Western Oregon state forests span 634,000 acres, the majority of which comprise the Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests located between Portland, Oregon, and the Pacific Ocean. It is a center of biodiversity; home to over seventeen endangered or at-risk species, and is part of one of the most important ecosystems for carbon sequestration. In addition…
Oregon’s Owyhee region is a 4.6-million-acre expanse of public lands that is among the most remote in the Lower 48 states. More than 200 species of wildlife live amongst the vast expanse of sagebrush and bunchgrass and the region has also long been recognized by hunters, anglers, rafters, and recreationists of all types as a…
Protect from development at least one million acres of Wilderness and 25 miles of Wild and Scenic Rivers within Oregon’s Owyhee Canyonlands.
To secure Wild & Scenic River protections for up to 4,700 miles of Oregon’s rivers and up to two million acres of adjacent public lands and carbon-storing old-growth forest through passage of the River Democracy Act.
To permanently protect one million acres of Wilderness and 25 miles of Wild and Scenic Rivers within Oregon’s Owyhee Canyonlands from future development.
To designate 1.13 million acres as Wilderness and more than 15 river miles as Wild & Scenic in Oregon’s Owyhee Canyonlands, resulting in recreation opportunities and job creation.
To pass legislation that secures Wild & Scenic River protections for more than 4,000 miles of Oregon’s rivers and other waterways, as well as “double” half-mile buffers on each side to create up to three million acres of new public land protections.
To pass legislation that protects at least one million acres of Wilderness and 25 miles of Wild and Scenic Rivers within Oregon’s Owyhee canyons by December, 2022.
To designate 1.13 million acres of wilderness and 14.7 miles of Wild and Scenic Rivers in the Owyhee Canyonlands, and strengthen conservation management across 4.5 million acres of eastern Oregon public lands to protect the natural values, environmental health and recreation assets.
To acquire 3,891 acres of private land within or adjacent to existing Wilderness Study Areas managed by the Bureau of Land Management to consolidate public land ownership for the benefit of wildlands and wildlife conservation, human-powered recreation, and public access.
To designate 1,000-3,900 miles of Oregon’s rivers and other waterways as Wild & Scenic and establish half-mile buffers of protected wild lands on each side, resulting in up to 1.6 million acres of new protections.
To protect the natural values, environmental health and recreation assets of Oregon’s Owyhee Canyonlands by securing conservation designations and management plans that result in: a National Conservation Area totaling 2,579,032 acres, with 2,012,350 acres of Wilderness; 50 miles of Wild and Scenic River protections; closing 50,000 acres in the region to motorized travel, and strengthening…
To secure the passage of the ORE Act, which will: establish the 98,000-acre Rogue Canyon Recreation Area in southwest Oregon; expand the Wild Rogue Wilderness by 60,000 acres; establish the 30,000-acre Molalla Recreation Area in rural Clackamas County; and prohibit destructive mining on 100,000 acres in the Baldface, Rough & Ready, and Hunter Creek watersheds…
Congress passed the Oregon Wildlands Act in February 2019 as part of the Natural Resources Management Act. This legislation secured protections for 30,621 acres of Devil’s Staircase as Wilderness and 252 river miles in the Rogue and Molalla River watersheds as Wild and Scenic. The legislation also protects an additional 55 miles of rivers and streams from…
To protect Oregon’s Nehalem River as a State Scenic Waterway in 2019 and generate momentum for the State Scenic Waterway process to be used as an effective tool in protecting the next round of Oregon’s rivers.
Sweating profusely with an obscenely overstuffed bag swaying behind me, four words rang through my mind: never underestimate the Owyhee.
Senators Wyden and Merkely’s Oregon Wildlands Act brings together longstanding efforts to protect outstanding rivers and wild landscapes in Oregon.
To secure lasting protections for two million acres of wilderness quality public lands in the Hart-Sheldon and Owyhee Canyonlands of eastern Oregon, close 50,000 acres to motorized travel, and modify 175 grazing allotments to improve ecosystem health and recreational opportunities across 7.8 million acres. Welcome to the Desert from ONDA on Vimeo.
To pass the Oregon Wildlands Act, which would expand 86,000 acres as Wilderness, designate 120,000 acres as a National Recreation Area, and designate more than 135 miles of rivers and streams as Wild & Scenic in Oregon.
To protect Oregon’s Nehalem River and South Umpqua River as State Scenic Waterways, and to improve the State Scenic Waterways designation as a tool for conservation and the long-term protection of many of Oregon’s at-risk waterways.
