5 groups have it in their care
State forest in Oregon, 640,000 acres, managed by Oregon DOF.
The defenders
5 groups are on the record for Western Oregon State 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
Legal · Portland, OR
Filed the June 2018 Endangered Species Act suit against the Oregon Department of Forestry over coho-harming logging and road practices in the Tillamook and Clatsop state forests, litigation that produced the March 2023 settlement.
18 staff + 70 volunteers74¢ to the workFounded 2001
Grassroots · Eugene, OR
Plaintiff in the coho suit settled in March 2023 by an agreement requiring the Oregon Department of Forestry to widen stream buffers and inventory its road network across the Tillamook and Clatsop state forests.
14 staff + 75 volunteers87¢ to the workFounded 1997
Legal · Tucson, AZ
Plaintiff in the coho litigation settled in March 2023, which expanded no-cut stream buffers from 25 to 120 feet across more than 500,000 acres of the Tillamook and Clatsop state forests.
242 staff + 19 volunteers88¢ to the workFounded 1989
Also in the fight
Grassroots · Portland, OR
Organized thousands of supporters behind the Western Oregon State Forests Habitat Conservation Plan and publicly backed the Board of Forestry’s March 2024 vote to advance it.
24 staff + 85 volunteers86¢ to the workFounded 1974
Coalition · San Francisco, CA
The commercial fishermen’s federation joined the 2018 Endangered Species Act case against the Oregon Department of Forestry over logging practices that smother coho spawning habitat in the Tillamook and Clatsop forests.
2 staff$107K revenue in 2023Founded 1976
On the ground in Oregon
More ways in
The situation
Oregon’s state forests in the Coast Range and Tillamook country are the last line of defense for coastal salmon runs already pushed to the brink. A new habitat conservation plan threatens to lock in aggressive logging levels for decades. Once the ink dries, there is no going back.
Source: OPB
No public comment window is open on Western Oregon State 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.
Your move
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Their site ↗SpeakCall your representativesA ready call script on Western Oregon State Forests, 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 Western Oregon State Forests: the leading group here opens it, and the other seats fill from this record.
5 groups on the record, Crag Law Center with 18 staff + 70 volunteers. That is who is holding it. Find your way in.
