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Wild Rogue Wilderness Proposal
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.
Pristine Wildlands and Waterways Need Permanent Protection
UPDATE (June 16, 2009) - Congressman DeFazio and Senator Wyden introduced legislation to add some protections for the Rogue River. Unfortunately this plan doesn't fully protect the Rogue as Wilderness. Legislation, press release.
New report highlights economic benefits of the Rogue River
The Wild Rogue area is one of Oregon’s most pristine, scenic, and rugged landscapes. Located in Southern Oregon and nestled in the Siskiyou Mountain Range, the Wild Rogue area is home to the famous Rogue River. The area is one of the state’s premier recreational spots, attracting tens of thousands of visitors every year and contributing millions of dollars to the local economy. The Wild Rogue also provides important salmon and steelhead spawning and rearing habitat, providing the backbone for one of Oregon’s most important sport and commercial fisheries.
But the Wild Rogue is threatened.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is threatening to turn bulldozers and chainsaws loose in pristine old-growth forests in a portion of the Wild Rogue area called the Zane Grey Roadless Area. The BLM's reckless logging scheme, called the Kelsey-Whisky project (click here for pdf map), would build new roads into the roadless area and allow loggers to clear-cut hundreds of acres of pristine wildlands.
That's why Oregon Wild is part of the Save the Wild Rogue Coalition, a diverse group of conservation organizations and recreation-based businesses working to a secure permanent protection for one of Oregon's wildest, most scenic, and most enjoyed landscapes. We're proposing approximately 58,000 acres of new Wilderness areas and 143 miles of new Wild and Scenic Rivers. This map (3mb pdf), created by Oregon Wild, shows the areas proposed for protection.
Take Action!
Please take a moment to urge your Congressional representatives to "Save the Wild Rogue" by clicking here.
Links- Wild Rogue image gallery
- For background on the fight to save the spectacular Wild Rogue/Zane Grey Roadless 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.
- Read the Eugene Weekly's cover story about the campaign to "Save the Wild Rogue".
Photos courtesy of Dang Ngo and Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center