Susan Jane Brown Archives - Western Environmental Law Center

Preventing Northern Spotted Owl Extinction

Apr 8, 2021 | Wildlife

Preventing Northern Spotted Owl Extinction Federally designated critical habitat is just that — critical to the survival of imperiled plants and animals, and protected to aid in recovery of the species. For the northern spotted owl, an icon of the Pacific Northwest...

Preserving A Natural Marvel at Mount St. Helens

Jul 7, 2020 | Wildlands

Protecting a Natural Marvel at Mount St. Helens The Pumice Plain – the blast zone of Mount St. Helens in Washington state – is unique on planet Earth. Nowhere else can we observe the natural formation of new land and the reemergence of plants and animals to form an...

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...

Defending the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Expansion

Feb 27, 2017 | Wildlands

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

Northwest Forest Plan science synthesis review begins

Nov 10, 2016 | News Release

Will help inform forest management efforts in Pacific Northwest Location: Portland, Ore. Today, the U.S. Forest Service released for public and heightened peer review its anticipated science synthesis, which will inform the need to revise the renowned Northwest Forest...

VICTORY! Protecting Kalmiopsis Wild Rivers from Mining

Nov 3, 2016 | Wildlands

VICTORY! Protecting the Kalmiopsis Wild Rivers from Mining The Kalmiopsis Wild Rivers region is home to the highest concentration of designated Wild Rivers in the contiguous U.S., but that didn’t stop a nickel mining company from proposing a 100,000-acre strip...

Salmon River Complex Post-Fire Salvage Project

Sep 10, 2014 | Wildlands

2014-8-5.SalmonSalvageAgreementLtr.Sexton.pdf The Salmon River is one of the most remote and beautiful areas in the northern California/southern Oregon’s Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion. The 751-mile watershed lies entirely within the Klamath National Forest. Nearly...

Forest Collaborative: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Feb 14, 2014 | Wildlands

Forest Collaborative: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest On the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest in northeast Oregon, the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest Collaborative has begun to address complex forest restoration needs, while balancing environmental protection of this...

Malheur National Forest: Blue Mountains Forest Partners

Sep 7, 2012 | Wildlands

Oregon’s Malheur National Forest: Blue Mountains Forest Partners WELC is a committed participant of the Blue Mountains Forest Partners (BMFP), a collaborative group with members from diverse backgrounds who work together to enhance forest ecosystem health,...

Jordan Cove LNG Terminal & Pacific Connector Pipeline

Jul 25, 2012 | Climate & Energy

Jordan Cove LNG Terminal & Pacific Connector Pipeline WELC has worked against the Jordan Cove LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) Terminal and Pacific Connector Pipeline in Oregon for 12 years. It would represent the largest construction project in the state’s...