January 22, 2024 — In response to legal pressure, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) withdrew the proposed 4,600-acre Big League logging project in the Calapooia and Mohawk River Watersheds northeast of Eugene.
VIDEO: Cascadia Wildlands Celebrates 25 Years!
Since 1998, Cascadia Wildlands has been at the frontlines of the environmental movement — defending the Cascadia bioregion in the courts and on the streets. Thank you to all of our sponsors and supporters who have helped us get this far. Here’s to 25 more years! Help launch us into the next 25 years with … Continue reading VIDEO: Cascadia Wildlands Celebrates 25 Years!
Press Release: $26,500 Offered for Information About Two Illegal Oregon Wolf Killings
December 7, 2023 — The Oregon Wildlife Coalition, conservation partners and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are offering rewards totaling $26,500 for information leading to arrests and convictions following the separate killings of two wolves in Oregon.
Press Release: Wolverines listed as “threatened” under Endangered Species Act after 20-year conservation effort
November 29, 2023 — Today, after more than 20 years of advocacy by wildlife conservation groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the Service) found that wolverines warrant federal protections as a threatened species. Numbering only about 300 in the contiguous U.S., snow-dependent wolverine populations have suffered from climate change, habitat loss, trapping, and other anthropogenic pressures.
Press Release: Letter Calls on Gov. Kotek to Protect Old-Growth Forests, Cook Creek Watershed
November 14, 2023 — Eleven conservation groups today sent a letter calling on Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and the Board of Forestry to protect additional acres of forest lands in the proposed Western Oregon State Forest Habitat Conservation Plan. Their proposed increase in protected mature and old-growth forest land would help safeguard imperiled species like the threatened Oregon Coast coho salmon and marbled murrelet.
Press Release: Conservation Groups Challenge BLM’s “Big League” Logging Project Due to Impacts on Imperiled Spring Chinook Salmon Habitat and Other Values
November 7, 2023 — Today, conservation organizations Willamette Riverkeeper, Cascadia Wildlands, and Oregon Wild filed suit against the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), challenging the agency’s authorization of the approximately 4,600-acre Big League Project in the Calapooia and Mohawk River Watersheds northeast of Eugene. According to the groups’ complaint, the BLM violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by failing to take the required “hard look” at the impacts that the Big League Project would have on a host of environmental values, including spotted owl habitat, carbon storage, stream flows, and water quality. Specifically, this project plans to clearcut the last and best older forest stands in the Calapooia and Mohawk River Watersheds.
BLOG: Field Notes from the Calloway Timber Sale
— written by WildCAT, Abe. On a bright October morning I had the honor of joining a group of volunteers and staff from Cascadia Wildlands for a day of field checking in the woods. Field Checking is the tactic of comparing existing conditions in the forest with conditions alleged in Forest Service sale proposals. Often, … Continue reading BLOG: Field Notes from the Calloway Timber Sale
BLOG: Field Checking for the First Time
— written by WildCAT, Emma E. Saturday, October 21st was marked in bold on my calendar, as it was my first time meeting up with other WildCAT volunteers to conduct a field check in the Calloway timber sale. I walked through the fog early in the morning to meet-up with two other volunteers, Becky and … Continue reading BLOG: Field Checking for the First Time
CW Hosts ‘Forest Friday’ at the Eugene Environmental Film Festival — Oct 6
Cascadia Wildlands is excited to host “Forest Friday” on Friday, Oct. 6 during the Eugene Environmental Film Festival. We worked with the festival to create ways for folks to learn about our work to defend and restore Cascadia’s ecosystems and how to take meaningful action to address the environmental issues we face. This is a … Continue reading CW Hosts ‘Forest Friday’ at the Eugene Environmental Film Festival — Oct 6
Cascadia Wildlands is tabling at WildCraft’s Harvest Party — Oct 7 @ 3-7pm
We’ll see you down at WildCraft CiderWorks from 3-7pm on October 7th in Eugene, OR! Cascadia Wildlands will be tabling, talking about protecting old-growth forests, how you can help, and selling some of our new merch! WHAT: WildCraft Cider Works’ 9th Annual Harvest Party: Gather for the Good WHEN: Saturday, October 7, 2023 TIME: We’re … Continue reading Cascadia Wildlands is tabling at WildCraft’s Harvest Party — Oct 7 @ 3-7pm