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Feds failed to consider harm to ecosystems and failed to follow required environmental review processes. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 25, 2025 Contacts: Peter Jensen, Cascadia Wildlands, (541) 434-1463 John Persell, Oregon WildOliver Stiefel, Crag Law Center Eugene, OR — Conservation groups secured a victory as a federal court rejected the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22, 2025 Contact: Madeline Cowen, Grassroots Organizer, Cascadia Wildlands, (541) 434-1463 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 River watershed. Conservation groups filed suit against the Bureau of Land Management … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 11, 2025 Contact(s): Bethany Cotton, Conservation Director, Cascadia Wildlands, (541) 434-1463 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 … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 3, 2025 Contact: Nick Cady, Legal Director, Cascadia Wildlands, (541) 434-1463Sangye Ince-Johannsen, Attorney, Western Environmental Law Center Eugene, OR — In response to a challenge brought by Cascadia Wildlands and the Western Environmental Law Center, an Oregon federal district court on Monday held that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) violated the law in authorizing the N126 … Read more
For Immediate Release April 1, 2025 Contact: Nick Cady, Legal Director, Cascadia Wildlands, (541) 434-1463 George Sexton, Conservation Director, KS Wild John Persell, Staff Attorney, Oregon Wild Meriel Darzen, Senior Staff Attorney, Crag Law Center Medford, OR — On March 31, 2025, Federal District Court Judge Ann Aiken ruled that the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) “Integrated … Read more
Speak up for Oregon’s beavers and waterways – HB 3932 passed the House and is now up for a hearing in the Senate. Express your support for this natural solution to a tricky conservation issue today! Beavers are ecosystem engineers, and one of our best natural climate solutions. The Beavers and Water Quality Bill would … Read more
Today, conservation organizations filed suit against the Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB) alleging ongoing violations of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). For over sixteen years, the public utility has been out of legal compliance with federal requirements to provide proper fish passage for ESA-listed Chinook salmon and bull trout at the Carmen-Smith Hydroelectric Project and Trail Bridge Dam on the famed McKenzie River.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has revived the deeply flawed Big League logging project in the Mohawk River and Upper Calapooia River watersheds near Marcola and Wendling, Oregon. The Bureau of Land Management wants to log 2,700 acres of forested watersheds and construct or renovate a whopping 133 miles of roads in the Big … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 4, 2025 On March 1, Donald Trump signed an executive order entitled “Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production,” calling on federal land managers to “fully exploit our domestic timber supply,” and instructing agencies to bypass existing federal laws and regulations that protect stately forests, rural communities, clean water, imperiled species, recreation, and the climate. Trump … Read more
Friday, April 25, 2025 @ 7:00 PM Farmers Market Pavilion and Plaza, 85 E 8TH Ave, Eugene, OR 97401 This event is a sliding scale event ranging from $10-$50 to help raise money for Cascadia Wildlands conservation efforts and to have a whole lot of fun with all of YOU! PARKING Parking will be general … Read more
For 30 years, the Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP) has guided management of 17 national forests stretching from western Washington and Oregon south to northwestern California. Proposed changes to the plan are underway. We are asking you to take two concrete actions to help advocate for the ecosystems you love. Originally developed to curb the impacts … Read more
We need you to speak up to improve a bad bill moving through the Oregon legislature! Unfortunately, the wolf compensation multiplier bill – SB 777, passed out of the Senate and is now getting a hearing in the House Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources and Water Committee. The bill, as in past sessions, is designated … Read more
Cascadia Wildlands
P.O. Box 10455
Eugene, OR 97440
541.434.1463
