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2022 Wolf Report Reveals Another Year of Stagnant Growth

2022 Wolf Report Reveals Another Year of Stagnant Growth

Today, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife released its 2022 Annual Wolf Report. The report shows another year of stalled wolf recovery, driven in large part by a poaching epidemic. Of the 20 mortalities documented in 2022, 17 of them were known to be human-caused. The only reason the population grew at all is because […]

April 18, 2023

Wildlife, Wolves, Report
Department of Interior moves to protect mature and old-growth trees and forests from logging

Department of Interior moves to protect mature and old-growth trees and forests from logging

Washington, DC Contact for more information Ellen Montgomery, Environment America Research & Policy Center, 720-583-4024Kari Birdseye, Natural Resources Defense Council, 415-350-7562Steve Pedery, Conservation Director, Oregon Wild, 503-998-8411Ian Brickey, Sierra ClubZack Porter, Executive Director, Standing Trees, 802-552-0160Adam Rissien, ReWilding Manager, WildEarth Guardians, 406-370-3147 The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced Thursday a wide-ranging conservation rule […]

March 30, 2023

Climate, Old-Growth, Press Release
Impacts of BLM “regeneration harvest”

Impacts of BLM “regeneration harvest”

On a cold foggy recent day, Casey Kulla and I drove up to Unit 1 of the Bureau of Land Management’s Lookout Below logging sale within the Panther Creek project area. The scene was a stunning rebuke to those who insist that clearcutting no longer occurs on federal public lands. In fact, at 150 acres, […]

January 30, 2023

Forests, Logging, Article
In Memory of Jim Baker

In Memory of Jim Baker

Oregon Wild is saddened to learn of the recent passing of Jim Baker, a long-time advocate for the McKenzie River and old-growth forests state-wide. Jim was a labor union organizer, a lineman for a telephone company, a rural resident, and a ferocious advocate for his beloved McKenzie River during the heyday of old-growth clearcutting in […]

January 19, 2023

Oregon Wild, Article
$15,000 Reward Offered for Info on Oregon Wolf Killed Illegally in Late 2022

$15,000 Reward Offered for Info on Oregon Wolf Killed Illegally in Late 2022

Contact for more information Amaroq Weiss, Center for Biological DiversityDanielle Moser, Oregon WildBethany Cotton, Cascadia Wildlands Wildlife conservation groups today announced a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction for the illegal killing of a collared male wolf in Klamath County late last fall. The illegal killing of wolf OR-103 near Klamath […]

January 10, 2023

Wildlife, Wolves, Press Release
The Wonder of the Klamath Mountains

The Wonder of the Klamath Mountains

The Klamath Mountains that span northwest California and southwest Oregon are a place of endless wonder. The region’s climate, geology, water, fire, plants, and animals all contribute to the Klamaths being one of the most biodiverse temperate mountain ranges on Earth. Oregon Wild caught up with Michael Kauffmann, an ecologist and author of the recently […]

January 9, 2023

Forests, Wilderness, Article
DeFazio Introduces Bill to Protect the Wild Rogue

DeFazio Introduces Bill to Protect the Wild Rogue

June 23rd, 2022: The Wild Rogue Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Act (H.R. 7509) had its first hearing in a Congressional subcommittee and was well received!  On April 4th, 2022, the Wild Rogue Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Act was introduced by Rep. Peter DeFazio to safeguard the incredible Rogue River and its world-class recreation! What the bill does: Background […]

April 14, 2022

Rivers, Press Release

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