Defending Roadless Wildlands: Oregon’s Wild Heart
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture opens public comment period on a proposal that threatens to dismantle the landmark Roadless Rule, putting at risk nearly 2 million acres in Oregon (60 million nationally) of the most pristine national forest lands to logging and road-building.
August 27, 2025
"The federal government is abandoning its responsibility, and states like Oregon will need to step up."
August 22, 2025
Learn how the River Democracy Act would help protect watersheds like the McKenzie River across Oregon.
July 17, 2025
Conservation groups have sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for denying protections to the imperiled North Oregon Coast population of red tree voles.
Amid all the bad news and threats, there is also some good news, and some early signs that grassroots activism is working.
July 3, 2025
Roadless Areas are under attack by the Trump administration as they work to remove any roadblocks to their “timber first” mandates for our public forest lands.
July 2, 2025
A Senate proposal to sell off millions of acres of public land to fund tax breaks for billionaires is dead - for now.
June 29, 2025
In the final hours of the 2025 legislative session, a landmark bill to fund wildlife conservation fell short—not for lack of public support, bipartisan backing, or legislative merit.
June 28, 2025
HB 2977, backed by a broad and diverse coalition across Oregon, is stalled due to obstruction by two Republican senators, Daniel Bonham and Cedric Hayden, who are using procedural tactics to try to kill the bill.
June 26, 2025
The Trump administration's rollback of the Roadless Rule would put nearly 2 million acres of Oregon’s most intact national forest lands at risk.
June 23, 2025
In a major victory for Oregon’s fish, wildlife, and outdoor heritage, the Oregon House of Representatives has passed HB 2977, a bipartisan bill that would raise the state’s transient lodging tax (TLT) to provide long-overdue funding for wildlife conservation. The bill passed with the required three-fifths majority and now advances to the Oregon Senate.
June 20, 2025
Learn how the River Democracy Act would help protect watersheds like Rough and Ready Creek across Oregon.
June 17, 2025
Staying informed is the first step to becoming a public lands and native wildlife advocate.
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