Grassroots · Eugene, OR
Cascadia Wildlands
Serial litigant against western Oregon BLM logging, from the 2016 management plan challenge to the current round of timber sale suits
14 staff + 75 volunteers87¢ to the workFounded 1997
Stand · Find your defenders
Who’s defending Western Oregon O&C Lands?
1 case live in federal court over this place, filed 2026BLM land in Oregon, 2.46M acres, managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
The defenders
The groups doing the most work here
5 groups are on the record for Western Oregon O&C Lands, each tied to it by a source our editors read, in the order they carry the weight. Give directly; nothing routes through us.
Leading the fight
Grassroots · Portland, OR
Oregon Wild
Its attorneys, with Cascadia Wildlands and Crag Law Center, represent the groups challenging BLM’s Blue and Gold old-growth logging project in the Coast Range
24 staff + 85 volunteers86¢ to the workFounded 1974
On the ground
Legal · Portland, OR
Crag Law Center
Counsel of record for the conservation groups fighting BLM logging across the O&C forests
18 staff + 70 volunteers74¢ to the workFounded 2001
Also in the fight
Advocacy · Portland, OR
Pacific Rivers
Sued BLM over the 2016 western Oregon plans that cut streamside reserves and raised logging levels
7 staff + 8 volunteers75¢ to the workFounded 1987
Friends Group · Etna, CA
Klamath Forest Alliance
Co-plaintiff in a 2026 suit alleging the Medford BLM is logging the Applegate watershed beyond what its environmental review described
$78K revenue in 2024Founded 1989
16 more work nearby but are not tied to Western Oregon O&C Lands on the record
On the ground in Oregon
Greater Hells Canyon CouncilOregon is one of the 2 states they work inFriends GroupOregon Natural Desert AssociationThey work only in OregonFriends GroupSoda Mountain Wilderness CouncilThey work only in OregonFriends GroupSteens Mountain Advisory CouncilThey work only in OregonFriends GroupHigh Desert MuseumThey work only in OregonStewardshipNorthwest Youth CorpsOregon is one of the 2 states they work inStewardship
More ways in
MazamasOregon is one of the 2 states they work inRecreationWilderness Society - Deschutes CollaborativeThey work only in OregonFriends GroupCrater Lake TrustThey work only in OregonFriends GroupBonneville Environmental FoundationOregon is one of the 4 states they work inFoundationDiscover 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 regionLegalWildEarth GuardiansWorking this regionLegalWestern Values ProjectWorking this regionWatchdog
The situation
What’s happening to Western Oregon O&C Lands
Two and a half million acres of the most productive forestland in the world, and BLM wants to quadruple the logging. The new resource management plan targets old-growth forests and mature stands that harbor spotted owls, marbled murrelets, and salmon. This is the biggest public lands logging decision in a generation, and most people have never heard of it.
- 1937O&C Act establishes sustained yield management
- 1994Northwest Forest Plan protects old growthOPB
Environmental safeguards at stake in the plan revision
Source: Oregon Wild
No public comment window is open on Western Oregon O&C Lands 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 Western Oregon O&C Lands directly. Active first.
ActiveCascadia Wildlands v. BurgumORD · filed 2026 · Docket ↗
Our reporting
What we’ve published on Western Oregon O&C Lands
Your move
How to stand for Western Oregon O&C Lands
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Threatened Lands MapBuild my lineup around Western Oregon O&C Lands: the leading group here opens it, and the other seats fill from this record.
Western Oregon O&C Lands has defenders. It needs more.
5 groups on the record, Cascadia Wildlands with 14 staff + 75 volunteers, 1 live case in federal court. That is who is holding it. Find your way in.