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Feds failed to consider harm to ecosystems and failed to follow required environmental review processes. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 25, 2025 Contacts: Peter Jensen, Cascadia Wildlands, (541) 434-1463 John Persell, Oregon WildOliver Stiefel, Crag Law Center Eugene, OR — Conservation groups secured a victory as a federal court rejected the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22, 2025 Contact: Madeline Cowen, Grassroots Organizer, Cascadia Wildlands, (541) 434-1463 Roseburg, OR — Today, Earth Day April 22nd, 2025 activists rallied in opposition to a Bureau of Land Management plan to log old-growth forests on federally-managed public lands in the Umpqua River watershed. Conservation groups filed suit against the Bureau of Land Management … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 11, 2025 Contact(s): Bethany Cotton, Conservation Director, Cascadia Wildlands, (541) 434-1463 Eugene, OR — Today, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) released in its annual report of the minimum 2024 gray wolf population and pack count for the state, which shows encouraging growth after years of stagnation. In both 2022 … Read more
For Immediate Release April 1, 2025 Contact: Nick Cady, Legal Director, Cascadia Wildlands, (541) 434-1463 George Sexton, Conservation Director, KS Wild John Persell, Staff Attorney, Oregon Wild Meriel Darzen, Senior Staff Attorney, Crag Law Center Medford, OR — On March 31, 2025, Federal District Court Judge Ann Aiken ruled that the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) “Integrated … Read more
Today, conservation organizations filed suit against the Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB) alleging ongoing violations of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). For over sixteen years, the public utility has been out of legal compliance with federal requirements to provide proper fish passage for ESA-listed Chinook salmon and bull trout at the Carmen-Smith Hydroelectric Project and Trail Bridge Dam on the famed McKenzie River.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 4, 2025 On March 1, Donald Trump signed an executive order entitled “Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production,” calling on federal land managers to “fully exploit our domestic timber supply,” and instructing agencies to bypass existing federal laws and regulations that protect stately forests, rural communities, clean water, imperiled species, recreation, and the climate. Trump … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 19, 2024 Contact:Nick Cady, Legal Director, Cascadia Wildlands, (314) 482-3746George Sexton, Conservation Director, KS Wild John Persell, Staff Attorney, Oregon Wild Eugene, OR — Today forest conservation organizations filed a legal challenge in Medford federal district court challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) latest old-growth timber sale located in the Cascade foothills … Read more
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
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 7, 2024 As we process the results of the election and the disastrous consequences it will have on marginalized communities, democracy, and our environment, one thing is certain: We must support each other like never before to successfully defend the values we hold closely. We anticipate an all-out assault on the environment … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 27, 2024 Contact: Nick Cady, Legal Director, Cascadia Wildlands, (541) 434-1463 Meriel Darzen, Staff Attorney, Crag Law Center John Persell, Staff Attorney, Oregon Wild Oakland, OR — Today Cascadia Wildlands and Oregon Wild filed a legal complaint challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Blue … Read more
By: Aidan Bassett (he/they) Hey fellow Cascadians! The team at Cascadia Wildlands (CW) has had a busy summer fighting to protect our beloved forests, field checking proposed timber sales, and advocating for climate action across Oregon. We’ve also had a series of important legal victories, one of which — concerning a Bureau of Land Management … Read more
By Dana McHenry (she/her) I woke up to smoke settling on the Willamette Valley, and the smell churns my stomach. It’s July, or as most of us here in Oregon have come to know it — the beginning of fire season. As summer smoke fills the air, it is hard not to think about the … Read more
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