Oregon Wildblog

Wolverine(s) of Oregon

Learn more about this incredible species and how you can advocate for its recovery.

Weighing in on the Elliott State Research Forest

UPDATE: Comment period extended to November 29th!

Just south of the Umpqua River in the central Oregon Coast Range, the 82,000-acre Elliott State Forest  is home to the only significant old-growth forest remaining on state-owned lands in Oregon. State forests like the Elliott were long tied to the Common School Fund, ensuring an unfortunate conflict between producing revenue from logging and the conservation of old-growth dependent wildlife and salmon.

Moving Oregon to the Front of the Forest Climate Debate

My first introduction to Oregon’s forests came when I was in school at Oregon State University. The McDonald and Dunn Forests offered an easy escape from the stress of grad school and seemingly endless winter drizzle — and the old growth loop with its dense canopy was a welcome outdoor break rain or shine. 

Webcast: Western Oregon Mushrooms

Mushroom expert Bruce Newhouse will guide us in looking over, under, around and through western Oregon for fungi, and get to know a few and what roles they have.

Of Wildlife And Wildfire

Humans and wildlife have very different relationships with fire. Despite the very real threat forest fires can have on homes, property and human life, they also play a critical role in restoring and maintaining healthy forests and providing essential habitat for a myriad of fish and wildlife species. 

Webcast: Systemic Racism on Public Lands - The New Mavericks

A conversation with three trailblazers paving the way for representation, growth, and connection in the outdoors and outdoor industry.

 

We're back with Chad Brown of Soul River Inc for Part 3 of Systemic Racism on Public Lands - The New Mavericks.

Helping each other through wildfires

For families and communities all across Oregon, the fires this week have created a time of unprecedented stress and hardship.  The hot, dry weather combined with unusually high winds have created extreme fire danger all across the Pacific Northwest, and thousands of Oregonians have been forced to flee their homes.  Too many homes have already been lost.