Posts tagged old growth
Conservation Groups Challenge BLM SW Oregon Old-Growth Timber Sale
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. 

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Forests, Old-Growth, timber sale, WildlandsHaleigh Martinold-growth forests, old growth, protect old growth, press release, top story, Oregon Wildlands, timber sale, Medford District BLM Timber, forestwatch, forest watch
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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Approval of old-growth timber sales in northern spotted owl habitat violated Endangered Species Act
Approval of old-growth timber sales in northern spotted owl habitat violated Endangered Species Act

Judge in the District Court for the District of Oregon ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service justification for Bureau of Land Management timber sales totaling nearly 18,000 acres including old growth forests violated the Endangered Species Act.

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Endangered Species, Forests, timber sale, Wildlife, Old-GrowthGuest Userold growth, top story, endangered species, endangered species act, northern spotted owl, Wildlife, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Poor Windy, BLM, old-growth forests, forests, timber sale
Protections Denied for At-Risk Pacific Fisher by Trump Administration
Protections Denied for At-Risk Pacific Fisher by Trump Administration

The Trump administration today denied Endangered Species Act protections to Pacific fishers from Northern California to the Canadian border, but granted them endangered status in the southern Sierra. The decision reversed a 2019 proposal to list fishers as threatened throughout their West Coast range.

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Wildlife, Endangered SpeciesGuest Userpacific fisher, wildlife, US Fish & Wildlife Service, endangered species, old growth, forests, 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