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We like it wild. Est. 1998. Defending and restoring Cascadia’s wild ecosystems in the forests, in the courts, and in the streets. linktr.ee/cascadiawildlands

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Cascadia Wildlands @cascadiawildlands.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🚨 Forest advocates and community members protested and sent U.S. Forest Service Chief Schultz a clear message: Protect the Roadless Rule! Read the full press release here: bit.ly/4iM2ReV
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Cascadia Wildlands @cascadiawildlands.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The Roadless Rule protects what makes these places so special: quiet, connection, remoteness, and a landscape that still feels intact and untouched. So let's keep these last wild places wild! 👉 Sign the petition and submit a unique comment opposing the withdrawal of the rule at bit.ly/CW-Roadless
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Cascadia Wildlands @cascadiawildlands.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Since 2001, the Roadless Rule has protected 45 million acres of intact backcountry forestland from road construction for harmful extractive practices. Now, the Trump admin wants to rescind the rule. Sign our petition and submit a comment by Sept. 21st! Link: bit.ly/CW-Roadless
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Cascadia Wildlands @cascadiawildlands.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The Trump admin is moving forward with its plan to repeal the Roadless Rule, despite overwhelming public opposition. The 30-day comment period will open tomorrow and will close on September 21, so get ready to submit your comment! Learn more and read our full statement here: bit.ly/4xQlfYv
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Cascadia Wildlands @cascadiawildlands.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
For 25 years, the Roadless Rule has protected some of our last intact old-growth forests, clean water, wildlife habitat, and recreation. Learn why these protections matter in this new Eugene Weekly article featuring our Wildlands Director, Grace Brahler Newsome.
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Roadless and Unruly
Years of unchecked logging from the 1800s to the early 1960s led to the near extinction of many keystone species, such as the northern spotted owl in the Pacific Northwest and created ecological…
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Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The Trump admin just changed the definition of "harm" to animals under the Endangered Species Act, in what environmentalists called the biggest erosion of protections for wildlife in 50 years. @nytimes.com gift link to the story w/ @catrineinhorn.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/c...
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Trump Cuts Habitat Protections for Endangered Species (Gift Article)
The rule change ends a safeguard that had been in place for 50 years and could hasten the demise of imperiled animals.
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Cascadia Wildlands @cascadiawildlands.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
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Trump Cuts Habitat Protections for Endangered Species (Gift Article)
The rule change ends a safeguard that had been in place for 50 years and could hasten the demise of imperiled animals.
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Cascadia Wildlands @cascadiawildlands.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
On Tuesday, Cascadia Wildlands, Crag Law Center, @oregonwild.bsky.social, and Umpqua Watersheds were in District Court seeking a preliminary injunction against the Bureau of Land Management's 42 Divide timber sale, a reckless 7,000-acre logging project in the Oregon Coast Range. Ruling to come.
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Cascadia Wildlands @cascadiawildlands.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
On Tuesday, Cascadia Wildlands, Crag Law Center, @oregonwild.bsky.social, and Umpqua Watersheds were in District Court seeking a preliminary injunction against the Bureau of Land Management's 42 Divide timber sale, a reckless 7,000-acre logging project in the Oregon Coast Range. Ruling to come.
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Cascadia Wildlands @cascadiawildlands.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
We’re using congressional republican's own overreach tactic to challenge a huge Oregon timber sale. But the legal repercussions could go far beyond the sale. Want to learn more and how you can help? This article by @morethanjustparks.bsky.social does a great job breaking it all down ⬇️
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BREAKING: Oregon Attorneys File Historic Lawsuit to Fight CRA Abuse on Public Lands
It’s the first case in the country to take this fight to federal court. And the argument it makes is the one Congress handed its opponents.
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Cascadia Wildlands @cascadiawildlands.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Cascadia Wildlands, represented by Silvix Resources, filed a lawsuit alleging that a Bureau of Land Management timber sale in Western Oregon, the Aloha Trout logging project, was issued without a valid underlying resource management plan, violating the Administrative Procedure Act. bit.ly/CRASuit
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Cascadia Wildlands @cascadiawildlands.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Comment Now: Western Oregon Needs a Conservation-Forward State Forest Management Plan The agency is accepting public comments on its final draft Forest Management Plan through the end of June. Testify at a virtual public hearing on June 25th starting at 3 p.m. Link: bit.ly/FMPComment
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Cascadia Wildlands @cascadiawildlands.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
The USFS says its mission is “Caring for the Land and Serving People,” including listening to the public. A new proposed rule betrays that—cutting notice for large logging projects, shrinking comment periods to 10–20 days, and limiting environmental analyses. Sign/comment by March 9: bit.ly/46KjO2I
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Cascadia Wildlands @cascadiawildlands.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
1.25% for Wildlife - our priority bill in Oregon’s short legislative session is moving- the full House will vote on the bill (HB 4134) on Wednesday, February 18th - take a moment to let your Representative know how important funding wildlife and habitat conservation is to you! Link: bit.ly/3MBUrZR
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Cascadia Wildlands @cascadiawildlands.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
We took action on Oregon's draft Forest Management Plan, which OPB reports will shape logging and conservation for the next 70 years. Thank you to everyone who submitted comments calling for science-based management, no clearcutting, and real protections for forests, water, climate, and wildlife!
