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DeFazio Letter Requests Immediate Protections for Gray Wolves

DeFazio Letter Requests Immediate Protections for Gray Wolves

July 1, 2021 — Earlier this week, Rep. Peter DeFazio sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland...

Press Release: WA Wolf Poaching, Reward for Information

Press Release: WA Wolf Poaching, Reward for Information

June 17, 2021 — Conservation groups announced today a combined $15,000 reward for information on the poaching of the breeding...

Press Release: The Green New Deal for Pacific Northwest Forests

Press Release: The Green New Deal for Pacific Northwest Forests

June 9, 2021 — Today, dozens of forest and climate justice organizations across northern California, Oregon, and Washington released a...

Recreation and Wildlands Enthusiasts Celebrate as Local Clearcut Proposal Defeated in Court for a Second Time

Recreation and Wildlands Enthusiasts Celebrate as Local Clearcut Proposal Defeated in Court for a Second Time

June 4, 2021 — For the second time in three years, a logging proposal slated to clearcut over 100 acres...

2020 Oregon Wolf Numbers Are In!

2020 Oregon Wolf Numbers Are In!

April 21, 2021 — Today, gray wolf advocates are celebrating the positive trends for wolves in Oregon in 2020. The...

Lawsuit Filed Challenging Ongoing Post-Fire Clearcutting in Santiam State Forest East of Salem

Lawsuit Filed Challenging Ongoing Post-Fire Clearcutting in Santiam State Forest East of Salem

April 14, 2021 — Today conservation groups including Cascadia Wildlands, the Center for Biological Diversity, Willamette Riverkeeper, Audubon Society of...

A Call on Secretaries Haaland and Vilsack to Rein in Reckless Post-Fire Roadside Logging in Oregon

A Call on Secretaries Haaland and Vilsack to Rein in Reckless Post-Fire Roadside Logging in Oregon

April 13, 2021 — Today, over twenty conservation and climate justice organizations sent a letter to Cabinet Secretaries Deb Haaland...

Lawsuit Filed to Protect Red Tree Vole

March 25, 2021 — Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging a decision by the Trump administration to deny the...

Lawsuit Filed Challenging Removal of 3.4 Million Acres of Critical Spotted Owl Habitat

March 23, 2021 — Conservation groups in the Pacific Northwest filed a legal challenge to reinstate federal protections on more...

Celebrating the Historic Confirmation of Secretary Haaland

Celebrating the Historic Confirmation of Secretary Haaland

March 16, 2021 — Oregon’s conservation community is celebrating the historic bipartisan confirmation of Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland,...

Federal Government Rejects Request to Overturn Oregon’s Denial of LNG Project

Federal Government Rejects Request to Overturn Oregon’s Denial of LNG Project

February 8, 2020 — The proposed Jordan Cove LNG export terminal and fracked gas pipeline faced another massive blow today...

Victory for Eugene Climate Goals!

Victory for Eugene Climate Goals!

February 9, 2021 — After three months of public pressure and countless hours of public testimony about the climate and...

Wild and Scenic River Legislation Introduced

Wild and Scenic River Legislation Introduced

February 4, 2021 — On February 3, Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley introduced the River Democracy Act, which will...

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Upholds Oregon’s Denial of Key Jordan Cove LNG Permit

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Upholds Oregon’s Denial of Key Jordan Cove LNG Permit

January 19, 2021 — Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) upheld the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality’s denial of...

Western Wolf Coalition Challenges Nationwide Wolf Delisting

Western Wolf Coalition Challenges Nationwide Wolf Delisting

January 14, 2021 — The most recent data from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its state partners show...