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Oregon Wild
Runs the Protect the Blue Mountains comment page for this plan revision
24 staff + 85 volunteers86¢ to the workFounded 1974
Stand · Find your defenders
Who’s defending the Blue Mountains National Forests?
19 groups have it in their care
National forest in Oregon, 5.4M acres, managed by the U.S. Forest Service, designated in 1908.
The defenders
The groups doing the most work here
One group is on the record for Blue Mountains National Forests, each tied to it by a source our editors read, in the order they carry the weight. Give directly; nothing routes through us.
On the ground
18 more work nearby but are not tied to Blue Mountains National Forests on the record
On the ground in Oregon
Crag Law CenterThey work only in OregonLegalHigh Desert MuseumThey work only in OregonStewardshipMazamasOregon is one of the 2 states they work inRecreationNorthwest Youth CorpsOregon is one of the 2 states they work inStewardshipGreater Hells Canyon CouncilOregon is one of the 2 states they work inFriends GroupOregon Natural Desert AssociationThey work only in OregonFriends Group
More ways in
Wilderness Society - Deschutes CollaborativeThey work only in OregonFriends GroupCascadia WildlandsThey work only in OregonGrassrootsSoda Mountain Wilderness CouncilThey work only in OregonFriends GroupCrater Lake TrustThey work only in OregonFriends GroupPacific RiversThey work only in OregonAdvocacySteens Mountain Advisory CouncilThey work only in OregonFriends GroupBonneville Environmental FoundationOregon is one of the 4 states they work inFoundationKlamath Forest AllianceOregon is one of the 2 states they work inFriends GroupDiscover Your NorthwestOregon is one of the 2 states they work inFriends GroupPacific Crest Trail AssociationOregon is one of the 3 states they work inTrailsFriends of the Columbia GorgeOregon is one of the 2 states they work inFriends GroupAdvocates for the WestWorking this regionLegal
The situation
What’s happening to Blue Mountains National Forests
The Blue Mountains of northeastern Oregon hold three national forests, the Wallowa-Whitman, Umatilla, and Malheur, spanning 5.4 million acres of mixed-conifer forest, alpine meadow, and river canyon. The Forest Service released the draft revised plan and DEIS in July 2026, and it skews heavily toward industry: the preferred direction would roughly triple commercial logging, remove the 21-inch screen that protected old and large trees, and strip protection from 722,000 acres of inventoried roadless area. This is the first new forest plan written to take advantage of changes to the Roadless Rule. A 90-day public comment period is open through September 30, 2026, and could lock in these losses for decades.
- 1908Blue Mountains national forests established
- 2001Roadless Rule protects 722,159 acres of inventoried roadless areasBlue Mountains Biodiversity Project
- 2023Forest Service initiates combined plan revision for all three forestsEast Oregonian
- 2026DEIS preparation advances, conservation groups raise alarm
- 2026Draft plan and DEIS published, 90-day comment period opensUSFS / Oregon Wild · July 2, 2026
- 2026Public comment period closes
21-inch rule eliminated, large trees unprotected
No public comment window is open on Blue Mountains National Forests right now. A call script is ready on the Public Lands Action Network, and the groups above are how the fight gets funded and argued in the meantime.
In the courts
The cases over this place
The dockets we track that name Blue Mountains National Forests directly. Active first.
Our reporting
What we’ve published on Blue Mountains National Forests
Your move
How to stand for the Blue Mountains National Forests
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Threatened Lands MapBuild my lineup around Blue Mountains National Forests: the leading group here opens it, and the other seats fill from this record.
Blue Mountains National Forests has defenders. It needs more.
1 group on the record, Oregon Wild with 24 staff + 85 volunteers. That is who is holding it. Find your way in.