3 groups have it in their care
State forest in Oregon, 83,000 acres, managed by Oregon DSL, designated in 1930.
The defenders
3 groups are on the record for Elliott State Research Forest, 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
Legal · Portland, OR
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.
18 staff + 70 volunteers74¢ to the workFounded 2001
Grassroots · Eugene, OR
Sued Oregon in 2012 with the Center for Biological Diversity and Bird Alliance of Oregon (then Portland Audubon) over logging murrelet habitat, a suit the state settled in 2014 by dropping 26 timber sales, and was among the groups that won the 2024 Ninth Circuit ruling blocking Scott Timber from clearcutting the Benson Ridge parcel.
14 staff + 75 volunteers87¢ to the workFounded 1997
Legal · Tucson, AZ
Co-plaintiff in the Elliott murrelet and Scott Timber cases, challenged the state’s attempted sale of Elliott parcels in court, and helped shape the forest’s transition to a research forest.
242 staff + 19 volunteers88¢ to the workFounded 1989
On the ground in Oregon
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The situation
Nearly sold to private timber interests before a public outcry saved it. Oregon’s oldest state forest harbors some of the last coastal old growth in the state and the southernmost marbled murrelets. Now managed as a “research forest,” but the research mandate is only as strong as the political will behind it.
Source: OPB
No public comment window is open on Elliott State Research Forest 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.
Your move
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Their site ↗SpeakCall your representativesA ready call script on Elliott State Research Forest, plus any comment window as it opens.
Public Lands Action NetworkFollowWatch the mapEvery threatened place in the country, tracked, with who stands for each.
Threatened Lands MapBuild my lineup around Elliott State Research Forest: the leading group here opens it, and the other seats fill from this record.
3 groups on the record, Crag Law Center with 18 staff + 70 volunteers. That is who is holding it. Find your way in.
