The Bush administration and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) are currently taking comments on a plan to log our last remaining heritage forests.  The Western Oregon Plan Revision (WOPR for short) would boost logging of old-growth trees by 700 percent!  This dangerous plan would also degrade habitat for fish and wildlife and threaten the quality of our drinking water.

The initial comment period for the plan ended January 11, 2008. Click here to see what other government agencies are saying about the WOPR (hint: they don't much like it). The BLM plans to release a final draft in September of 2008. But you can still let your elected officials know that the WOPR is a whopper.

Take action now to stop this WOPR of a bad plan!

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When it comes to the management of public forest lands in our state, most Oregonians think of the US Forest Service.

How much timber does the BLM cut down? Click here for a graph that shows how the BLM has been meeting its own timber targets.

But the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is responsible for more than 2 million acres of public land in western Oregon that has historically been covered by the environmental safeguards provided by the Northwest Forest Plan. Logging has severely affected much of this land, but the BLM still manages hundreds of thousands of acres of pristine and unspoiled old-growth "heritage forests."

Click here to read the latest news on the WOPR.

Tragically, these forests are at risk. The Bush administration, logging interests and the BLM are all working together to put these heritage forests on the chopping block. The Bush administration has recently settled a lawsuit brought by the logging industry, and has agreed to remove BLM forest lands in western Oregon from the Northwest Forest Plan's old-growth reserve system. This would open up 800,000 acres of Oregon’s heritage old-growth forests to logging.

Before BLM can open these old-growth forests to logging, however, it must complete an open planning process and gather public input. Oregon Wild is working with a diverse coalition of hunters, anglers and rural land owners to push for continued protection of these lands. Oregon has already lost nearly 90 percent of its historic old-growth forests. Our remaining stands should be set aside for fish and wildlife, and as a legacy for future generations.

Go to our action page to find out how you can help stop this plan and keep Oregon's old-growth heritage forests protected!