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Tell City Council: It’s Time for a Fossil Free Eugene — Monday, May 24

The City of Eugene has officially walked away from negotiations with NW Natural! This a good first step, but we need to do more to phase out fracked gas in Eugene. We are specifically pushing them to ban new gas infrastructure as their next step. You can testify on behalf of the Fossil Free Eugene … Read more

Rally to Protect What’s Left — May 6

WHEN: Thursday, May 6, 2021 @ 4:00 PMWHERE: Oregon State Capitol—Wilson Park (westside gazebo)900 Court St. Salem, OR 97301 As communities across Oregon continue to rebuild after the 2020 fire season, timber corporations and ill-equipped agencies are clear-cut logging large swaths of fire-burned public lands. Join us Thursday, May 6 at 4:00pm at the Oregon State … Read more

Alesong Brewing benefit for Cascadia — May 6

Please join us Thursday, May 6 at the Alesong tasting room in Eugene from 5:00-7:00 PM to meet Cascadia Wildlands staff and support us by ordering a glass or two of Señor Rhino! Cascadia Wildlands is elated to partner with local favorite Alesong Brewing. Each month, someone on Alesong’s team chooses a local organization to which they … Read more

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