Here's how you helped Oregon Wild protect Oregon's wildlands, wildlife and wild waters in 2006-2007.

Released Global Warming Report

Documented science which shows that deforestation is a major contributor to global warming and that old-growth forests are most effective in storing the carbon pollution that threatens Earth.

Halted Destruction of Forests

Stopped logging on 100,000 acres of old forests across Oregon, protecting proposed Wilderness in Eagle Cap and drinking water supplies in Ashland.

Advanced Protection for Mount Hood

Led coalition efforts to secure introduction and hearing for bipartisan U.S. Senate bill to protect 128,400 acres as Wilderness and 81 miles as new Wild and Scenic Rivers.

Advanced Protection for Copper Salmon

Worked with partners to secure introduction of legislation in U.S. Senate and House to protect 13,700 acres as Wilderness and 9.3 miles as new Wild and Scenic Rivers in the Siskiyou National Forest.

Advanced Protection for Soda Mountain

Worked with partners to secure introduction of bipartisan U.S. Senate legislation to protect approximately 23,000 acres as Wilderness.

Advanced Protection for Wild Rogue

Built support among 40 guides and outdoor businesses to protect 60,000 acres as Wilderness and nearly 100 miles as new Wild and Scenic Rivers.

Defended Roadless Rule

Worked with 119 outdoor businesses to urge lawmakers to permanently protect 58.5 million acres across the country from logging and development.

Protected Waldo Lake

Secured protection for one of the cleanest lakes in the world from motorboats, generators and chainsaws.

Defended Clean Drinking Water

Partnered with cities of Portland, Bend and Baker City to pass clean drinking water legislation signed by Governor Kulongoski.
Defended drinking water sources for Portland, Tualatin, Beaverton, Lake Oswego, Oregon City, The Dalles, Milwaukie, Salem, Eugene, Corbett, Roseburg and Ashland.

Advanced Conservation Thinning

Promoted conservation-based thinning of replanted stands in Alsea basin and Clackamas watershed.

Protected Native Fish and the ESA

Won a court ruling that the Bush administration cannot use hatchery fish to hide declines in wild runs.

Protected Fish and Wildlife Safeguards

Helped reverse Bush administration plans to gut Northwest Forest Plan "Aquatic Conservation Strategy" and "Survey and Manage" protections; helped protect National Forest Management Act.

Defended Fishing Communities

Secured $60 million in distaster relief for the commercial fishing community in OR and CA following the Klamath River salmon kill precipitated by Bush administration water shut-off.

Protected Coastal Coho

Helped defeat illegal Bush administration plan to remove ESA protections for Oregon Coast coho salmon.

Won Freedom for Elk Creek

Won deal to notch Elk Creek Dam, allowing a tributary of the Rogue to once again flow wild and free!

Advanced Responsible Fire Policy

Gained new support for our project with the U.S. Forest Service to reduce fire risk at Black Butte while preserving old-growth pine and aspen.
Represented conservation interests in the Central Oregon Partnership for Wildfire Risk Reduction, Project Wildfire, the Deschutes Provincial Advisory Committee and the NE Oregon Blue Mountains RAC.

Connected People to Wild Places

Brought out over 1,200 people for hikes, Klamath Basin birding trips and other special events. Led 60 field trips for media and opinion leaders.

Defended Wildlife

Helped defend ESA protections for the Siskiyou Mountain Salamander; fought the de-listing of the grey wolf; protected elk, wolf, lynx, marbled murrelet, owl, salmon and bald eagle habitat in Blue Mountains, Hells Canyon, the Cascades, Klamath Mountains and the Coast Range.

Secured Water for Klamath Salmon

Won landmark legal victory for water flows needed for threatened coho salmon in the Klamath River.

Set Stage for Refuge Expansion

After a decade of advocacy, secured the transfer of Barnes Ranch to the federal government, setting the stage for expansion of Upper Klamath Lake National Wildlife Refuge.