Today forest conservation organizations filed a legal challenge in Medford federal district court challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) latest old-growth timber sale located in the Cascade foothills east of the community of Sunny Valley, Oregon.
Read MoreKS Wild and partners are litigating against the BLM’s Rogue Gold timber sale behind the community of Gold Hill and Rogue River, OR. The forests being targeted for logging are resilient, healthy, older forests that are designated as reserves for conservation, recreation, and water protection.
Read MoreKS Wild and partners are taking the BLM to court on Tuesday, April 2nd against the BLM’s Integrated Vegetation Management (IVM) project.
Read MoreBreaking News! The D.C. Court of Appeals just affirmed the legality of an expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. This is a pivotal decision that means that Western Oregon BLM lands can be managed for social and environmental values, not just timber production.
Read MoreMajor victory for the Monument and the spectacular variety of plants, fish, and wildlife that depend on the Monument’s ecological integrity with the Court’s upholding of the Monument’s expansion.
Read MoreA coalition of Oregon environmental organizations have come together to notify Bureau of Land Management it intends to sue the agency to protect marbled murrelets and coastal martens from a plan by the agency to log thousands of acres of old-growth forest in areas designated as late-successional reserves.
Read MoreOregon Congressman Peter DeFazio announced today the introduction of legislation that boosts recreation opportunities in Southwest Oregon, while protecting habitat for wild salmon and steelhead. Rep. DeFazio’s Wild Rogue Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Act would establish the Rogue Canyon National Recreation Area, while expanding the Wild Rogue Wilderness.
Read MoreThe Medford Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has withdrawn the Lost Antelope old-growth timber sale after a lawsuit was filed by KS Wild, Oregon Wild, Cascadia Wildlands, and Crag Law Center.
Read MoreThe U.S. House of Representatives passed the Natural Resources Management Act (S. 47), a public lands package that includes the Oregon Wildlands Act (S. 1548). The legislation would add more 250 miles of rivers to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System and reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Read MoreJoseph Vaile, Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center
Read MoreBy Camilla Mortensen, Eugene Weekly
Read MoreBy Les Zaitz, Oregonian
Read MoreOregon forestland owners can use their properties as carbon storage banks and trade carbon credits on the open market.
By Paul Fattig, Mail Tribune
Read MoreBy Jeff Duewel, Daily Courier
Read MoreMore than 3,000 miles of roads and 230 miles of trails will be available for off-highway motorized vehicles.
By Paul Fattig, Mail Tribune
Read MoreGroups say the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission failed to meet standards set in the Clean Water Act, Coast Zone Management Act.
By Paul Fattig, Mail Tribune
Read MoreBy Jeff Bernard, Mail Tribune
Read MoreBy Ted Sickinger, Oregonian
Read MoreFive environmental groups want a judge to make sure Oregonians have one last chance to protest an aggressive Bush administration logging plan proposed for Western Oregon forests.
By Susan Palmer, Register-Guard
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