Posts tagged Public lands
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
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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Cascade-Siskiyou, Campaign, Climate, Connectivity, Earth Day, Forests, Old-Growth, Public Lands, Wildlands, WildlifeKlamath SiskiyouBLM, old-growth forest, public land, Public lands, Bureau of Land Management, Biden Administration, biodiversity, public lands rule, executive order, wildlife, top story
A Long Time Coming: Forest Service Begins Update of the Northwest Forest Plan
A Long Time Coming: Forest Service Begins Update of the Northwest Forest Plan

The Northwest Forest Plan is the largest, truly science-based forest and ecosystem management plan in the country, affecting 19 million acres of public lands across western Washington, Oregon, and northern California, and it’s getting an update. Learn more here.

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Backyard Forests, Campaign, Climate, Forests, Old-Growth, WildlandsKlamath Siskiyouclimate program, Climate, Northwest Forest Plan, NWFP, northwest forest plan, 1994 northwest forest plan, forests, Forests, public land, Public lands, public forests, land management, forest management, usfs, united states forest service, US Forest Service, old growth, old-growth, old-growth forest, wildfire severity, wildfire risk, wildfire, top, 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
Partnership with USFS pays off at Alex Hole meadow
Partnership with USFS pays off at Alex Hole meadow

We’re celebrating 7 years of partnership and stewardship with the US Forest Service at Alex Hole meadow on the Siskiyou Crest! Read about our work and victories in this blog post.

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Climate, Connectivity, Public Lands, Volunteer, Stewardship, WildlandsKlamath Siskiyoualex hole, botanical area, botany, volunteer, top story, endemic, public land, Public lands, stewardship, land stewardship, rogue river-siskiyou national forest, Rogue River Siskiyou National Forest, US Forest Service, usfs, parnership
Six years of stewardship at Eight Dollar Mountain and Days Gulch Botanical Areas
Six years of stewardship at Eight Dollar Mountain and Days Gulch Botanical Areas

We’re celebrating six years of stewardship at Eight Dollar Mountain and Days Gulch Botanical Areas! Read about our victories we are able to accomplish with the support of an amazing volunteer group alongside the US Forest Service!

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Public Lands, Stewardship, VolunteerKlamath Siskiyoubotanical area, days gulch, Eight Dollar Mountain Botanical Area, stewardship, top story, PLAY, public land, Public lands, botany, botanic, pitcher plant, cobra plant, california pitcher plant, carnivorous plant, howell's mariposa lily, mariposa, land stewardship, volunteer, josephine county, curry county, hiking, wildflowers, birds
“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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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
Timber Industry Efforts to Eliminate Your Monument Continue
Timber Industry Efforts to Eliminate Your Monument Continue

Almost six years ago the timber industry challenged President Obama’s expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. The legality of that expansion is in the midst of litigation right now. Read the blog to get the full scoop.

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Backyard Forests, Cascade-Siskiyou, Forests, Public Lands, WildlandsHaleigh Martintop story, cascade-siskiyou, cascade mountians, cascade-siskiyou national monument, cascade-siskiyou monument, monument, oregon, Public lands, forestwatch, Timber