Action Alerts

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

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

Lawsuit Aims to Protect Oregon Coast Red Tree Voles

February 2, 2026July 17, 2025 by Claire Barber

For Immediate Release: July 17, 2025 Contacts: Bethany Cotton, Cascadia Wildlands, (541) 434-1463, bethany@cascwild.org Ryan Shannon, Center for Biological Diversity Joe Liebezeit, Bird Alliance of Oregon Doug Heiken, Oregon Wild PORTLAND, Ore.— Conservation groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for denying protections to the imperiled North Oregon Coast population of red tree voles. … Read more

Forests Over Fascists—Don’t Shut the Public Out of Public Lands.

July 31, 2025July 9, 2025 by Claire Barber

The Trump administration is dismantling the public’s ability to engage with federal land management decisions — an alarming shift with especially dire consequences for Pacific Northwest  forests. The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which governs the environmental review process for public land management decisions and mandates public input in the review process, has been a repeat … Read more

URGENT: Take Action Against this 1.2 Million Acre Public Lands Sale

August 1, 2025June 20, 2025 by Claire Barber

Public lands are still for sale. 1.2 million acres of Bureau of Land Management Lands are the next target of the Big Beautiful Bill. Following intense public outcry opposing efforts to sell off treasured public lands to private interests, including your messages, the Senate funding package (or “Big Beautiful Bill”) will no longer include its … Read more

Stand with Community Members — Say No to the Aloha Trout Logging Project!

November 8, 2024 by Claire Barber

Salmon spawn in Honey Grove creek in the Aloha Trout logging project. The water is clear, and the surrounding rocks are brown. Trees above have yellow leaves.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is planning a new logging project just a few miles east of the community of Alsea, Oregon. The Aloha Trout project would log and build new roads through 1,800 acres of public forest in the middle of Oregon’s Coast Range. While some of the project area is relatively young, … Read more

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