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

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

Public Shut Out as Trump Administration Guts Bedrock Environmental Protections  

Sweeping changes and loopholes impact public oversight of threatened ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest.  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:  Jade Hagan, PhD,  Bark , jade@bark-out.org. Grace Brahler, Cascadia Wildlands, grace@cascwild.org. July 8, 2025  EUGENE, OR 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 … Read more

US Fish and Wildlife Service Issues Permit to Advance Oregon’s Elliott State Research Forest 

Conservationists Applaud Approval, Which Safeguards Imperiled Species and Old-growth Forests  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  May 28, 2025  Contact: Josh Laughlin, Executive Director, Cascadia Wildlands, 541.434.1463 / jlaughlin@cascwild.org  Today, the US Fish and Wildlife Service announced it has issued a required permit to the Oregon Department of State Lands in order for the recently created Elliott State … Read more

Court Rejects Coast Range Clearcutting Project

Feds failed to consider harm to ecosystems and failed to follow required environmental review processes. April 25, 2025 Peter Jensen, Cascadia Wildlands peter@cascwild.org (385) 444-8631John Persell, Oregon Wild jp@oregonwild.org (503) 896-6472Oliver Stiefel, Crag Law Center, oliver@crag.org (503) 227-2212 Eugene, OR — Conservation groups secured a victory as a federal court rejected the Bureau of Land … Read more

Federal Land Agency Auctions Old-Growth Forest on Earth Day, Protesters Rally in Roseburg to Oppose the Project

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22, 2025 CONTACT: Madeline Cowen, Grassroots Organizer Cascadia Wildlands, madeline@cascwild.org, 206-653-4959 PHOTOS: to be updated throughout the day and evening of April 22, 2025 HERE.  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 … Read more

After Years of Stagnation, Oregon’s Wolf Population Grows

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 11, 2025 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 and 2023 the minimum wolf count was just … Read more

Eugene Water and Electric Board Violating Endangered Species Act  

Advocates Sue to Address Harm to Bull Trout and Chinook Salmon Contacts:  Bethany Cotton, Cascadia Wildlands, bethany@cascwild.org 503.327.4923 John Persell, Oregon Wild jp@oregonwild.org 503.896.6472  Jennifer Fairbrother, Native Fish Society: jennifer@nativefishsociety.org 541.602.0696  Lindsey Hutchinson, Willamette Riverkeeper lindsey@willametteriverkeeper.org  Hannah Goldblatt, Advocates for the West: hgoldblatt@advocateswest.org 503.506.5131 Nicole Funaro, Public Justice, nfunaro@publicjustice.net, 203.435.1722 EUGENE, OR — Today, conservation … Read more