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Your Voice Matters! How your public involvement helps protect public lands.
Your Voice Matters! How your public involvement helps protect public lands.

Have you ever wondered if civic engagement is even worth it when it comes to protecting the forests and rivers you love? The extractive industries are so powerful, the land management agencies are so bureaucratic, the court system is so difficult to navigate, and climate change is so daunting that submitting a heartfelt public comment about a timber sale can feel like an act of futility. Yet it is persistent involvement from everyday people that makes a real difference for wildlife and watersheds.

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Forests, Public Lands, Stewardship, WildlandsHaleigh Martinactivism, take action, forest watch, forestwatch, rally, wildlands, Public lands
Medford BLM's latest old-growth timber sale is aptly named Last Chance
Medford BLM's latest old-growth timber sale is aptly named Last Chance

The Medford District Bureau of Land Management's old-growth logging program is relentless and uncompromising. Currently, the 8,150-acre "Last Chance" timber sale calls for logging most of the remaining mature and old-growth forests in the foothills between Sunny Valley and Galesville. Click to learn more.

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BLM's "Bear Grub" Timber Sale Is Back—Wellington Wildlands Threatened Again
BLM's "Bear Grub" Timber Sale Is Back—Wellington Wildlands Threatened Again

The Bear Grub timber sale is back, and rather than working with the public to reduce the impacts of the proposed "group selection" logging on wildlife, watersheds and wildlands, the BLM is once again targeting ancient forests in the "harvest land base" for "group selection. Take action today to let the BLM know you oppose the Bear Grub timber sale!

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Backyard Forests, Applegate, Campaign, Forests, Old-Growth, WildlandsHaleigh Martinforestwatch, timber sale, Bear Grub, oregon, southern oregon, old-growth, local, BLM, Medford BLM, Bureau of Land Management, take action
KS Wild Forest Defenders Take Action for Old-Growth
KS Wild Forest Defenders Take Action for Old-Growth

This October, KS Wild hosted our first ever Forest Defender Training Series to help community members learn how to advocate for our forests and take action to protect them through writing letters, LTEs, taking action on social media, and more.

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Backyard Forests, Campaign, Climate, Forests, Public Lands, Old-Growth, Volunteer, WildlandsHaleigh Martintop story, old-growth forest, old growth, old-growth, forests, forest defender, forest defender training series, fdts, public land, advocate, take action
Earth Day: Giving Back and Taking Action
Earth Day: Giving Back and Taking Action

Fifty years ago today, on April 22, 1970, millions of people took to the streets across the country to observe the very first Earth Day. That first Earth Day wasn’t a celebration, it was a historical moment of collective action, bringing together peace activists and environmental advocates, all of whom were speaking out to demand justice for the planet and all who call it home.

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