Legal Warning Challenges Plan to Log Thousands of Acres of Oregon’s Old-Growth Forest Reserves

A 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.

Endangered Species, Forests, Wildlands, WildlifeHaleigh MartinJuly 5, 2022top story, wild, endang, endangered species act, old, prot, blm, ivm, oreg, public lands, logging, Biden Administration, US Fish & Wildlife Service

Biden Signs Order on Old-Growth Forests

President Joe Biden issued an executive order that directs federal agencies to conduct an inventory of mature and old-growth forests on America’s federal lands so that policies can be adopted to protect them. The administration framed the move as a key strategy to store carbon and address climate change.

ForestsGuest UserApril 25, 2022top story, old growth, executive order, Biden Administration, Earth Day

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