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By: Noah Angell, Communications Fellow As I stepped out of the car that recent cold, foggy morning, the first thing I noticed was the silence. However, not complete silence. As I quietly walked through the forest I noticed it was alive with the calls of varied thrushes, dark-eyed juncos, yellow-rumped warblers, and red-breasted nuthatches. I … Read more
For Immediate ReleaseMay 15, 2026 Contacts:Nick Cady, Legal Director, Cascadia Wildlands, (314) 482-3746John Persell, Senior Staff Attorney, Oregon WildJanice Reid, Conservation Chair, Umpqua WatershedsMeriel Darzen, Senior Staff Attorney, Crag Law Center Eugene, OR — Late yesterday, the US District Court ruled the Blue and Gold timber sale project on Bureau of Land Management (BLM)-administered land west of … Read more
For Immediate ReleaseMay 12, 2026 Contacts:Nick Cady, Legal Director, Cascadia Wildlands, (314) 482-3746John Persell, Senior Staff Attorney, Oregon WildJanice Reid, Conservation Chair, Umpqua WatershedsMeriel Darzen, Senior Staff Attorney, Crag Law Center Yoncalla, OR — In response to illegal logging of old-growth forest recently documented in the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Blue and Gold timber … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22, 2026 Bethany Cotton, Cascadia Wildlands, (541)-534-1463 Jennifer Fairbrother, Native Fish Society Lindsey Hutchison, Willamette Riverkeeper Eugene, OR — Today, on Earth Day, Advocates submitted a petition to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) requesting a cost and viability comparison of volitional passage at the Trail Bridge Dam on the McKenzie River, and interim improvements … Read more
By: Noah Angell, Communications Fellow In these trying times it’s easy to feel helpless, as if our voices don’t matter, our efforts too small, or the systems we’re up against too deeply rooted to change. I’ve felt that too. Working in conservation, especially as a Latino who has had to learn and navigate these systems … Read more
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 Divide … Read more
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 View … Read more
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
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
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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