A Green New Deal
Click here for more details regarding the Green New Deal for the Pacific Northwest.
Eugene Springfield NAACP’s Earth Week Celebration! — Sat. April 24th
Community Fair & Garden Dedication Annie Mims Community Garden DedicationCommunity Tabling | Free Gardening Supplies and Seeds | Community Hub and More! Facebook Event Page WHEN: Saturday, April 24thTIME: 11am – 5pmWHERE: Located on the property of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church255 Maxwell Rd. Eugene, OR 97404COST: FREE and open to the public
Earth Day Weekend Fundraiser at Thinking Tree Spirits!
Our friends at Thinking Tree Spirits — local craft distillery extraordinaire — are running a weekend-long fundraiser for us as part of their Earth Day weekend celebration! DATE: April 16, 17, and 18 (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday)TIME: 12pm – 10pm each day A portion of proceeds from cocktail sales will go directly to supporting our … Read more
Condemning Hate Crimes Against the AAPI Community
Cascadia Wildlands condemns hate targeting the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community in all of its forms. Like so many, we are appalled by the recent murders in Atlanta and escalating attacks against members of the AAPI community around the country. We condemn the vilification of people based on their ethnic background, citizenship status, … Read more
No Free Pass for Dirty Fracked Gas!
WHAT: Environmental Quality Commission WHEN: Friday, March 26 at 10:15am PSTTestify virtually to make sure climate polluters aren’t exempt from regulation! The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is in the early stages of developing a new greenhouse gas reduction program. This program is the centerpiece of Governor Brown’s 2020 Executive Order on climate change, … Read more
BLOG: A Week to Remember
by Bethany Cotton, Campaign Director What a wonderful week for Cascadia! TUESDAY On Tuesday, the proposed Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal and 230-mile Pacific Connector pipeline was dealt what we hope is a fatal blow by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which – in a surprise but welcomed move – denied the … Read more
The First Week of 2021 & What is to Come in Cascadia and Beyond
I’ve long described my commitment to conservation as a combination of love and outrage: profound love for the wild places and wildlife we work to protect and outrage at the destruction for which our fellow humans are responsible. On Wednesday, I felt that same combination. This time a deep and abiding love for the people … Read more
Cascadia Wildlands and Allies Call for Eugene to Step Away from New Fracked Gas Infrastructure
For Immediate ReleaseNovember 18, 2020 Contacts:Dylan Plummer, Grassroots Organizer, Cascadia Wildlands 541.531.1858 dylan@cascwild.org Broad Coalition Calls for Transition Away from Fracked Gas and Halt to Construction of New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure in Eugene EUGENE, OR – Eugene residents and grassroots organizations including NAACP Eugene/Springfield, Beyond Toxics and Springfield Eugene Tenants Association sent a public letter to Eugene … Read more
Elliott State Research Forest Proposal Released — Your Comments Needed
In late October 2020, Oregon State University’s College of Forestry released its draft proposal to create the Elliott State Research Forest. This plan remains a work in progress, and Cascadia Wildlands continues to help shape the outcome of it to the point it can be something we can stand proudly behind. As with any complex … Read more
Join Us Online Oct. 3 at 1pm
Cascadia Wildlands is excited to be involved with the Eugene Environmental Film Festival this year! Our “Voices from the Umpqua” film is available to a global audience, and tomorrow our Grassroots Organizer, Dylan Plummer, and Umpqua resident and activist Francis Eatherington will be presenting a panel discussion online at 1pm that will not only talk … Read more
BLOG: Environmental Rollbacks Gut Core Conservation Laws
Trump Administration Pushing Through Environmental Rollbacks During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Gene McCarthy Cascadia Wildlands Legal Intern, Summer 2020 It can be exhausting keeping up with the constant barrage of unfortunate news covering the current administration’s breakneck efforts to remove environmental safeguards. Unfortunately, the past six months during the COVID-19 pandemic have been no exception. … Read more
