For decades, the landmark Northwest Forest Plan has helped protect mature and old-growth forests, Northern Spotted Owls, Marbled Murrelets, and other imperiled fish and wildlife on federal lands throughout the Pacific Northwest. Now, the Forest Service is proposing to amend the Plan, and we need your help to make sure its conservation goals are maintained and strengthened in this era of climate change. 

The Board of Forestry has scheduled three listening sessions next week to gather public comments on the Western Forests Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) and the broader Forest Management Plan (FMP). These special public comment opportunities are provided in follow-up to recently released information about long-term timber harvest and revenue projections on State Forest land under the proposed HCP and will likely be the last chance for the public to provide formal comments on the HCP and long-term management of over 600,000 acres of state forest.

The Housing Regulatory Relief Package, which aims to increase housing production by relaxing regulations for developers, is now in front of Portland City Council and we need your help to ensure that they adopt the recommended draft as is.

As we close out 2023 we need to keep the pressure on the Board of Forestry to adopt the state forest Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) in 2024. Right now, the Board of Forestry needs to hear loud and clear that we want the HCP finalized without further delay. 

Please lend your voice and help better protect nesting birds, marine mammals, and other wildlife from drone disturbances. This opportunity will also help preserve peaceful experiences for those who want to explore Oregon’s natural places and to recreate safely.

We need your help to ensure offshore wind development is sited responsibly to reduce harm to marine wildlife and minimize impacts to local communities.

This Thursday, the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners plans to pass a resolution to integrate bird safe building and lighting design standards into their High Performance Building Standards, a move that will have benefits far beyond birds. This is an important milestone that will bring the County into alignment with the City of Portland and Metro Regional Government, and we want to send them a strong message of appreciation that they are making this critical decision. 

Please urge the Portland Planning Commission to reject portions of the ill-conceived Bureau of Planning and Sustainability proposal to suspend important environmental and sustainability policies for the next five years.

Your help is needed to end cruel and wasteful wildlife killing contests, in which participants compete for cash and other prizes for killing as many coyotes or other wildlife as possible. The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission will vote on a proposed rule to prohibit wildlife killing derbies on public land on September 15. Please send them a message urging them to adopt the proposed rule and ban these inhumane contests in Oregon.

Please email City Council members today to urge them not to cave to developers and instead to strengthen the Floodplain Resilience Plan which will increase our communities’ climate resilience and protect significant wildlife habitat along the Willamette River.