by Lyla Boyajian | Apr 9, 2019 | Native Fish Recent Cases, Wildlife Recent Cases
Protecting Coho Salmon in Oregon State Forests The two largest state forests in Oregon, the Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests, contain critical spawning and rearing habitat for the threatened Oregon Coast coho salmon. Since the Coho salmon spends half of its... 
by Oliver Stiefel | Aug 28, 2018 | Features, News & Victories, Public Lands News, Public Lands Recent Cases, The Wild News, The Wild Recent Cases, Wildlife News, Wildlife Recent Cases
On January 3, 2019 Judge Marco Hernández of the Oregon Federal District Court ruled that a proposal to build a 137-mile Off-Road Vehicle trail system in the Ochoco National Forest would harm habitat for elk, wolves, and native fish. In a victory for public lands and... 
by Elliott Davis | Aug 9, 2018 | Communities Recent Cases, Environmental Health News, Environmental Health Recent Cases, Native Fish Recent Cases, Uncategorized
Molalla River. Photo courtesy of the Bureau of Land Management. Clean water is essential for people and wildlife to survive. The city of Molalla—located in Clackamas County, Oregon—is failing to protect this right. For over a decade, Molalla’s sewage treatment plant... 
by Elliott Davis | Jul 25, 2018 | Native Fish News, Public Lands News, Public Lands Recent Cases, The Wild Recent Cases, Wildlife News, Wildlife Recent Cases
The Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska, known as the “crown jewel” of the National Forest System, is America’s largest and wildest national forest. Nearly 17 million acres in size, the Tongass is the largest intact temperate rainforest on Earth. The... 
by Elizabeth Allen | Mar 19, 2018 | Environmental Justice Recent Cases, Native Fish Recent Cases
Before industries polluted the lower Willamette, it was a vibrant river ecosystem full of salmon, lamprey, sturgeon, and mink. Bald eagles swept overhead as Native American tribes traveled to the river banks to camp, celebrate, and harvest the Willamette’s bounties....