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Conservation Groups Challenge BLM’s “Big League” Logging Project Due to Impacts on Imperiled Spring Chinook Salmon Habitat and Other Values

Contact for more information John Persell, Staff Attorney, Oregon WildNick Cady, Legal Director, Cascadia Wildlands Today, conservation organizations Willamette Riverkeeper, Cascadia Wildlands, and Oregon Wild filed suit against the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), challenging the agency’s authorization of the approximately 4,600-acre Big League Project in the Calapooia and Mohawk River Watersheds northeast of Eugene. […]

November 6, 2023

Forests, Logging, Press Release
Oregon Spotted Frog Gets a Lifeline as Court Questions Grazing Practices

Oregon Spotted Frog Gets a Lifeline as Court Questions Grazing Practices

Contact for more information Adam Bronstein, Western Watersheds ProjectLizzy Potter, Advocates for the WestGeorge Sexton, Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center PORTLAND, Ore .—Yesterday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) fell short of its obligations under the Endangered Species Act when issuing a Biological Opinion that allowed cattle grazing within critical […]

October 27, 2023

Wildlife, Press Release
A win for Oregon’s wildlife! And 10 Oregon wolves to be relocated to Colorado

A win for Oregon’s wildlife! And 10 Oregon wolves to be relocated to Colorado

Wolves Wildlife advocates howled a resounding “hooray” when Coloradoans passed a ballot initiative last year requiring a wolf reintroduction in the state. Restoring this iconic species back to its historic range in the West is something Oregon Wild unequivocally supports. What we didn’t expect is that the source wolves for that reintroduction would come from […]

October 26, 2023

Wildlife, Wolves, Article
I thought it was the biggest clearcut in Oregon. I was wrong.

I thought it was the biggest clearcut in Oregon. I was wrong.

A 22-square-mile clearcut. That’s what I saw when I looked out the window of the small plane I was riding in, a Lighthawk-sponsored flight over the private logging lands bordering the Willamette National Forest. I didn’t know the exact size at the time; all I could do was react to the scale of logging. In my […]

October 10, 2023

Forests, Logging, Article
Conservationists Challenge BLM Clearcut of Endangered Species Habitat

Conservationists Challenge BLM Clearcut of Endangered Species Habitat

Eugene, OR Contact for more information John Persell, Staff Attorney, Oregon WildNick Cady, Legal Director, Cascadia Wildlands Today, conservation groups challenged a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) logging project that would clearcut mature and old-growth forests and degrade protected wildlife habitat for endangered species. The Big Weekly Elk logging sale, proposed by the BLM’s Coos […]

September 19, 2023

Logging, Old-Growth, Press Release
NASA Maps and Report Highlight Oregon’s Clearcutting Epidemic

NASA Maps and Report Highlight Oregon’s Clearcutting Epidemic

Today, the NASA DEVELOP Program released an analysis of how much of Oregon’s Coast Range was logged in the past 20 years in drinking watersheds. The maps and analysis show clearcutting across substantial portions of these watersheds. “The team’s analysis on clearcutting found that 26% of the forested area within the 80 selected watersheds experienced clearcutting between […]

September 12, 2023

Drinking Water, Forests, Logging, State Forests, Report
Tribes and Fish Advocates Challenge Oregon Salmon Trucking Rule

Tribes and Fish Advocates Challenge Oregon Salmon Trucking Rule

Salem, Ore. (September 5, 2023) Contact for more information Miles Johnson, Columbia RiverkeeperDavid A. Moskowitz, The Conservation AnglerSteve Pedery, Oregon Wild In an eleventh-hour rule change without meaningful public or tribal input, Oregon weakened protections for salmon; Tribes and fish advocates want the state to restore safeguards. The Nez Perce Tribe and the Confederated Tribes […]

September 6, 2023

Rivers, Wildlife, Press Release
Judge rules Forest Service violated the law in rolling back forest protections

Judge rules Forest Service violated the law in rolling back forest protections

August 31, 2023, Pendleton, OREGON Contact for more information Oregon WildRob Klavins, Northeast Oregon Field Coordinatorrk@oregonwild.org(541) 886-0212 Crag Law CenterMeriel Darzen, Staff Attorney (503) 525 – 2725 meriel@crag.org Central Oregon LandWatchRory Isbell, Staff Attorney, Rural Lands Program Managerrory@colw.org(541) 647-2930 ext.804 Greater Hells Canyon CouncilEmily Cain, Executive Directoremily@hellscanyon.org(541) 963-3950 Sierra ClubMathieu Federspiel, Executive CommitteeJuniper Group, Oregon Chapter Sierra Clubmathieuf.sc@gmail.com […]

August 31, 2023

Eastern Oregon, Logging, Old-Growth, Press Release
Unveiling Nature’s Kaleidoscope

Unveiling Nature’s Kaleidoscope

Oregon Wild showcased an imperiled species-themed mural in Portland in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act. Wildlife advocacy combined with the emotional and storytelling power of art was an amazing way to highlight Oregon’s imperiled species. As you move closer towards 1350 NW Lovejoy Street, a majestic wolf with piercing amber […]

August 8, 2023

Oregon Wild, Wildlife, Article
Hiking in Old-Growth Forests – Seeing the Forest and the Trees

Hiking in Old-Growth Forests – Seeing the Forest and the Trees

By John Cissel Visitors to old-growth forests may know that these forests are ecologically important, but for most people, myself included, it is the more emotive aspects of an old forest that inspire and motivate us. We are struck by the sheer beauty of the stout, cinnamon tree trunks; the shafts of sunlight highlighting a […]

July 28, 2023

Forests, Old-Growth, Recreation, Article
Over half a million people call on Forest Service to protect mature, old-growth forests and trees

Over half a million people call on Forest Service to protect mature, old-growth forests and trees

Eugene, OR Contact for more information Victoria Wingell, Forests and Climate CampaignerOregon Wild: vw@oregonwild.org John Persell, Staff AttorneyOregon Wild: jp@oregonwild.org  Madeline Cowen, Grassroots OrganizerCascadia Wildlands: madeline@cascwild.org Ryan Talbott, Pacific Northwest Conservation AdvocateWildEarth Guardians: rtalbott@wildearthguardians.org  Public comment period concludes for pathway to rulemaking on how Forest Service manages national forests. More than 500,000 people have submitted public comments to the U.S. Forest Service […]

July 20, 2023

Logging, Old-Growth, Press Release
Court affirms expanded Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument

Court affirms expanded Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument

Washington, D.C. Contact for more information Doug Heiken, Oregon WildKristen Boyles, EarthjusticeSusan Jane Brown, Silvix ResourcesDave Willis, Soda Mountain Wilderness CouncilJoseph Vaile, Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center Second federal appeals court protects Monument and the rare and beautiful plant and animal species that live there. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today affirmed the legality of an […]

July 18, 2023

Public Lands, Press Release

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