Today’s show is a perfect start to the new year - celebrating a win!
We’ve talked extensively in past episodes about the vital role that intact and recovering western forests play in carbon sequestration and preserving biodiversity. We’ve also talked about the threats to those forests.
Even as the climate emergency deepens and President Biden has issued executive orders to preserve mature and old growth forests, the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management have proposed timber sales of those endangered forests all across the country.
Well, the Coast Range Association has been proud to be a part of a broad coalition fighting back, and a couple weeks ago, the Forest Service suspended it’s proposed Flat Country Timber Sale in the Mckenzie River Ranger District east of Eugene.
To talk about the timber sale, this victory, and the next steps for the Climate Forests campaign, I’m joined by Madeline Cowen. Madeline is the grassroots and digital organizer for the Eugene based, Cascadia Wildlands, and she is a leader in the Flat Country campaign.
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Links and Resources
Coast Range Association: https://coastrange.org/
Climate Forests Campaign: https://www.climate-forests.org/
Worth More Standing Report: https://www.climate-forests.org/_filesx/ugd/73639b_03bdeb627485485392ac3aaf6569f609.pdf
Climate Forests Flat Country Page: https://www.climate-forests.org/post/willamette-national-forest-oregon-flat-country-timber-sale
Cascadia Wildlands 42 Divide Campaign page: https://www.cascwild.org/cancel-bureau-of-land-management-plans-to-log-coast-range-forests-200-years-old/
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