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

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Endangered Species, Forests, Wildlands, WildlifeHaleigh Martintop story, wild, endang, endangered species act, old, prot, blm, ivm, oreg, public lands, logging, Biden Administration, US Fish & Wildlife Service
Representative DeFazio Introduces Legislation to Promote Conservation and Outdoor Recreation in Southwest Oregon
Representative DeFazio Introduces Legislation to Promote Conservation and Outdoor Recreation in Southwest Oregon

Oregon 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.

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Water, WildlandsGuest UserWild Rogue, Peter DeFazio, Conservation, Campaigns, Special Places, top story