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Wine Tasting for Cascadia! Benefit Event — Friday, August 24, 2018

Our friends at Camp Creek Cellars are generously hosting a benefit event for us, and you’re all invited! Cascadia Wildlands Benefit and “Dog Day Deals” Wine Sale and Tasting WHEN: Friday, August 24, 5-8 pm WHERE: Oregon Research Institute, 1776 Millrace Dr., Eugene Visit the Facebook event page. A $10 tasting fee at the door, … Read more

August WildCAT Meeting — August 29, 2018

Join Cascadia Wildlands volunteers for our August WildCAT meeting at the Cascadia Office, 120 Shelton McMurphey Blvd Suite 240 in Eugene. Every month, on the fourth or fifth Wednesday of the month, we meet to discuss what’s happening in our ongoing environmental campaigns, share experiences from the last month, plan events and get involved in hands-on … Read more

Join Us Thursday for Music & Beer! — August 9, 2018

Join Cascadia Wildlands for the 2nd to last Pints Gone Wild! event of the year! WHEN: THIS THURSDAY, August 9, 2018 Music 6 – 7:30/8pm Benefit runs all day 12 – 9pm WHERE: The Ninkasi Brewing Tasting Room, located at 272 Van Buren Street in Eugene’s historic Whiteaker neighborhood. Click here for the Facebook event … Read more

Strummin’ it at Northwest String Summit

by Renee Seacor and Mari Galloway, Cascadia Wildlands Summer Legal Interns July 25, 2018 As Cascadia Wildlands’ summer legal interns, we had the opportunity to table at the 17th annual Northwest String Summit! Overall, the weekend was a great success! We were able to listen to some incredibly talented musicians, paint the faces of some … Read more

A Report Back on Field Checking the Proposed Jordan Cove LNG Terminal

by Sam Krop, Cascadia Wildlands’ Grassroots Organizer August 2, 2018 On a spotless, windy morning on July 1, over 50 concerned citizens gathered around a boat launch on the North Spit of Coos Bay to explore the place that would be most impacted by the construction of the proposed Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas export … Read more

Press Release: Lawsuit Filed Challenging Oregon’s Failure to Protect Murrelets

August 2, 2018 — Five conservation groups filed a lawsuit today against the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) Commission for failing to uplist the marbled murrelet from threatened to endangered under the Oregon Endangered Species Act.

Press Release: Oregon Court Rules Sale of Elliott State Forest Tract Illegal

August 1, 2018 — The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled today that the 2014 sale of the 788-acre East Hakki Ridge tract on the 93,000-acre Elliott State Forest east of Coos Bay was illegal. The ruling, which overturns the sale of the public land to a private timber company, marks a major win for the state’s public lands.

Tell the ODFW Comission to Protect Imperiled Species! — August 3, 2018

On August 3, 2018 in Salem, the Fish and Wildlife Commission will address issues impacting two imperiled species: the marbled murrelet and the Humboldt marten. Cascadia Wildlands and its allies are planning a strong turnout at this meeting to stress how important wildlife issues are to our members. Recently, the ODFW Commission REVERSED its vote … Read more

Field Check the Shotcash Timber Sale — July 28, 2018

The BLM is proposing a major commercial logging project including clearcutting in the Shotgun Creek Recreation Area, a beloved site for outdoor recreation in Marcola.   Join Cascadia Wildlands WildCAT volunteer team and Sierra Club’s Many Rivers Group to get hands-on experience exploring this threatened area and collecting information through observation that can help us … Read more