Press Releases

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Press Release: Oregon Court of Appeals Rejects Oakridge Mining Proposal

Press Release: Oregon Court of Appeals Rejects Oakridge Mining Proposal

December 16, 2022 —The Oregon Court of Appeals recently ruled against the proposal to mine TV Butte on the eastern...

Cascadia Wildlands Statement on Eugene Water and Electric Board’s Recommendation to Decommission Leaburg Dam on the McKenzie River

Cascadia Wildlands Statement on Eugene Water and Electric Board’s Recommendation to Decommission Leaburg Dam on the McKenzie River

December 7, 2023 — Following two years of extensive research, analysis, and outreach, the Eugene Water and Electric Board’s (EWEB)...

Press Release: Eugene City Council Hears Overwhelming Support for Healthy Homes Policy

Press Release: Eugene City Council Hears Overwhelming Support for Healthy Homes Policy

November 22, 2023 — Over 100 community members rallied ahead of a Eugene City Council hearing last night to support...

Press Release: Protestors Call Out Biden’s Mature and Old-Growth Logging Sales at Portland Forest Service Office

Press Release: Protestors Call Out Biden’s Mature and Old-Growth Logging Sales at Portland Forest Service Office

November 17, 2022 — Today, forest and climate activists gathered at Terry Schrunk Plaza across from the Forest Service Region...

Press Release: U.S. Agencies Undermine Biden’s Public Forest Protection Pledge with Logging Plans, According to Report

Press Release: U.S. Agencies Undermine Biden’s Public Forest Protection Pledge with Logging Plans, According to Report

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 14, 2023 EUGENE, OR — As world leaders gather to address the climate crisis, U.S. land management agencies...

Press Release: Forest Advocates Knock out Massive Trump Post-fire Logging Loophole

Press Release: Forest Advocates Knock out Massive Trump Post-fire Logging Loophole

November 10, 2022 — This month, conservation groups finalized a legal agreement with the Bureau of Land Management to reverse...

Press Release: Over 100 “Kayaktivists” and Community Members Protest Old-Growth Logging

Press Release: Over 100 “Kayaktivists” and Community Members Protest Old-Growth Logging

October 8, 2022 — Today, a “kayaktivist” flotilla of over 100 concerned community members rallied on the McKenzie River to...

Press Release: Court Rules Logging Project Violates Endangered Species Act

Press Release: Court Rules Logging Project Violates Endangered Species Act

October 4, 2022 — Late Friday, a judge in the District Court for the District of Oregon ruled that the...

Press Release: Conservationists Challenge Coast Range Logging Plan 

Press Release: Conservationists Challenge Coast Range Logging Plan 

September 8, 2022 — Today, Oregon-based conservation organizations Cascadia Wildlands and Oregon Wild challenged the Bureau of Land Management’s (“BLM”)...

Press Release: Lawsuit Challenges Washington’s Failure to Enact Wolf Management Rules

Press Release: Lawsuit Challenges Washington’s Failure to Enact Wolf Management Rules

August 5, 2022 — Five conservation groups filed a lawsuit today asking a state court to enforce Gov. Jay Inslee's...

Press Release: Mature and old-growth logging sale undermines Biden climate policy; threatens McKenzie River, habitat

Press Release: Mature and old-growth logging sale undermines Biden climate policy; threatens McKenzie River, habitat

August 2, 2022 — Today, old-growth forest and wildlife advocates provided the U.S. Forest Service the means to reconsider the...

Press Release: Legal Warning Challenges Plan to Log Thousands of Acres of Oregon’s Old-Growth Forest Reserves

Press Release: Legal Warning Challenges Plan to Log Thousands of Acres of Oregon’s Old-Growth Forest Reserves

July 5, 2022 — A coalition of Oregon conservation organizations notified the Bureau of Land Management today it intends to...

Press Release: Court Halts Logging of Elliott State Forest Tract Sold to Private Timber Company

Press Release: Court Halts Logging of Elliott State Forest Tract Sold to Private Timber Company

June 28, 2022 — Today, a U.S. District Court judge issued a ruling preventing Scott Timber from clearcutting old growth...

Press Release: Court again forces feds to reconsider wolverine protections, this time using science

Press Release: Court again forces feds to reconsider wolverine protections, this time using science

May 26, 2022 — Today, a federal judge invalidated a Trump administration decision denying protections to imperiled wolverines under the...