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Lawsuit Aims to Protect Oregon Coast Red Tree Voles

For Immediate Release, July 17, 2025 Contact: Ryan Shannon, Center for Biological Diversity, (971) 717-6407, rshannon@biologicaldiversity.org Joe Liebezeit, Bird...

Public Shut Out as Trump Administration Guts Bedrock Environmental Protections 

Sweeping changes and loopholes impact public oversight of threatened ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:  Jade Hagan,...

US Fish and Wildlife Service Issues Permit to Advance Oregon’s Elliott State Research Forest

Conservationists Applaud Approval, Which Safeguards Imperiled Species and Old-growth Forests FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 28, 2025 Contact: Josh Laughlin, Executive...

Legal Intervention Defends Northern Spotted Owl Habitat

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 21, 2025 Contact: Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands, (314) 482-3746, nick@cascwild.org Chelsea Stewart-Fusek, Center for Biological Diversity, (971) 717-6425, cstewartfusek@biologicaldiversity.org Susan...

Court Rejects Coast Range Clearcutting Project

Feds failed to consider harm to ecosystems and failed to follow required environmental review processes. April 25, 2025 Peter Jensen,...

Federal Land Agency Auctions Old-Growth Forest on Earth Day, Protesters Rally in Roseburg to Oppose the Project

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22, 2025 CONTACT: Madeline Cowen, Grassroots Organizer Cascadia Wildlands, madeline@cascwild.org, 206-653-4959 PHOTOS: to be updated throughout the day and...

After Years of Stagnation, Oregon’s Wolf Population Grows

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 11, 2025 Eugene, OR — Today, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) released in...

Court: N126, one of the largest Oregon logging projects in decades, needs more detailed study to safeguard environment, imperiled species

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 3, 2025 Contact: Nick Cady, legal director, Cascadia Wildlands, 314-482-3746 nick@cascwild.orgSangye Ince-Johannsen, attorney, Western Environmental Law Center, 541-778-6626, sangyeij@westernlaw.org...

Illegal IVM Late Successional Reserve Logging Scheme Struck Down

April 1, 2025 Medford Oregon For Immediate Release Contact: George Sexton, Conservation Director KS Wild (541) 778-8120 gs@kswild.orgNick Cady, Legal...

Eugene Water and Electric Board Violating Endangered Species Act

Advocates Sue to Address Harm to Bull Trout and Chinook Salmon Contacts: Bethany Cotton, Cascadia Wildlands, bethany@cascwild.org 503.327.4923 John Persell,...

Cascadia Wildlands Responds to Trump’s Big Timber Executive Order

On March 1, Donald Trump signed an executive order entitled “Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production,” calling on federal land managers to “fully...

Conservation Groups Challenge Bureau of Land Management SW Oregon Old-Growth Timber Sale

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. November 19, 2024 Contact:Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands, (314) 482-3746George Sexton, Conservation Director KS Wild 541-778-8120 gs@kswild.orgJohn Persell, Staff...

Cascadia Wildlands Statement on the Election Results

As we process the results of the election and the disastrous consequences it will have on marginalized communities, democracy, and...

Lawsuit Launched to Prevent Old-Growth Logging in Oregon Coast Range

Former Agency Personnel Allege Feds Misrepresented Forest Age, Avoided Imperiled Wildlife Detection FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 27, 2024 Contact: Nick...