Posts tagged forestwatch
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
UPDATED: VICTORY! Going to court against BLM's IVM and Late Mungers
UPDATED: VICTORY! Going to court against BLM's IVM and Late Mungers

Do you remember the BLM's Integrated Vegetation Management plan to log old-growth Late Successional Reserves like those located in the Late Mungers timber sale near Williams? After commenting, public meetings, field checking, and trying everything we could think of to get BLM to retain these old-growth forests, we finally will have our day in court, and you are invited to join us.

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Backyard Forests, Applegate, Campaign, Forests, Old-Growth, Public Lands, WildlandsKlamath SiskiyouJames A Redden US CourthouseIVM, BLM, Medford BLM, court cases, top story, forests, forest management, forest defender, forestwatch
Going to court against BLM's IVM and Late Mungers
Going to court against BLM's IVM and Late Mungers

Do you remember the BLM's Integrated Vegetation Management plan to log old-growth Late Successional Reserves like those located in the Late Mungers timber sale near Williams? After commenting, public meetings, field checking, and trying everything we could think of to get BLM to retain these old-growth forests, we finally will have our day in court, and you are invited to join us.

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Backyard Forests, Applegate, Campaign, Forests, Old-Growth, Public Lands, WildlandsKlamath SiskiyouJames A Redden US CourthouseIVM, BLM, Medford BLM, court cases, top story, forests, forest management, forest defender, forestwatch
“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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Applegate, Backyard Forests, Campaign, Wildlands, Public Lands, Old-Growth, ForestsKlamath Siskiyouforestwatch, ivm, Integrated Vegetation Management, Bureau of Land Management, Medford BLM, logging, LSR, old growth, old-growth, old-growth forest, BLM, clear cut, clearcutting, late mungers, penn butte, timber sale, Timber, land management, public land, Public lands, NEPA
KS Wild Works for the Illinois Valley!
KS Wild Works for the Illinois Valley!

The Illinois Valley and the Wild Rivers Ranger District are at the very heart of KS Wild’s mission to protect wildlands, wildlife and watersheds. From botany to mining to logging, read about KS Wild’s recent conservation efforts in the Illinois Valley.

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Backyard Forests, Forests, Fire, Public Lands, Wild Rivers, Wilderness, Wildlands, WolvesKlamath Siskiyouillinois valley, illinois river, IVM, slater fire, wild rivers, wild rivers ranger district, Rogue River Siskiyou National Forest, kalmiopsis mountains, kalmiopsis, kalmiopsis wildlands, kalmiopsis wild rivers, siskiyou crest, botanical area, Eight Dollar Mountain Botanical Area, briggs valley, Timber, timber sale, forestwatch, port orford, oregon caves national monument, mining, steelhead, salmon, iv frog
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
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