Noah Angell

Conservation Groups Challenge Feds’ Illegal 42 Divide Logging Plan in Western Oregon

February 2, 2026January 21, 2026 by Noah Angell

For immediate release: January 21, 2026 Contacts: Peter Jensen, Staff Attorney, Cascadia Wildlands (541) 434-1463 Brenna Bell, Senior Staff Attorney, Crag Law Center John Persell, Senior Staff Attorney, Oregon Wild Janice Reid, President, Umpqua Watersheds Roseburg, Oregon — Today, a coalition of conservation organizations filed suit challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) “42 … Read more

Legal Challenge: Feds More Than a Year Overdue in Designating Much Needed Critical Habitat for Wolverine

February 2, 2026January 14, 2026 by Noah Angell

For immediate release: January 14, 2026 Contacts: Bethany Cotton, Cascadia Wildlands, (541) 434-1463Matthew Bishop, Western Environmental Law CenterLizzy Pennock, WildEarth GuardiansDan Brister, Wilderness WatchConnie Poten, Footloose MontanaLarry Campbell, Friends of the BitterrootJohn Meyer, Cottonwood Environmental Law CenterKC York, Trap Free MontanaMike Garrity, Alliance for the Wild RockiesJeff Juel, Friends of the ClearwaterKeith Hammer, Swan … Read more

Flat Country Repackaged? Thankfully, no.

December 18, 2025 by Noah Angell

By: Madeline Cowen, Field and Organizing Manager In May of 2018, the Willamette National Forest first proposed the egregious Flat Country old-growth timber sale. The project proposed aggressively logging 2,000 acres of older forests in the McKenzie River headwaters, which provide fresh drinking water to hundreds of thousands of residents in the Willamette Valley. Astonished … Read more

Fire, Forests, and Collaboration on Dead Mountain

August 28, 2025 by Noah Angell

By: Flora Booker, 2025 Summer Field and Events Coordinator On July 30th, Cascadia Wildlands staff and WildCAT volunteers joined a tour hosted by the Southern Willamette Forest Collaborative and the U.S. Forest Service to take a look at the proposed Dead Mountain Project. The collaborative is a mix of agency staff, environmental groups, timber industry … Read more

Lawsuit Launched to Safeguard North Coast Red Tree Voles

August 12, 2025August 11, 2025 by Noah Angell

By: Dara Evans and Nicole Morshead, 2025 Summer Legal Interns Among the old-growth forests along Oregon’s North coast lives a population of delightful little creatures that frolic in the treetops feasting on conifer needles and rarely ever touching the ground. Weighing less than two ounces, these North Coast red tree voles are a unique population … Read more

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