Grassroots · Portland, OR
Oregon Wild
Co-plaintiff challenging the sale’s logging of late successional and riparian reserves
24 staff + 85 volunteers86¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1974
Stand · Find your defenders
Who’s defending Last Chance Timber Sale?
20 groups have it in their care
BLM land in Oregon, 8,240 acres, managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
The defenders
The groups doing the most work here
3 groups are on the record for Last Chance Timber Sale, in the order they carry the weight. The range says how strongly our editors, the court dockets and their own filings tie each one here. Give directly; nothing routes through us.
On the ground
85–90% match
Grassroots · Eugene, OR
Cascadia Wildlands
Co-plaintiff in the federal challenge to the 8,420-acre old-growth sale east of Sunny Valley
14 staff + 75 volunteers87¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1997
Also in the fight
Legal · Portland, OR
Crag Law Center
Represents the plaintiff groups in the federal case against the sale
18 staff + 70 volunteers74¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 2001
17 more groups also work this ground
On the ground in Oregon
High 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 GroupWilderness Society - Deschutes CollaborativeThey work only in OregonFriends Group
More ways in
Soda 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 GroupKlamath 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 regionLegalWestern Values ProjectWorking this regionWatchdogWildEarth GuardiansWorking this regionLegal
The situation
What’s happening to Last Chance Timber Sale
Named with either obliviousness or cruelty. The Last Chance timber sale targets some of the last intact old-growth Douglas fir on BLM land in southwestern Oregon. Trees that survived the timber wars of the 1990s and the spotted owl crisis, being offered for sale as if the lessons of that era were written in disappearing ink.
- 2024Timber sale proposed by BLM Medford District
- 2025Environmental assessment completed, sale advancing
Old-growth timber sale advancing
Source: BLM Medford District · March 1, 2025
No public comment window is open on Last Chance Timber Sale 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.
Our reporting
What we’ve published on Last Chance Timber Sale
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3 groups on the record, Oregon Wild with 24 staff + 85 volunteers. That is who is holding it. Find your way in.