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Zane Grey Roadless Area
The Zane Grey BLM roadless area is the largest of its kind in the nation. This southwest Oregon wildland encompasses the famous Rogue River but is threatened with destruction from bulldozers and chainsaws.
Rogue River Wildlands Targeted for Old-Growth Logging
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is threatening to turn bulldozers and chainsaws loose in pristine old-growth forests in the Zane Grey Roadless Area, located in Southwest Oregon. The BLM's reckless logging scheme, called the Kelsey-Whisky project (click here for map), would build new roads into the 47,000 acre roadless area and allow loggers to clear-cut hundreds of acres of pristine wildlands. 
The Zane Grey Roadless Areas sits on the edge of 26 miles of designated Wild and Scenic Rogue River and provides important habitat for fish and wildlife. The area is named for an author who fished and wrote in a cabin along the Rogue River. The Rogue River and the adjacent Zane Grey Roadless Area attract 25,000 visitors a year that generate $13 million annually for local economies. On November 16, the BLM auctioned off the first logging project called the Upper East Kelsey. The logging would clear-cut old growth forests, threaten designated critical habitat for the northern spotted owl, and scar a once unspoiled landscape. Stay tuned for the latest news on the effort to stop this destructive logging.
For a more detailed description of the Zane Grey roadless area, click here.
For background on the fight to save the spectacular Zane Grey area, explore this link.
Read Backpacker Magazine's article on Zane Grey and the Bush administration's plan to log Oregon's heritage old-growth forests.
Photos courtesy of Dang Ngo and Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center
