Press Releases

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Press Release: BLM to Weaken Environmental Protections in Western Oregon

April 12, 2016 — The Bureau of Land Management today released new plans that will guide recreation, wildlife habitat protection,...

Fed’s Failure to Protect Wolverines Ruled Illegal

April 4, 2015 — Today, the federal district court for Montana rejected a decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife...

Press Release: State of Oregon to Kill Alpha Pair and Two Others in Imnaha Wolf Pack

March 31, 2016 — Following a series of cattle and sheep depredations in Wallowa County, the Oregon Department of Fish...

Lawsuit Challenges Frankenfish Approval

March 31, 2016 — A broad coalition of environmental, consumer, and commercial and recreational fishing organizations today sued the U.S....

U.S. Supreme Court Denies Effort to Overturn Tongass National Forest Protections

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 29, 2016 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to hear a last‐ditch effort by the...

Federal Court in Oregon Rejects Miners’ Challenge to Suction-dredge Regulations

March 25, 2016 — This morning a federal court upheld an Oregon law restricting motorized gold mining in and along...

Cascadia Wildlands Challenges Wildlife Services’ Wolf Killing in Oregon

February 3, 2016 — Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging the authority of the federal wildlife-killing program Wildlife Services...

Cascadia Files Petition to Extend Wolf Monitoring

January 6, 2016 — Five conservation groups filed a petition today requesting that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service continue...

Suit Filed to Restore Endangered Species Act Protections for Wolves in Oregon

December 30, 2015 — Three conservation groups filed a legal challenge  today to the removal of protection from gray wolves...

Huge Legal Victory for Washington’s Wolves

December 21, 2015 — In response to a challenge brought by a coalition of conservation organizations, a federal court rejected...

Cascadia Wildlands Joins Lawsuit to Protect Wild Salmon and Clean Water from Gold Mining

November 20, 2015 — To defend an Oregon law designed to protect wildlife from damaging gold mining along waterways, a...

Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission Removes Protections for Imperiled Gray Wolf

November 10, 2015 — In the face of overwhelming opposition from the public, political leaders, and the scientific community, the...

Oregon Slammed for “Flawed” Scientific Basis for Wolf Delisting

October 29, 2015 — A group of leading independent scientists this week voiced their opposition to a plan to remove...

Win on the Tongass: Forest Service Withdraws Mitkof Island Old-Growth Timber Sale

October 12, 2015 — In a federal court filing last Friday the U.S. Forest Service announced it will withdraw its...

Press Release: Josh Laughlin Hired as Executive Director of Cascadia Wildlands

September 10, 2015 — The Cascadia Wildlands Board of Directors is excited to announce that Josh Laughlin has been hired...