Press Releases

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Fish and Wildlife Service Plays Politics With Wolverine Survival

August 12, 2014 — Bowing to political pressure, today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) formally withdrew its proposal...

State Fish and Wildlife Commission Denies Petition to Require Nonlethal Steps to Manage Washington Wolves

August 1, 2014 — The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission today denied a petition filed by eight conservation groups seeking...

Press Release: Bull Trout Harmed by Years of Agency Inaction, Legal Action Initiated

July 11, 2014 — Nearly four years after critical habitat protection was granted to bull trout, federal land management agencies...

Press Release: Petition Filed to Require Nonlethal Steps to Control Washington Wolves

July 9, 2014 — Eight conservation groups filed a petition late Friday requesting that the Washington Department of Fish and...

Lawsuit Launched to Protect Threatened Marbled Murrelets From Clearcutting on Liquidated Oregon State Forests

June 3, 2014 — Conservation groups filed a notice of intent to sue Seneca Jones and Scott Timber today to...

Press Statement on Famous Wolf OR-7 Likely Finding a Mate and Fathering Pups in Southern Oregon

For immediate release May 12, 2014 Contact: Josh Laughlin, Cascadia Wildlands, 541.844.8182   According to the Oregon Department of Fish...

Press Release: Suit Filed Challenging Sale of Elliott State Forest Land

April 21, 2014 — EUGENE, Ore.— Conservation organizations filed a lawsuit and temporary restraining order today challenging the state of...

Nearly 500,000 More Americans Speak Out Against Federal Plan to Strip Gray Wolves of Protections

March 31, 2013 — More than 460,000 Americans filed official comments calling on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)...

Press Release: Conservation Groups Serve Timber Firms Notice of Intent to Sue over Elliott State Forest Privatization

March 13, 2014 — Three conservation organizations filed a notice of intent today to sue any potential timber purchasers of...

Press Release: Washington Wildlife Agency Urged to End Support for Abolishing Federal Wolf Protections

March 6, 2014 — Eleven conservation organizations representing hundreds of thousands of Washington residents sent a letter to the Washington...

Wyden-style Clearcut Causes Mudslide on O&C Lands

February 27, 2014 — Earlier this week, neighboring landowners discovered a mudslide in the "experimental" Buck Rising clearcut logging project...

Press Release: Peer Review Questions Obama Proposal to Strip Protections for Wolves

February 7, 2014 — A scientific peer review released today greatly questions the science behind the Obama administration’s proposal to...

Groups Urge More Cautious Approach on Washington’s Wolf-kill Policy

February 6, 2014 — Twelve conservation organizations sent a letter to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife today raising concerns...

Settlement Protects Marbled Murrelet on Oregon State Forests, Cancels 28 Timber Sales

February 5, 2014 — Three conservation organizations secured a major victory today for Oregon’s coastal forests, reaching a settlement agreement...

Roseburg BLM Clearcut Logging Plan Challenged

January 22, 2014 — Two conservation organizations filed a legal challenge today aimed at blocking a controversial plan to clearcut...