Conservation Groups Challenge BLM SW Oregon Old-Growth Timber Sale

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.

Forests, Old-Growth, timber sale, WildlandsHaleigh MartinNovember 19, 2024old-growth forests, old growth, protect old growth, press release, top story, Oregon Wildlands, timber sale, Medford District BLM Timber, forestwatch, forest watch

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.

Endangered Species, Forests, Old-Growth, timber sale, Wildlands, WildlifeKlamath SiskiyouMarch 27, 2024press release, top story, forestwatch, BLM, blm, BLM Backyard Forests, logging

Wolverine Receives Much-Needed Endangered Species Act Protections

Fish and Wildlife Service to list species as threatened following decades of litigation

Endangered Species, Forests, WildlifeKlamath SiskiyouNovember 29, 2023Wildlife, endangered species act, Endangered Species, forestwatch, US Fish & Wildlife Service, top story, press release, wolverine

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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