Blog Posts

Report Back from Basecamp
By Sam Krop, Grassroots Organizer This August, 30 Cascadians gathered together for a weekend in a backyard timber sale to...

Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission Votes to Weaken Oregon Wolf Plan
June 13, 2019 — On June 7, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission, whose members are appointed by Governor Kate...

Cascadia Wildlands and Partners in Front of Oregon Supreme Court to Protect the Elliott State Forest
by Noah Mikell, Cascadia Wildlands Summer Legal Intern Last week we kicked off our summer as Cascadia Wildlands’ latest legal...
Murrelet Get Their Days in Court–Words From the Courtroom Part 1
By Gabriel Scott, Cascadia Wildlands Staff Attorney It may not be the trial of the century, but Monday saw the...

Wolves Under Assault on Multiple Fronts, Your Help Needed!
Both Washington and Oregon have released their 2018 wolf numbers and the Pacific Northwest has demonstrated minor gains in the...
The Need to Update Smokey Bear’s Message
By Michael Cook, Cascadia Wildlands intern “Only YOU can prevent forest fires!” Smokey Bear began bellowing his evergreen slogan in...

Washington Targeting Three Wolf Packs for Killing
by Nick Cady, Legal Director On November 7, 2018, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) authorized the killing...
Federal Timber Sale Challenges
Below is a sample of some of our recent timber sale challenges. We will update this list periodically! Lower Grave...
Reflections on the Rise for Climate March & the Future of Fossil Fuel Resistance
By Dylan Plummer, Madeline Cowen, and Sam Krop Chants of ‘keep it in the ground’ floated on the early morning...

Strummin’ it at Northwest String Summit
by Renee Seacor and Mari Galloway, Cascadia Wildlands Summer Legal Interns July 25, 2018 As Cascadia Wildlands’ summer legal interns,...

A Report Back on Field Checking the Proposed Jordan Cove LNG Terminal
by Sam Krop, Cascadia Wildlands’ Grassroots Organizer August 2, 2018 On a spotless, windy morning on July 1, over 50...

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...

When Oregon’s Fish and Wildlife Commission Lost its Marbles
by Mari Galloway and Renee Seacor After our first week on the job at Cascadia Wildlands, we took a road-trip...
“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...

Blog: Old Growth Timber Grab on the North Umpqua
by Gabe Scott, In-house Counsel Lone Rock Timber and BLM, shame on you. In what looks like a classic timber...