Zinke’s national monument report leaked, confirms recommendation to shrink Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument

Sep 18, 2017 | Defending the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Expansion, News Release

Government transparency fails, as will legal illiteracy- Today, in the form of 19 fuzzy photos of computer screenshots, the American public saw for the first time Interior Sec. Zinke’s recommendations to President Trump to illegally shrink and allow extractive...

Zinke defies public outcry and ignores likely job losses, will recommend Trump illegally shrink Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument

Aug 24, 2017 | Defending the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Expansion, News Release

Today, the Washington Post reported Interior Sec. Zinke will recommend President Trump reduce the area of Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Oregon and California, or may also recommend a change in management of the monument. This recommendation defies the will of...

Win for wildlife and quiet use on Santa Fe National Forest

Jul 26, 2017 | News Release, VICTORY! Santa Fe National Forest ORV Lawsuit Intervention

Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals upholds U.S. Forest Service decision to protect 400,000 acres from ATVs Santa Fe, NM—On Monday, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the second lawsuit by an off-road vehicle advocacy organization challenging the U.S. Forest...

Groups Challenge Plan Increasing Off-Highway Vehicle Use in Old-Growth Areas of Ochoco National Forest

Jun 28, 2017 | News Release, Protecting Oregon’s Ochoco National Forest From OHVs

Extensive new motorized trail system threatens wildlife, upsets use balance Today the U.S. Forest Service issued a final decision green-lighting an extensive motorized trail system that would add 137 miles of new off-highway vehicle (OHV) trails to the existing...

Protecting Oregon’s Ochoco National Forest From OHVs

Jun 27, 2017 | Wildlands

Protecting Oregon’s Ochoco National Forest From OHVs The U.S. Forest Service issued a final decision green-lighting an extensive motorized trail system that would add 137 miles of new off-highway vehicle (OHV) trails to the existing network of 674 miles within...

Defending the Wild and Scenic Rogue River

Jun 19, 2017 | Wildlands

Victory! Defending the Wild and Scenic Rogue River In 2016 the Bureau of Land Management recognized that the middle section of the Rogue River in Oregon—sandwiched between protected segments downstream from Crater Lake National Park, and upstream of the famed Blossom...

All Wildlands Cases

Mar 30, 2017 | Wildlands

All Wildlands Cases Protecting Public Lands Protecting Sonoran Desert National Monument from Irresponsible Shooting Defending Science-Based Forest Management in Oregon Erasing Pendley’s Anti-Public Lands Legacy on 6.25 Million Acres Jordan Cove LNG Terminal &...

Defending Science-Based Forest Management in Oregon

Mar 25, 2017 | Wildlands

Defending Science-Based Forest Management in Oregon The Western Oregon Plan Revisions, known by the acronym WOPR and pronounced “whopper,” has been controversial since 2003, when the second Bush administration settled a long dormant timber industry lawsuit with the...

Coalition Defends Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument

Feb 27, 2017 | Defending the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Expansion, News Release, Regional Resilience: Pacific Northwest

Late last Friday, local and partner conservation groups intervened in two lawsuits to protect the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument from challenges brought by timber interests. The Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument is one of the most biodiverse places in North...

Defending the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Expansion

Feb 27, 2017 | Wildlands

Defending the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Expansion President Clinton designated the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in 2000. It is the first and only national monument specifically established to protect biological diversity. But ecologists agreed after the...