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Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Logging Plan Enjoined, Likely Violates Federal Law, Risks Loss of Wildlife Habitat and Harm to Public Interests For Immediate Release: July 20th, 2026 Contacts: Peter Jensen, Staff Attorney, Cascadia Wildlands, (541) 434-1463 Brenna Bell, Senior Staff Attorney, Crag Law Center John Persell, Senior Staff Attorney, Oregon Wild Janice Reid, Conservation … Read more
By: Jack Dodson, Summer Field and Events Coordinator At the end of June, Cascadia Wildlands hosted our largest WildCAT (Cascadia Action Team) event of the year: Field Checking Basecamp. Over the course of five days, from June 18-22, around 50 volunteers field checked units in the contentious 42 Divide timber sale near Camas Valley in … Read more
Aloha Trout Timber Sale issued without valid management plan, violating key procedural law; precedent sows doubt about thousands of acres of timber harvest, leases, and permits across West For Immediate Release: June 24th, 2026 Contacts: Nick Cady, Legal Director, Cascadia Wildlands, (314) 482 3746 Susan Jane M. Brown, Principal & Chief Legal Counsel, Silvix Resources … Read more
By: Noah Angell, Communications Fellow As I stepped out of the car that recent cold, foggy morning, the first thing I noticed was the silence. However, not complete silence. As I quietly walked through the forest I noticed it was alive with the calls of varied thrushes, dark-eyed juncos, yellow-rumped warblers, and red-breasted nuthatches. I … Read more
For Immediate ReleaseMay 15, 2026 Contacts:Nick Cady, Legal Director, Cascadia Wildlands, (314) 482-3746John Persell, Senior Staff Attorney, Oregon WildJanice Reid, Conservation Chair, Umpqua WatershedsMeriel Darzen, Senior Staff Attorney, Crag Law Center Eugene, OR — Late yesterday, the US District Court ruled the Blue and Gold timber sale project on Bureau of Land Management (BLM)-administered land west of … Read more
For Immediate ReleaseMay 12, 2026 Contacts:Nick Cady, Legal Director, Cascadia Wildlands, (314) 482-3746John Persell, Senior Staff Attorney, Oregon WildJanice Reid, Conservation Chair, Umpqua WatershedsMeriel Darzen, Senior Staff Attorney, Crag Law Center Yoncalla, OR — In response to illegal logging of old-growth forest recently documented in the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Blue and Gold timber … Read more
By: Noah Angell, Communications Fellow In these trying times it’s easy to feel helpless, as if our voices don’t matter, our efforts too small, or the systems we’re up against too deeply rooted to change. I’ve felt that too. Working in conservation, especially as a Latino who has had to learn and navigate these systems … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 21, 2026 Contacts: Peter Jensen, Staff Attorney, Cascadia Wildlands, (541) 434-1463 Brenna Bell, Senior Staff Attorney, Crag Law Center John Persell, Senior Staff Attorney, Oregon Wild Janice Reid, President, Umpqua Watersheds Roseburg, Oregon — Today, a coalition of conservation organizations filed suit challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) “42 Divide … Read more
By: Madeline Cowen, Field and Organizing Manager In May of 2018, the Willamette National Forest first proposed the egregious Flat Country old-growth timber sale. The project proposed aggressively logging 2,000 acres of older forests in the McKenzie River headwaters, which provide fresh drinking water to hundreds of thousands of residents in the Willamette Valley. Astonished … Read more
By: Flora Booker, 2025 Summer Field and Events Coordinator On July 30th, Cascadia Wildlands staff and WildCAT volunteers joined a tour hosted by the Southern Willamette Forest Collaborative and the U.S. Forest Service to take a look at the proposed Dead Mountain Project. The collaborative is a mix of agency staff, environmental groups, timber industry … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 27, 2024 Contact: Nick Cady, Legal Director, Cascadia Wildlands, (541) 434-1463 Meriel Darzen, Staff Attorney, Crag Law Center John Persell, Staff Attorney, Oregon Wild Oakland, OR — Today Cascadia Wildlands and Oregon Wild filed a legal complaint challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Blue … Read more
June 20, 2024 — Conservation groups informed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today that they intend to sue over the agency’s denial of Endangered Species Act protections to the imperiled North Oregon Coast population of red tree voles. The Service’s decision to deny protections in February echoes a 2019 Trump administration denial, which was made despite several previous findings that protection was warranted. North Coast voles are threatened by logging and climate change-fueled wildfires.
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