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Walton Lake Timber Sale Petition for Certiorari Press Release

On September 13th, 2024, Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project (“BMBP”) filed a petition for certiorari in the Supreme Court of the United States in its ongoing litigation of the Walton Lake timber sale on the Ochoco National Forest. The Walton Lake timber sale authorized clearcutting of all fir trees, including large and old-growth firs, on approximately 35 acres that form the scenic backdrop of…

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Caroline measuring a Western white pine in mature and old forest slated for logging by the Forest Service in the Ragged Ruby sale (Malheur National Forest). The deadline for public comments on the Forest Service’s National Old-Growth Forest Plan Amendment Draft Environmental Impact Statement is coming up on Thursday, September 20th at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time (8:59 PM PST). This will be the…

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A Wild Vision for Eastern Oregon Oct 9-11th

Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project and Western Watersheds Project are hosting a special event at Left Coast Lodge in Sisters, Oregon, October 9-11, and you are invited to attend! Join us at the Left Coast Lodge and learn more about the Eastside forests and wildlife you are helping to protect through your support of these projects! The event will feature discussions about our work and a field…

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Our Annual Benefit is Coming Up on August 25th!

Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project’s Annual Benefit is August 25th, from 4-7:30 pm at Green Anchors (8940 Bradford St., Portland, Oregon). Attendance is $20 suggested donation, with no one turned away for lack of funds. This year the main event will be music and dance by Portland-based Flamenco ensemble Espacio Flamenco! Additionally, we will have food by donation available, and an auction.…

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Join us to Rally for Green Ridge in Sisters!

Join the Wild Ecosystems Alliance and Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project on June 28th in Sisters, Oregon, to call on the Forest Service to withdraw their draft decision and abandon the planned Green Ridge Landscape Restoration (Timber Sale) Project. Rather than move forward with this timber sale, the Forest Service should work together with the local community to develop a rewilding project from…

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Take action! Call for a moratorium on logging in mature and old forests

Join Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project and our allies in calling for a moratorium on logging in mature and old forests! Add your name to this sign-on letter.  We are asking the Biden administration to:  Establish a moratorium on logging all mature and old-growth forests on federally managed land until such a time as permanent and legally binding protections for these forests are in…

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Rally for Mature and Old Forests on June 13th in Portland!

Our mature and old-growth forests are some of our best climate solutions, but they are threatened by outdated policies that prioritize profits at the expense of our forests, communities, and climate. This year, we have a chance to change that. The Biden Administration and Forest Service are creating forest management guidelines that offer a once-in-a-generation opportunity to push for bold policy…

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Help end logging of mature and old forests across the nation!

Karen Coulter, BMBP’s Director, in a sale unit in the Mt. Emily sale in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest Please add your voice in calling for an end to logging of mature and old forests in National Forests across the nation! The Biden Administration has directed the Forest Service to develop policies that prioritize protecting mature and old forests across the nation as part of a natural…

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Forest Service to log old growth fir forest around Walton Lake in the Ochoco National Forest

US Forest Service will proceed with logging old growth fir forest around Walton Lake in the Ochoco National Forest Tom Buchele with old growth fir at Walton Lake September 28th, 2023 The US Forest Service announced it will begin logging the old growth fir forest around Walton Lake starting October 1st, 2023. Walton Lake is located in the Ochoco Mountains in central Oregon, northeast of…

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Logging on Public Lands in Eastern Oregon

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BMBP Sues the Forest Service to Protect Large Trees

BMBP Sues the Forest Service to Protect Large Trees

Dee with old growth fir in the South Warner sale (Fremont-Winema NF) BMBP’s filed suit against the US Forest Service on the South Warner sale in the Fremont-Winema National Forest: On October 6th, 2022, Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project filed suit against the United States Forest Service to stop the illegal logging of large trees in the South Warner project in the Lakeview District of the…

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Join Us! BMBP Benefit Oct. 21st

Join Us! BMBP Benefit Oct. 21st

Please join BMBP for our Annual Celebration and Benefit on October 21st, 2022! Come dressed up as your favorite forest flora or fauna, and learn about BMBP’s work to protect forests east of the Cascades crest. The event is outdoors, 6-9pm, at the lovely Green Anchors space  at 8940 N. Bradford St., Portland (next to Cathedral Park in St. John’s). $10 suggested donation.

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BMBP volunteer with old growth Ponderosa pine in the Bark sale (Malheur NF) We’ve had a fun and productive field season this year, and it’s still going strong! We’ve been in the field with volunteers since the beginning of June, and will continue surveying through September. Wildlands field surveys:  Every summer, BMBP staff and volunteers survey thousands of acres of proposed timber sales. Field…

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2022 Media and Presentations

2022 Media and Presentations

At this years Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC), Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project co-founder Karen Coulter participated in a panel on “Field Surveying for Forest Defense” with Michael Krochta (Bark), Madeline Cowen (Cascadia Wildlands), and Kasey Hovik (Umqua Watersheds). Industry and top-down governmental appeals to “increase the pace and scale of forest management” ignore…

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Upcoming Webinar on Mapping Mature and Old Growth Forests

Upcoming Webinar on Mapping Mature and Old Growth Forests

With only a fraction of mature & old growth forests remaining across the US, identifying where these stands remain is vital for efforts to protect drinking water, biodiversity, and our climate. On August 3rd at 11am PST, Dr. Dominick DellaSala, Chief Scientist at Wild Heritage, will discuss his groundbreaking research creating the first Coast to Coast Mature/Old Growth Assessment for the USA. The…

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Large tree logging in the Malheur National Forest

Large tree logging in the Malheur National Forest

The Forest Service claims that the logging in the Big Mosquito timber sale is restoration. The Forest Service, timber industry interests, and collaborative groups hailed the Big Mosquito sale on the Malheur National Forest as an example of a model restoration project designed to protect large and old Ponderosa pines. However, Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project’s field survey work uncovered…