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Court Halts Logging of Elliott State Forest Tract Sold to Timber Company

December 20, 2016 — A U.S. District Court in Eugene has issued a preliminary ruling preventing Scott Timber from clearcutting...

Oregon Board of Forestry Reverses Course, Will Develop Murrelet Protections

Oregon Board of Forestry Reverses Course, Will Develop Murrelet Protections

December 1, 2016 — The Oregon Board of Forestry has reversed its prior decision to deny a petition from conservation...

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Coyote Killing Contest Placing Oregon’s Wolves in Crosshairs

November 14, 2016 — Six wildlife conservation organizations representing nearly 212,000 Oregonians are calling on the U.S. Forest Service and...

Science Review Begins for Northwest Forest Plan Revision

November 10, 2016 — Today, the United States Forest Service released for public and heightened peer review its anticipated science...

Poll: Most Oregonians Oppose Hunting of Wolves, Favor Nonlethal Conflict Prevention

October 7, 2016 — A new poll conducted by Mason Dixon Polling and Research finds that the vast majority of...

Oregon Board of Forestry Sued for Failure to Protect Marbled Murrelet Habitat

September 30, 2016 — Four conservation organizations filed suit today against the Oregon Board of Forestry over dismissal of a...

Press Release: Marbled Murrelet Moves One Step Closer to State Endangered Status, Stronger Protections

September 9, 2016 — In response to a petition from Cascadia Wildlands and other conservation groups, the Oregon Fish and...

Press Release: Court Orders Fish and Wildlife Service to Reexamine Lynx Critical Habitat

September 7, 2016 — Today the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana ordered the U.S Fish and Wildlife...

Press Release: Lawsuit Filed to Protect Threatened Marbled Murrelet from Logging on Former Elliott State Forest

August 25, 2016 — Cascadia Wildlands, the Center for Biological Diversity and Portland Audubon filed a lawsuit in federal court...

New Western Oregon Forest Management Plan Challenged

August 9, 2016 — Late yesterday, a coalition of conservation and fishing groups challenged in the U.S. District Court in...

Wolves Being Killed in Northeast Washington

August 3, 2016 — Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife officials announced late today they will kill members of the...

Oregon Wolf Delisting Challenge Reinstated by Court of Appeals

July 6, 2016 — The Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled that Cascadia Wildlands, the Center for Biological Diversity and...

Greater Protections Sought for Marbled Murrelets in Oregon

June 21, 2016 — Conservation groups submitted petitions today asking the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) and the...

Oregon Court of Appeals Set to Rule on Plan to Sell off Elliott State Forest

June 14, 2016 — The Oregon Court of Appeals is set to decide the legality of a 788-acre timber sale...

Cascadia Wildlands and Conservation Allies Challenge BLM Forest Plans in Oregon

May 16, 2016 — Today, Earthjustice and the Western Environmental Law Center, on behalf of 22 conservation and fishing groups,...