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Press and Media
Lawsuit Launched to Protect West Coast Fishers
For Immediate Release: October 28, 2026 Contacts: Bethany Cotton, Cascadia Wildlands, bethany@cascwild.org, (541) 434-1463 Chelsea Stewart-Fusek, Center for Biological Diversity...
Department of Homeland Security Drops Plans to Build Immigration Detention Facility in Oregon
As a Result, Conservation Organizations and Other Parties Dismiss Case Against Agency For Immediate Release: October 23, 2026 Contacts: Josh...
Community Protests Forest Service Chief Amidst Slew of Attacks on Public Lands
Public Overwhelmingly Supports Retaining the Roadless Rule, Keeping Public Lands Public For Immediate Release: September 2nd, 2026 Contacts: Bethany Cotton, Conservation...
Cascadia Wildlands’ Statement on Feds’ Roadless Rule Repeal
For Immediate Release: August 18th, 2026 Contacts: Grace Brahler Newsome, Wildlands Director, grace@cascwild.org, (541) 393-8178 Eugene, OR — Today, the...
Court Stops Fed’s Destructive Logging Plan
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Logging Plan Enjoined, Likely Violates Federal Law, Risks Loss of Wildlife Habitat and Harm to...
Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s Attempt to Stop Protecting Imperiled Species’ Habitat
For Immediate Release: July 15th, 2026 Contacts: Bethany Cotton, Conservation Director, Cascadia Wildlands, (541) 434-1463 Pete Frost, Staff Attorney, Western...
New Lawsuit Claims Oregon Timber Sale is Invalid After Congressional Overreach
Aloha Trout Timber Sale issued without valid management plan, violating key procedural law; precedent sows doubt about thousands of acres...
Conservation Organizations Hail Ruling That Halts Old-Growth Forest Logging at the Blue and Gold Timber Sale in the Oregon Coast Range
For Immediate ReleaseMay 15, 2026 Contacts:Nick Cady, Legal Director, Cascadia Wildlands, (314) 482-3746John Persell, Senior Staff Attorney, Oregon WildJanice Reid,...
Conservation Organizations File for a Temporary Restraining Order in Response to Bureau of Land Management’s Illegal Old-Growth Forest Logging Near Yoncalla
For Immediate ReleaseMay 12, 2026 Contacts:Nick Cady, Legal Director, Cascadia Wildlands, (314) 482-3746John Persell, Senior Staff Attorney, Oregon WildJanice Reid,...
Advocates Ask Feds to Make EWEB Consider Volitional Fish Passage at Trail Bridge Dam
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22, 2026 Bethany Cotton, Cascadia Wildlands, (541)-534-1463 Jennifer Fairbrother, Native Fish Society Lindsey Hutchison, Willamette Riverkeeper...
Conservation Groups Challenge Feds’ Illegal 42 Divide Logging Plan in Western Oregon
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 21, 2026 Contacts: Peter Jensen, Staff Attorney, Cascadia Wildlands, (541) 434-1463 Brenna Bell, Senior Staff Attorney,...
Legal Challenge: Feds More Than a Year Overdue in Designating Much Needed Critical Habitat for Wolverine
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 14, 2026 Contacts: Bethany Cotton, Cascadia Wildlands, (541) 434-1463Matthew Bishop, Western Environmental Law CenterLizzy Pennock, WildEarth...
Lawsuit Aims to Protect Oregon Coast Red Tree Voles
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 17, 2025 Contacts: Bethany Cotton, Cascadia Wildlands, (541) 434-1463 Ryan Shannon, Center for Biological Diversity Joe...
Public Shut Out as Trump Administration Guts Bedrock Environmental Protections
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 8, 2025 Contact: Grace Brahler, Cascadia Wildlands, (541) 434-1463 Jade Hagan, PhD, Bark Eugene, Ore. — The Trump...
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...
