Forest restoration or exploitation? Comparing recent BLM & Forest Service timber sales in the SW Oregon Cascade mountain foothills

There are currently two very large timber sales proceeding on public lands east of I-5 in southern Oregon. Both will produce a great deal of timber volume, both were planned simultaneously, and both were planned by federal agencies that manage federal public lands—but that is where the similarities end. Read more here.

Backyard Forests, Fire, Forests, Old-Growth, Public Lands, WildlandsKlamath SiskiyouOctober 28, 2025timber sale, last chance timber sale, usfs, US Forest Service, BLM, Medford BLM, Bureau of Land Management, ecological restoration, Timber, timber, wildlife

A Tale of Two Timber Sales

KS Wild is known for holding federal land managers accountable and challenging timber sales that threaten harm to wildlife and watersheds, so it's a big deal when we give the BLM their flowers for doing the right thing…

Backyard Forests, Campaign, Fire, Forests, Old-Growth, Public Lands, WildlandsKlamath SiskiyouSeptember 13, 2024forest watch, forests, wildfire risk, wildfire, last chance timber sale, Medford BLM, BLM, Bureau of Land Management

Medford BLM's latest old-growth timber sale is aptly named Last Chance

The Medford District Bureau of Land Management's old-growth logging program is relentless and uncompromising. Currently, the 8,150-acre "Last Chance" timber sale calls for logging most of the remaining mature and old-growth forests in the foothills between Sunny Valley and Galesville. Click to learn more.