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Oregon’s new forest plan will guide logging, conservation for decades
Environmental groups worry the draft plan lacks teeth. Officials say it needs to last up to 70 years.
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Cascadia Wildlands @cascadiawildlands.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Be sure to make your voice heard: the comment period for Oregon’s State Forest Management Plan closes THIS Saturday 1/31 at 11:55pm PST. Plan! Tell ODF to stop clearcutting what’s left of Oregon’s mature state forests now! Link: bit.ly/4a6Vd9a
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Cascadia Wildlands @cascadiawildlands.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Wildlife and habitats are among Oregon’s greatest treasures - drawing tourists and beloved by those who call Oregon home. Please support 1.25% for Wildlife (HB 4134) - a bill that creates sustainable long-term funding for wildlife and habitat conservation - in the upcoming OR legislative session.
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Cascadia Wildlands @cascadiawildlands.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
We sued the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) over its “42 Divide Forest Management Plan” near Camas Valley, Oregon. The agency proposes aggressively logging 7,000 acres of diverse forest stands, even though more than half the land is in reserves set aside for habitat conservation. bit.ly/3LUc1bg
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Western Environmental Law Center @westernlaw.org · 14/01/2026
NEWS RELEASE: The Fish and Wildlife Service blew the mandatory deadline to designate critical habitat for threatened #wolverine by a full year. We're suing to force the agency to take action. Only about 300 #wolverines remain in the Lower 48, and their snowy habitat is melting fast. #GreenSky
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Legal challenge: Feds more than a year overdue in designating much-needed critical habitat for wolverine - Western Environmental Law Center
Today, a coalition of wildlife advocates filed a complaint in the Federal District Court for the District of Montana against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to designate critical habita...
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Cascadia Wildlands @cascadiawildlands.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is at it again with another mature and old-growth logging project. The Outlaw Ridge project proposes clearcutting almost 500 acres of public of carbon-storing conifer forests 80 years and older in the North Santiam River watershed. Act now to stop Outlaw Ridge!
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Schmidt Show PDX @schmidtshowpdx.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
The season finale of Schmidt Show PDX is live! We have a very special guest co-host who truly knows Portland politics. We also interview Bethany Cotton from @cascadiawildlands.bsky.social for a dive into an urgent issue facing Oregon and the west: the threat in Congress to sell off public lands.
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Episode 8 - The Season 1 Finale | The Schmidt Show PDX
We just wrapped up a fantastic recording session for Episode 8 – the Season 1 Finale of The Schmidt Show PDX, and trust me: you’re not going to want to miss...
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Earthjustice @earthjustice.org · 01/07/2025
After a huge public outcry, the public lands selloff has been scrapped from Trump's mega-bill. But in many other ways, the administration and congressional representatives beholden to the fossil fuel industry are still trying to auction off our public lands to the highest bidder.
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5 Ways Trump Is Selling Out Our Public Lands
For decades, we’ve defended our public lands for the benefit of all people, and we’ll continue fighting back as long as Trump’s attacks continue.
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Cascadia Wildlands @cascadiawildlands.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
“It would have been far less expensive [for EWEB] to have complied with the Endangered Species Act,” Cascadia Wildlands Conservation Director Bethany Cotton said.
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Passage ‘failure’ at EWEB dam killing endangered fish, conservation groups warn
Conservation groups are taking Eugene Water and Electric Board to court over fish passage at a dam on the McKenzie River along Highway 126.
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Cascadia Wildlands @cascadiawildlands.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
👏clearcuts 👏 happen on 👏 public lands 👏 all the time!! … it’s not okay… !!! 📸 from the Bureau of Land Management’s Blue & Gold logging project. #WeLikeItWild #CascadiaWildlands
A clearcut forest is a brown, barren scar on a slope. Green, plantation trees surround the cut.
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Cascadia Wildlands @cascadiawildlands.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
“It’s not perfect, but it gives imperiled species like the marbled murrelet and northern spotted owl a real shot at survival — and that’s something worth celebrating,” said Bethany Cotton, conservation director with Cascadia Wildlands. www.opb.org/article/2025...
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Elliott State Research Forest takes major step with new wildlife protections
Backers of a habitat conservation plan say it could serve as a national model for reconciling conservation and science with forest management. But critics remain concerned about how the plan will be i...
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Oregon Wild @oregonwild.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
This Wednesday! Join us in a conversation with Chuck Sams, former Director of the National Park Service and the first Indigenous person to lead the agency, and Kristen Brengel, Vice President of Government Affairs for the National Parks Conservation Association. oregonwild.org/event/public...
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America’s Public Lands in Peril: A Conversation on the Future of Our National Treasures - Oregon Wild
Join Chuck Sams and Kristen Brengel for a powerful discussion on threats to America's public lands and how we can fight to protect them.
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Western Environmental Law Center @westernlaw.org · 21/05/2025
Well folks, the timber industry is suing to remove protections for Northern Spotted Owls across 3.5 MILLION acres of forest... and we're gearing up to defend critical habitat from private interests. It's an environmental tale as old as time, but we never get tired of fighting for a better story.
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