A coalition of Oregon conservation organizations intends to sue the Bureau of Land Management to protect Marbled Murrelets and coastal martens from a plan by the agency to log 17,000 of acres of old-growth forest in areas designated as late-successional reserves. The reserves were designated as part of the Northwest Forest Plan to protect the two threatened species, as well as hundreds of others.
“The Bureau’s plans to remove thousands of acres of old-growth forests from late-successional reserves in southern Oregon is a death sentence for wildlife that are on the brink of extinction,” said Nick Cady, legal director for Cascadia Wildlands.
Logging plan threatens Marbled Murrelets, coastal martens
“The Bureau’s plans to remove thousands of acres of old-growth forests from late-successional reserves in southern Oregon is a death sentence for wildlife that are on the brink of extinction,” said Nick Cady, legal director for Cascadia Wildlands.
Logging plan threatens Marbled Murrelets, coastal martens