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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
349,000 comments to Bureau of Land Management asking for forest protections

349,000 comments to Bureau of Land Management asking for forest protections

Portland In response to a public comment period on a proposed Conservation and Landscape Health rule, more than 349,000 members of the public and supporters of environmental advocacy groups, including Oregon Wild, called on the Bureau of Land Management to protect mature and old-growth trees and forests managed by the agency.  “Older forests in Oregon are […]

July 6, 2023

Climate, Old-Growth, Oregon Wild, Press Release
Assessing the Wreckage of the 2023 Oregon Leg Session

Assessing the Wreckage of the 2023 Oregon Leg Session

Oregon politics and legislating have been one heck of a rollercoaster over the last several years. We’ve had walkouts. There have been truck rallies. We saw a sitting legislator let armed protesters into the Capitol just weeks before the January 6 insurrection. Did I mention that we’ve seen walkouts? Oh yeah, and we had millionaires […]

June 28, 2023

Climate, Forests, Wildlife, Article
Challenging Mt. Hood’s latest mature and old-growth logging project

Challenging Mt. Hood’s latest mature and old-growth logging project

By Helena Virga It seems unimaginable that the Forest Service would target mature and old-growth forests for logging in the Mt. Hood National Forest, threatening vital carbon-storing forests and precious spotted owl habitat, and degrading the recreation values that attract so many to the beautiful areas around the mountain. Yet, the Forest Service’s Grasshopper Project […]

June 27, 2023

Forests, Logging, Old-Growth, Article
Oregon Wild Submits Objection to the Youngs Rock Rigdon Project

Oregon Wild Submits Objection to the Youngs Rock Rigdon Project

Oregon Wild has elected to file an objection to the draft Record of Decision for the Youngs Rock Rigdon (YRR) Project on the Willamette National Forest because it will sacrifice more than 1,000 acres of mature and old-growth forest, including northern spotted owl suitable habitat and critical habitat; it will increase global warming by causing significant carbon […]

May 19, 2023

Forests, Logging, Press Release
Analysis of the 2022 Wolf Report: Troubling Times for Oregon’s Wolves

Analysis of the 2022 Wolf Report: Troubling Times for Oregon’s Wolves

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) released the 2022 annual wolf report detailing the status of wolves in the state based on data collected last year. While the agency tried to put a positive spin on it by saying wolves in western Oregon were increasing, a deeper analysis shows the true nature of the report: another frustrating […]

April 26, 2023

Wildlife, Wolves, Article

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