Cascadia Wildlands

CASCADIA WILDANDS DEFENDS AND RESTORES CASCADIA'S WILD ECOSYSTEMS IN THE FORESTS, IN THE COURTS, AND IN THE STREETS. WE ENVISION VAST OLD-GROWTH FORESTS, RIVERS FULL OF WILD SALMON, WOLVES HOWLING IN THE BACKCOUNTRY, A STABLE CLIMATE, AND VIBRANT COMMUNITIES SUSTAINED BY THE UNIQUE LANDSCAPES OF THE CASCADIA BIOREGION.

DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD, CASCADIA WILDLANDS, OFTEN IN CONJUNCTION WITH CONSERVATION PARTNERS, ACCOMPLISHED A NUMBER OF SIGNIFICANT VICTORIES AND ADVANCED A SUITE OF CONSERVATION PRIORITIES, INCLUDING: 1. HALTING A NUMBER OF MATURE AND OLD-GROWTH TIMBER SALES IN WESTERN OREGON PROPOSED BY THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT THROUGH GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING AND LITIGATION CAMPAIGNS. 2 LISTING THE WOLVERINE ON THE FEDERAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT AFTER A 10- YEAR EFFORT THROUGH THE LEGAL PROWESS OF THE WESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER. 3. PROTECTING BENSON RIDGE, AN OLD-GROWTH FOREST TRACT, HOME TO THE IMPERILED MARBLED MURRELET AND ONCE PART OF THE ELLIOTT STATE FOREST, AFTER A LEGAL VICTORY IN THE 9TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS. 4. ESTABLISHING A NEW MANAGEMENT PARADIGM FOR THE NEWLY CREATED 82,000-ACRE ELLIOTT STATE RESEARCH FOREST THAT PRIORITIZES SALMON AND WILDLIFE HABITAT, CARBON SEQUESTRATION TO BLUNT CLIMATE CHANGE, AND PUBLIC ACCESS. 5. DECOMMISSIONING (AND EVENTUALLY REMOVING) THE AGING AND HARMFUL LEABURG DAM ON THE FAMED MCKENZIE REIVER AFTER A EUGENE WATER AND ELECTRIC BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS VOTE. 6. ADVANCING NATIONAL AND NORTHWEST FOREST PLAN-SPECIFIC AMENDMENTS THAT MAY RESULT IN THE PERMANENT PROTECTION OF REMAINING MATURE AND OLD-GROWTH FORESTS ON FOREST SERVICE-ADMINISTERED LAND. 7. ADOPTING A HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN FOR NEARLY 650,000 ACRES OF WESTERN OREGON STATE FOREST LAND THAT WILL BETTER SAFEGUARD HABITAT FOR IMPERILED SPECIES, LIKE THE NORTHERN SPOTTED OWL, MARBLED MURRELET, AND OREGON COAST COHO SALMON. 8. ADOPTING A NEW OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION RULE THAT BANS WILDLIFE-KILLING CONTESTS ON PUBLIC LAND IN OREGON. 9. ADVANCING A PARTNERHIP WITH THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE GRAND RONDE TO ASSIST WITH THE RECOVERY OF IMPERILED SALMON IN THE UPPER WILLAMETTE BASIN. 10. BUILDING PUBLIC MOMENTUM FOR A JUST TRANSITION AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS IN NEW BUILDINGS IN THE CITY OF EUGENE OREGON.