Lawless Logging of Public Lands: Stop the Westerman Bill!
They call it HR 2936, or the Federal Forest Resiliency Act of 2017, or the Westerman bill. But let's just call it what it is: Logging Without Laws: Logging up to 30,000 acres without environmental review. Protection for threatened species like Pacific salmon becomes optional. Courts aren't allowed to stop illegal logging until forests are already cut down.
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Alert: Trump Administration Seeks to Gut Protections for the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
Our worst fears have been confirmed. Our beloved Cascade Siskiyou National Monument is one of a handful of national monuments now being targeted by the Secretary of the Interior for destruction. This could be the biggest blow to our ecoregion in decades.
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Lower Grave: Lawsuit Against Old-Growth Destruction along the Rogue River
The latest timber sale from the Medford Bureau of Land Management ("BLM") looks like it was designed by timber barons in the last century. It includes old-growth logging. It logs stream buffers. It harms salmon, spotted owls, and other rare wildlife. It increases fire danger!
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