametteriverkeeper.org Hannah Goldblatt, Advocates for the West: hgoldblatt@advocateswest.org 503.506.5131 Nicole Funaro, Public Justice, nfunaro@publicjustice.net, 203.435.1722 EUGENE, OR — Today, conservation … Continue reading Eugene Water and Electric Board Violating Endangered Species Act
