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Extractive Industries are Killing the Planet–Eugene Rally March 3rd

February 27, 2013 — March 3 at 1 p.m. A rally will be held in the University of Oregon EMU amphitheater proceeded by a march against the fossil fuel industry. The march is follow-up to the “End All Extraction” march on February 17, since the demands from the first march were not met.

More than a Mile of Dead Wolves Need Your Attention Now

by Bob Ferris When I was in high school the Viet Nam conflict was still in full swing and so was the draft.  And as we neared graduation our guidance counselors had us take aptitude tests.  Invariably  all the aptitude test results for males—regardless of input—indicated a suitability for the military.  I think about it … Read more

Gaye Lee Russell and Her Badass Band to Play Pints March 4th

February 13, 2013 — Eugene’s own Gaye Lee Russell and her Badass Band have announced they will play at Cascadia Wildlands’s first-Monday-of-the-month “Pints Gone Wild!” benefit from 5:30-7 pm on the Ninkasi Brewing Co. patio on Monday, March 4. The event is free and open to the public. Cascadia Trivia Night follows the music inside the tasting room.

Eugene Fossil Fuel and Climate Rally February 17th

Americans Rally Together to Fight Extractive Industry In solidarity with the national FORWARDONCLIMATE rally, hundreds will gather and march against governments, businesses that support fossil fuels and other extractive industries.    Eugene, Ore.—Feb. 17 at 1 p.m. hundreds will rally at the University of Oregon EMU amphitheatre in a march against the fossil fuel industry. … Read more

Bates Champions Waterways

      DR. ALAN BATES State Senator, District 3  Ashland, Jacksonville, Medford, Phoenix, Talent    Deputy Majority Leader Co-chair, Human Services Joint Subcommittee Member, Joint Ways & Means        News Release   February 11, 2013   CONTACT:      Jeff Scroggin (503) 986-1703 or  sen.alanbates@state.or.us   Bates stands up for Southern Oregon … Read more

Tailoring Wolf “Science” to Justify Political Ends by Jim Beers

  TAILORING WOLF “SCIENCE” TO JUSTIFY POLITCAL ENDS   Federal government wolf intervention in the Lower 48 United States was and is based on radical federal legislation that abolished historic State authority over all wolves, all grizzly bears and many state black bear populations such as Florida and Louisiana. This 30+ year intervention has established … Read more

Massive Coalition Calls on President Obama to Nominate Rep. Raúl Grijalva as Interior Secretary

December 10, 2013 — In a letter sent today, a broad coalition of 238 conservation, Hispanic, recreation, animal welfare, religious, labor, youth, business and women’s groups urged President Barack Obama to nominate Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) as the next interior secretary when that position opens. Grijalva is currently ranking member of the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, and a leading Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee.  

Alaska’s ignorance-based fishery management

By Gabe Scott Alaska King Salmon are facing a crisis. The last several years have seen drastic declines in returning King Salmon runs, costing commercial fishermen millions, closing popular sport fisheries, and leaving subsistence fish camps in the villages empty. Something is wrong, but what? That was the topic of a science symposium, put together … Read more

Court Halts Clearcutting in Murrelet Habitat on Oregon State Forests

November 27, 2012 — A federal court judge has halted 11 timber sales and all logging activities in occupied marbled murrelet sites in the Tillamook, Clatsop and Elliott state forests. The ruling stops logging in murrelet habitat until the resolution of a case filed by Cascadia Wildlands, the Center for Biological Diversity and Portland Audubon Society asserting that the state’s logging practices are harming the federally protected seabird in violation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA).