Posts tagged IVM
CONSERVATION WIN: Illegal old-growth logging scheme struck down by the courts!
CONSERVATION WIN: Illegal old-growth logging scheme struck down by the courts!

With excitement, we announce our official success against the Medford BLM’s Integrated Vegetation Management project with the final adoption of Judge Clarke’s Findings & Rulings! Learn more about IVM and our success here.

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Applegate, Backyard Forests, Campaign, Fire, Forests, Old-Growth, Public Lands, WildlandsKlamath SiskiyouIVM, ivm, integrated, Timber, timber industry, timber, timber sale, late mung, williams, oreg, northern spot, blm, BLM, Medford BLM, court cases, top story
UPDATED: VICTORY! Going to court against BLM's IVM and Late Mungers
UPDATED: VICTORY! Going to court against BLM's IVM and Late Mungers

Do you remember the BLM's Integrated Vegetation Management plan to log old-growth Late Successional Reserves like those located in the Late Mungers timber sale near Williams? After commenting, public meetings, field checking, and trying everything we could think of to get BLM to retain these old-growth forests, we finally will have our day in court, and you are invited to join us.

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Backyard Forests, Applegate, Campaign, Forests, Old-Growth, Public Lands, WildlandsKlamath SiskiyouJames A Redden US CourthouseIVM, BLM, Medford BLM, court cases, top story, forests, forest management, forest defender, forestwatch
Going to court against BLM's IVM and Late Mungers
Going to court against BLM's IVM and Late Mungers

Do you remember the BLM's Integrated Vegetation Management plan to log old-growth Late Successional Reserves like those located in the Late Mungers timber sale near Williams? After commenting, public meetings, field checking, and trying everything we could think of to get BLM to retain these old-growth forests, we finally will have our day in court, and you are invited to join us.

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Backyard Forests, Applegate, Campaign, Forests, Old-Growth, Public Lands, WildlandsKlamath SiskiyouJames A Redden US CourthouseIVM, BLM, Medford BLM, court cases, top story, forests, forest management, forest defender, forestwatch
KS Wild Works for the Illinois Valley!
KS Wild Works for the Illinois Valley!

The Illinois Valley and the Wild Rivers Ranger District are at the very heart of KS Wild’s mission to protect wildlands, wildlife and watersheds. From botany to mining to logging, read about KS Wild’s recent conservation efforts in the Illinois Valley.

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Backyard Forests, Forests, Fire, Public Lands, Wild Rivers, Wilderness, Wildlands, WolvesKlamath Siskiyouillinois valley, illinois river, IVM, slater fire, wild rivers, wild rivers ranger district, Rogue River Siskiyou National Forest, kalmiopsis mountains, kalmiopsis, kalmiopsis wildlands, kalmiopsis wild rivers, siskiyou crest, botanical area, Eight Dollar Mountain Botanical Area, briggs valley, Timber, timber sale, forestwatch, port orford, oregon caves national monument, mining, steelhead, salmon, iv frog
Medford BLM Poised to Log Old-Growth Reserves
Medford BLM Poised to Log Old-Growth Reserves

"Integrated Vegetation Management for Resilient Lands" (IVM) sure sounds great doesn't it? Unfortunately, those flowery words are agency-speak for logging old-growth forest reserves down to 30% canopy cover and creating four-acre mini-clearcuts across the landscape in southwestern Oregon.

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Backyard Forests, Campaign, Forests, Public Lands, Wildlands, Old-GrowthHaleigh MartinIVM, Integrated Vegetation Management, old-growth forest, Medford BLM, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, resource management plan, clearcutting, clear cut, forests, forest management, top story