Oregon Wild

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Oregon Wild works to protect and restore Oregon’s wildlands, wildlife, and waters as an enduring legacy for future generations. https://linkin.bio/oregonwild/

Hikers walk through a forested meadow of wildflowers and ancient trees in Oregon's Lookout Mountain Inventoried Roadless Area.
Activist holds a sign that says "Forest Defense is Climate Defense"
Oregon Wild stands with Public Lands Employees text over an image of a foggy forest in the Columbia River Gorge
"We're Hiring: Development and Outreach Associate" text over an image of Crater Lake with tree trees in the foreground and Wizard Island in the background
An international team of researchers led by the University of Birmingham has shown for the first time that microbes living in bark or in the wood itself are removing atmospheric methane on a scale equal to or above that of soil. They calculate that this newly discovered process makes trees 10% more beneficial for climate overall than previously thought. Methane is responsible for around 30% of global warming since pre-industrial times and emissions are currently rising faster than at any point since records began in the 1980s.
Photo of a stack of books. On the top is Jim Furnish's memoir - Toward a Natural Forest - featuring on its cover Jim's profile and behind it green trees.
Photo of the 2014 Oregon Wild staff retreat. Quinn is in the upper left.
Quinn Read stands in a green field with trees in the background. She is smiling and wearing a large dark coat.
Large trees in the Grasshopper logging project on Mount Hood National Forest. A deer looks back over its shoulder at the camera while standing on the other side of a large fallen nurselog.
A man in a hat wearing a blue backpack sits on a rocky outcropping overlooking a vast green forest.
A sea otter looks at the camera while floating in the water. Photo by the National Parks Service.
Rockfish in a forest of bull kelp. Source: Steve Lonhart, NOAA.
A spotted skunk peeks out from behind a large trunk, looks at the viewer, and then dashes away back behind the tree
A clearcut on a hillside with a small clump of trees in one corner and a road carving through the landscape. This is the "Silver Linings" logging project on BLM lands in NW Oregon. Projects like this on our public lands would be much more common under the Fix Our Forests Act, which allows agencies to exempt logging projects up to 15 square miles in size from public or environmental review.
Looking up into a towering canopy of trees
Crabtree Lake from a distance, surrounded by towering green forests
A trio of massive towering cedars
The text: We're Hiring - Communications Associate" over an image of a dark and cloudy sky. Mount Hood is in the right corner, emerging from clouds, while a white-water stream approaches the viewer, cutting through a rocky canyon. Photo by James Armstrong
A block print of a grove of white-barked aspen that rises up from tall green grass. The canopy of the trees is mostly out of frame. A light green meadow is in the background and, beyond it, more aspen. Art by Molly Hashimoto.
Block print of a blue jay in profile, perched on a tree stump and looking slightly toward the viewer. Green and black trees rise up in the background. Art by Molly Hashimoto.
Block print of an old, gnarled tree overlooking the rim of Crater Lake. Blue water surrounds Wizard Island, which features green trees and a rising cinder cone. Art by Molly Hashimoto.
A bear walks by a huge old-growth tree, looking back over its shoulder at the camera. Photo by David Herasimtschuk