Blog Archives for Oregon

By Sarah Peters - December 8, 2009    Yesterday Wildlands CPR and four other conservation groups, Cascadia Wildlands, Umpqua Watersheds, Oregon Wild and the Center for Biological Diversity, joined forces to challenge a trail construction project slated for an undeveloped Roadless Area in the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area on the Siuslaw National Forest. 

By Bethanie Walder - October 7, 2009    I spent the last two days at the Western Governor’s Association (WGA) Wildlife Council (WGWC) meeting in Helena.  The meeting focused on progress toward implementing a resolution for improving wildlife connectivity and linkage zones across the western states.

By Bethanie Walder - March 18, 2009    The Pacific Northwest Region of the Forest Service has posted a draft report documenting what they accomplished with the $8.4 million dollars they received from the Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation Initiative (Legacy Roads) in fiscal year 2008. 

By Sarah Peters - January 15, 2009    This week the Forest Service was forced to close the Ann's Butte area in Eastern Oregon to motorized use due to severe resource damage and erosion.  Vehicles attempting to climb steep hills by going straight up the slope had apparently created some of the worst erosion problems.  As any of us can see who recreate outdoors, whether on foot or on a motorized vehicle, most trails are built with switchbacks and do not proceed straight up a steep slope.  There's a reason for this - to control and reduce the likelihood of erosion.  That's why cutting corners, again, whether you're under you

By Josh Hurd - September 4, 2007    It makes sense to protect your livelihood. For fisherman, that means making sure that fish populations stay strong enough to commercially harvest. While that has not been the case for Salmon in southern Oregon, an innovative program is helping do something about both the Salmon crash and subsequent unemployment.