Posts tagged Bureau of Land Management
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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New BLM Conservation Rule: A Step Forward for America's Wildlands and Wildlife, Yet Challenges Persist in Oregon
New BLM Conservation Rule: A Step Forward for America's Wildlands and Wildlife, Yet Challenges Persist in Oregon

The Biden Administration has announced a federal rule for how the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) mission addresses the climate and biodiversity crises, attempting to re-balance BLM’s multi-use mandate for managing public lands, which for decades has favored resource extraction over any other use.

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What’s Up with the Medford BLM & Old-Growth Logging?
What’s Up with the Medford BLM & Old-Growth Logging?

The Medford District of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) continues to propose timber sales and contend they are retaining (rather than logging) old-growth, and conservation organizations and the BLM’s neighbors will argue that the BLM is in fact logging old-growth. So, who is right and what’s behind the conflicting claims?

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Backyard Forests, Campaign, Forests, Fire, Connectivity, Climate, Old-Growth, Public Lands, WildlandsKlamath Siskiyouold-growth forest, old-growth, forests, forest management, BLM, Medford BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Timber, timber industry, timber sale, poor windy, top story
Update on the Poor Windy Old-Growth Timber Sale
Update on the Poor Windy Old-Growth Timber Sale

The Medford District BLM Poor Windy Timber Sale allows logging on more than 15,000 acres, including cutting down 4,573 acres of mature and old-growth trees.

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Backyard Forests, Campaign, Climate, Forests, Old-Growth, Public Lands, WildlandsHaleigh Martinold growth, old-growth forest, old-growth, poor windy, timber, timber sale, nso, northern spotted owl, salmon run, carbon, Climate, Climate Change, top story, Medford BLM, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, mature, wildlife, public land, Public lands, public forests, biological opinion
The Public Comment Process: Tips & How-Tos
The Public Comment Process: Tips & How-Tos

Federal agencies such as the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management are legally required to consider public opinion. When you or your community join the decision-making process through contributing substantive public comments, you have the opportunity to influence the actions of the agency involved. Learn how to make comments on federal projects in this blog.

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What is in the new inventory of mature and old-growth forests?
What is in the new inventory of mature and old-growth forests?

The US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released the first ever national inventory of mature and old-growth forests. Want to know what this all means for the protection of forests in the Pacific Northwest?

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“Integrated Vegetation Management” on Medford District BLM Forestlands: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
“Integrated Vegetation Management” on Medford District BLM Forestlands: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Some timber advocates within the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) simply cannot abide the idea that there are old-growth forests designated as protected on public lands, so they’ve designed a new program called “Integrated Vegetation Management” to target Late Successional Reserves for logging. Learn more about the IVM project in this blog.

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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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Groundtruthing 101 with KS Wild’s ForestWatch Program
Groundtruthing 101 with KS Wild’s ForestWatch Program

What is groundtruthing? How does it make a difference in the federal agencies’ logging plans? How can you get involved to ensure proper land management of your public lands? Read on to find out!

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Backyard Forests, Campaign, Forests, Old-Growth, Public LandsHaleigh Martinold growth, top, top story, forestwatch, forests, forest management, US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Public lands, public land, public forests, logging, groundtruthing
Medford BLM Poised to Log Old-Growth Reserves
Medford BLM Poised to Log Old-Growth Reserves

"Integrated Vegetation Management for Resilient Lands" (IVM) sure sounds great doesn't it? Unfortunately, those flowery words are agency-speak for logging old-growth forest reserves down to 30% canopy cover and creating four-acre mini-clearcuts across the landscape in southwestern Oregon.

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