Stop commercial thinning in Willamette's Fall Creek area
Fall Creek
U.S. Forest Service· Willamette National Forest, Middle Fork Ranger DistrictU.S. Forest Service project page ↗
Forest ServiceWe track this on the agency’s own system of record, where most on-the-ground decisions live.
The groups on this fight
4 groups work Oregon
By footprint, from the same match the STAND matchmaker runs; none is linked to this decision in our record yet. Give straight to them; nothing routes through us.
- Cascadia Wildlands
Works Oregon: plaintiff in the January 2026 suit against the Roseburg BLM plan to log nearly 7,000 acres near Camas Valley.
- Crag Law Center
Works Oregon: represented Bird Alliance of Oregon, the Center for Biological Diversity, and Cascadia Wildlands in the 2012 Endangered Species Act suit over logging occupied murrelet habitat, which ended in the 2014 settlement canceling 28 timber sales.
- Oregon Natural Desert Association
Works Oregon: anchors the McDermitt Caldera Coalition on the Oregon side and fought the BLM's December 2025 approval of the Jindalee/HiTech lithium exploration project through the permitting process.
- Oregon Wild
Works Oregon: repeat plaintiff against BLM old-growth sales on the O&C lands, including the Coast Range project where courts halted logging of stands with trees over a thousand years old.
Every group above is on STAND for Public Lands, with its court record, its filings and who backs it.
The Forest Service wants to log and restore vegetation across the Middle Fork Ranger District near Fall Creek.
What’s at risk
Trees and wildlife habitat in the Fall Creek area of the Willamette National Forest are at risk from commercial thinning harvest. The proposal would reduce stand density in the name of growth and diversity, with economic timber removal as a stated goal.
If this goes through
If approved, commercial thinning and restoration activities will proceed, removing trees and altering habitat in the Middle Fork Ranger District.
Our plain-English read of the official notice ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words below.
3 holes in the agency’s own analysis
Make these points, in your own words
- I oppose this action as proposed, and I ask the agency to weigh the specific harms below.
- The Fall Creek project authorizes commercial thinning harvest on the Willamette National Forest's Middle Fork Ranger District, and I oppose approving commercial logging before a full NEPA analysis is completed and made available for public review.
- Commercial thinning under this project will alter stand structure across the Middle Fork Ranger District, and the Forest Service must demonstrate that wildlife dependent on existing forest conditions will not be harmed.
- I oppose this proposal because the stated goals of increasing stand growth and supporting the local economy do not justify approving commercial harvest without transparent review of the ecological tradeoffs on Willamette National Forest lands.
- Say something only you can say. The law requires the agency to consider and respond to substantive comments, and specifics are what make a comment substantive.
In the agency’s own words
Project to address the need for vegetation management to increase stand growth and diversity and support the local economy. Proposed action includes commercial thinning harvest and restoration activities.
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