Despite the worsening climate and biodiversity crises, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to log thousands of acres of pristine old- growth forest habitat in Oregon’s Coast Range. The Blue and Gold Project, located west of Yoncalla in the Umpqua River watershed, contains some of the last fragments of unlogged, carbon-storing forests in the region. This beautiful area provides essential habitat to imperiled Northern spotted owl and marbled murrelet. Help us halt this awful proposal.
Cascadia Wildlands staff admire an old-growth tree at the Blue & Gold sale (photo by Cascadia Wildlands).