Say No to Blue and Gold Old-Growth Logging Project!

In the works since 2019, BLM released an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Blue and Gold project on April 27, 2022, just five days after President Biden issued Executive Order 14072 directing federal agencies to protect remaining old-growth forest. Two days later, the agency pulled the EA, citing a need for internal review. Now, the agency has rushed through a review and signed off on the egregious project a mere three weeks after the public comment period ended. Completely failing to follow the President’s direction to expand “bold efforts to tackle the climate crisis.” Instead, BLM is moving forward with its plans to log and build roads in ancient forest habitat and has already auctioned off the first two timber sales for the project. Take action now to ensure the Blue and Gold project stops here.

The agency says the forests in the project area range from 40-140 years old. Yet thorough WildCAT field checking efforts found that many of the stands are much older — with some groves reaching upwards of 600 years old. The BLM is moving forward with actions that would remove or degrade over 1,500 acres of incredibly important spotted owl habitat and punch new roads right through breathtaking old-growth groves, all while increasing fire hazard in “regeneration harvest” (aka clearcut) units for at least the next 50 years.

Please help us stop Blue & Gold by calling on elected officials to speak out against this project.