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ONRC Hires New Northwest Oregon Wildlands Advocate (11/15/05)
Christine Caurant will monitor the forests of Mt. Hood and the Columbia Gorge; advocate for common-sense alternatives to destructive logging
Timber Goal Can be Met Without Old Growth Logging Says Study (10/20/05)
Portland/Medford - A new report released today shows that the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) can produce more than 1.6 billion board feet (enough to build approximately 160,000 homes) of timber without endangering old-growth forests, yet the agency plans to reverse protection for 700,000 acres of these forests, which provide homes for hundreds of species of rare animals, birds and plants.
Court Ruling Gives Hope to Klamath Salmon (10/18/05)
Judges send government's Klamath water plan back to establish better protections for threatened coho salmon.
New Study: Federal Roadless Policy Threatens Clean Water, Old-Growth Forests, and Wild Salmon (10/13/05)
Portland/Medford - A new study released today provides the first comprehensive evaluation of the importance of Oregon's 2 million acres of unprotected roadless forest lands for clean drinking water, old-growth forests, salmon recovery and a host of other ecological and economic values.