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Field Checking the Breitenbush Timber Sale

By Cascadia Intern, Dylan Plummer On May, 12th, I helped Cascadia Wildlands lead a field checking expedition into the  Detroit Ranger District of the Willamette National Forest, in a large timber sale surrounding the Breitenbush hot springs.  This timber sale is called the Highway 46 project, and our goal for this trip was to find … Read more

Tell the ODFW Comission to Protect Imperiled Species! — August 3, 2018

On August 3, 2018 in Salem, the Fish and Wildlife Commission will address issues impacting two imperiled species: the marbled murrelet and the Humboldt marten. Cascadia Wildlands and its allies are planning a strong turnout at this meeting to stress how important wildlife issues are to our members. Recently, the ODFW Commission REVERSED its vote … Read more

Field Check the Shotcash Timber Sale — July 28, 2018

The BLM is proposing a major commercial logging project including clearcutting in the Shotgun Creek Recreation Area, a beloved site for outdoor recreation in Marcola.   Join Cascadia Wildlands WildCAT volunteer team and Sierra Club’s Many Rivers Group to get hands-on experience exploring this threatened area and collecting information through observation that can help us … Read more

Field Check Jordan Cove on Land and Water — July 1, 2018

  On July 1st, Cascadia Wildlands and the University of Oregon’s Outdoor Program are teaming up to explore Jordan Cove & the coast of Coos Bay on kayak and foot. The purpose of this field checking trip is to get to know some of the places that would be impacted by the Jordan Cove energy … Read more

No Fracked Gas Comment Writing Workshop — June 7, 2018

Cascadia Wildlands is teaming up with 350 Eugene to host a sign making and public comment writing workshop in resistance to the proposed Jordan Cove Export Terminal and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline. We will be providing templates and prompts for people to begin writing comments that can be delivered at the June 12th State Land … Read more

Fracked Gas Resistance Rally and Public Comment at the State Land Board Meeting — June 12, 2018

Cascadia Wildlands in conjunction with the No-LNG coalition members are organizing a demonstration during this month’s State Land Board meeting in Salem to protest the proposed Jordan Cove Export Terminal and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline. We will be rallying outside of the meeting and preparing public comments to be delivered orally to the State Land … Read more

“Let the Big Trees Alone. Let Them Grow”

 A Report on the Board of Forestry Meeting, 25 April 2018 By Will Watson, WildCAT Volunteer. Last month, Cascadia Wildland’s staff attorney, Gabe Scott, and volunteers John Selove and I travelled up to Salem to a meeting of the Oregon State Board of Forestry. The BOF is the executive board of the Oregon Department of … Read more

Putting Fracked Gas Infrastructure on Kate Brown’s Agenda

The third resurrection of the zombie pipeline is upon us. Like the premise for an 80s horror film, the Jordan Cove Energy Project proposal slated for southwest Oregon makes little sense, yet it just won’t seem to be forgotten.   First proposed in 2004, the 232-mile Pacific Connector LNG pipeline and accompanying Jordan Cove liquified … Read more

Cascade-Siskiyou — A Wonderland at a Biological and Political Crossroads

by Sam Krop, Cascadia Wildlands Grassroots Organizer Straddling the border of Oregon and California, the beautiful and biologically unique Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument has received a lot of public attention lately. According to the Monument’s June 2000 establishing proclamation, the land is worthy of protection under the Antiquities Act as an “ecological wonder,” and a unique … Read more