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Press Release: Washington Wildlife Agency Urged to End Support for Abolishing Federal Wolf Protections

August 1, 2025March 6, 2014 by Josh

March 6, 2014 — Eleven conservation organizations representing hundreds of thousands of Washington residents sent a letter to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife today urging the agency to rescind its support for stripping wolves of federal Endangered Species Act protections. The department has repeatedly expressed support for dropping the federal safeguards, most recently in a letter sent to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Dec. 13, 2013. The delisting runs counter to the best available science and ignores the values of the vast majority of Washington residents who want to see federal wolf protections
maintained.

Wyden-style Clearcut Causes Mudslide on O&C Lands

August 1, 2025February 27, 2014 by bob

February 27, 2014 — Earlier this week, neighboring landowners discovered a mudslide in the “experimental” Buck Rising clearcut logging project on public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management in Douglas
County. The type of clearcutting used in the project has been the model for US Senator Ron Wyden’s plan to double logging levels on O&C lands in Western Oregon.

Blog: Nick and Francis’s Excellent Adventure (to DC)

February 12, 2014 by Josh

by Nick Cady, Legal Director Last week Senator Wyden held a hearing on his O&C bill, a bill aimed at doubling logging in Western Oregon by suspending foundation environmental laws like the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act and mandating clearcutting on one million acres of public forest lands. Cascadia had … Read more

Press Release: Peer Review Questions Obama Proposal to Strip Protections for Wolves

August 1, 2025February 7, 2014 by Josh

February 7, 2014 — A scientific peer review released today greatly questions the science behind the Obama administration’s proposal to strip protections for gray wolves across nearly all of the lower 48 states. The report was initiated by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the federal agency that proposed the delisting, and should compel the administration to maintain protections for the species in much of the US where it is currently listed as an endangered species.

BREAKING NEWS: Peer Reviewers Find Fault with USFWS Science on Wolf Delisting–comment period reopens

February 7, 2014 by bob

The US Fish and Wildlife Service just release the following press statement about the independent Peer review (see link at bottom of page): Service Reopens Comment Period on Wolf Proposal Independent scientific peer review report available for public review Following receipt of an independent scientific peer review, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service … Read more

Looking for a Good Cup of Wolf Coffee

February 6, 2014 by bob

By Bob Ferris People in the Pacific Northwest love and understand good coffee made just right. You can see their eyes light with pleasure when they sip that mug prepared with the right amount of grounds from fresh beans that have met the optimal amount of hot, steamy water. When it comes to state … Read more

Senator Wyden is Holding a Hearing on the O&C Lands Today: He Should be Hearing From You

February 6, 2014 by bob

On February 6, 2014 Oregon Senator Ron Wyden will be holding hearings on Senate Bill 1784. Cascadia Wildlands is so concerned about elements of this bill that we sent our own Francis Eartherington and Nick Cady to Washington, DC to talk about to our elected officials about the dangers of this bill. Our concerns are laid … Read more

Settlement Protects Marbled Murrelet on Oregon State Forests, Cancels 28 Timber Sales

August 1, 2025February 5, 2014 by bob

February 5, 2014 — Three conservation organizations secured a major victory today for Oregon’s coastal forests, reaching a settlement agreement with the state that cancels 28 timber sales in habitat for the threatened marbled murrelet on the Elliott, Clatsop and Tillamook state forests and improves future management practices to ensure the rare seabird is not harmed.

Cascadia Wildlands and Allies Send Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley Letters About O&C Logging Bill

January 30, 2014 by Josh

Click here to read the letter to Senator Ron Wyden. Click here to read the letter to Senator Jeff Merkley.

Roseburg BLM Clearcut Logging Plan Challenged

August 1, 2025January 22, 2014 by kaley

January 22, 2014 — Two conservation organizations filed a legal challenge today aimed at blocking a controversial plan to clearcut 100-year old trees on publicly-owned Bureau of Land Management lands in Douglas County. The White Castle logging project targets century old forest, including some trees over 150 years old, using a controversial logging method euphemistically referred to as “variable retention regeneration harvest.”

In Washington, Opposition Mounts to Notorious Federal Program’s Attempt to Grab Wolf-killing Powers

August 1, 2025January 16, 2014 by bob

January 16, 2014 — Eight conservation groups representing tens of thousands of Washington residents filed official comments today opposing a controversial federal agency’s attempt to give itself authority to kill endangered wolves in the state. In December the U.S. Department of Agriculture/ APHIS Wildlife Services published a draft “environmental assessment” proposing to broaden its authority to assist the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife killing wolves in response to livestock depredations.

Comments, Comments, Get Your Red Hot Comments

December 17, 2013 by bob

Today is the last day of wolf comments and folks are speaking up. Please click these links to see what people are saying. Cascadia Wildlands People Pictures and Comments: Wolf Comments People with Pictures American Society of Mammalogists: ASM 2013 Wolf Delisting letter_revision_15Dec And last but certainly not least, Cascadia Wildlands' joint comments with Center … Read more

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