Posts tagged BLM Backyard Forests
Groups Challenge BLM Commercial Logging in Conservation Reserve
Groups Challenge BLM Commercial Logging in Conservation Reserve

KS 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.

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Endangered Species, Forests, Old-Growth, timber sale, Wildlands, WildlifeKlamath Siskiyoupress release, top story, forestwatch, BLM, blm, BLM Backyard Forests, logging
Legal Challenge to BLM’s Late Successional Reserve Logging Scheme
Legal Challenge to BLM’s Late Successional Reserve Logging Scheme

A coalition of conservation organizations filed a legal complaint challenging the Bureau of  Land Management’s (BLM) “Integrated Vegetation Management” (IVM) program that would  aggressively log forest stands located within Late Successional Reserves, areas purportedly set aside for  forest conservation.

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Forests, Old-Growth, timber saleKlamath Siskiyouforests, old-growth forests, BLM Backyard Forests, old growth, protect old growth, forestwatch, press release, blm, bureau of land management, penn butte, ivm, integrated vegetation management, clear cut, logging, williams, top story
Southwestern Oregon Residents Oppose Massive Pickett West Timber Sale

Grants Pass, Or—A coalition of residents from the Illinois, Applegate and Rogue Valleys will gather to protest the BLM timber auction for the 287-acre Pickett Hog Timber Sale, above the Wild and Scenic Rogue River. The Pickett Hog Timber Sale is the first to be auctioned from the controversial Pickett West Project. Other timber sales are being developed from the Pickett West Project in the Applegate Valley and in the mountains above Selma, Oregon.

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Forests, Water, WildlifeKlamath Siskiyoulogging, old growth, fire resiliency, communities, BLM Backyard Forests