Victory for Oregon State Forests!

by Suzanne Savell | Apr 29, 2022 | Wild Victories

Victory for Oregon State Forests! 2022 Court Overturns $1.1 Billion Verdict that Would Have Mandated Maximal Logging On Wednesday, the Oregon Court of Appeals erased the verdict of a 2019 Linn County lawsuit that sought more than a billion dollars from taxpayers on...

Big Trees Saved in the Little Butte Creek Watershed

by Suzanne Savell | Apr 12, 2022 | Community Victories, Wild Victories

Big Trees Saved in the Little Butte Creek Watershed 2022 Photos courtesy of Kelsey Furman. Conservation lawsuit convinces BLM to pull controversial timber sale An old-growth forest near Medford, Oregon is off the chopping block for the time being thanks to a legal...

Victory! Judge Halts Post-Fire Logging near Breitenbush

by Lizzy Gazeley | Dec 6, 2021 | Features, Victories, Wild Victories

Victory! Judge Halts Post-Fire Logging near Breitenbush 2021 Forest Service Forest Unlawfully Changed Logging Contracts Following 2020 Wildfires On December 3, 2021 a federal judge enjoined post-fire logging on the Willamette National Forest near Detroit Lake and...

Victory! Court Halts Roadside Post-fire Logging Project

by Suzanne Savell | Nov 10, 2021 | Features, Public Lands News, Wild Victories

Victory! Court Halts Roadside Post-fire Logging Project 2021 The injunction prevents more of this – logging of large and old trees that are critical for the recovering post-fire ecosystem. Judge Halts Willamette National Forest Roadside Logging Project Finds...

Fragile post-fire forests saved in Rogue-Siskiyou Forest

by Suzanne Savell | Oct 22, 2021 | Features, Public Lands News, Wild Victories

Victory in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest 2021 Photos by Luke Ruediger Lawsuit stops commercial logging in fragile post-fire areas In October 2021, a lawsuit Crag filed on behalf of Klamath Forest Alliance effectively stopped commercial logging in fragile...

Crag Protects Sensitive Riparian Habitat in the Ochoco National Forest

by Megan Schmiesing | Jun 21, 2021 | Features, The Wild News, Victories, Wild Victories

Crag Protects Sensitive Riparian Habitat in the Ochoco National Forest 2021 Crag Protects Sensitive Riparian Habitat in the Ochoco National Forest Streams, wetlands, and other sensitive riparian areas will be excluded from logging in the Forest Service’s Black...