Oregon Wild

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Logging Plan Enjoined, Likely Violates Federal Law, Risks Loss of Wildlife Habitat and Harm to Public Interests   Contact:    
Peter Jensen, Staff Attorney, Cascadia Wildlands

Rulemaking claims habitat destruction does not “harm” endangered species

SEATTLE — Conservation groups today

In late May, a collection of photographers, naturalists, and forest advocates met up for a few days of exploring in one of those special places we celebrate and work to protect at Oregon Wild: Crabtree Valley.

The forests that grow in this sheltered valley are some of the oldest in western Oregon. Designated as a Research Natural Area and Area of Critical Environme...

Forest Service chooses 14-day comment period for logging project in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest By Jay Everett

Since January of 2021, the Forest Service has been planning the “Sufferin’ Springs” Project. If finalized, the project would authorize 10,189 acres of commercial logging within the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. That’s roughly 16 square miles, or abou...

More logging, mining, and grazing are the focus of the Blue Mountains Forest Plan Revisions, impacting nearly 5 million acres of public lands in NE Oregon and SE Washington Contact for more information Steve Pedery, Oregon Wild

Today, the Forest Service unveiled a revision to ...