This month, we'd like to highlight the work of
Oregon Wild, a member organization of the Pacific Wolf Coalition.
Oregon Wild is all about protecting Oregon’s wildlife and the wild places they – and we – need to thrive. Since wolves began returning to their rightful place on the landscape, Oregon Wild has been leading the charge.
Oregon Wild started in 1974 when a group of activists from student and hikers to hunters and loggers realized the importance of protecting Oregon’s disappearing old growth forests. Since then – and so far - the organization has played a key role in protecting nearly 4 million acres of Wilderness and roadless forests and 1,800 miles of Wild & Scenic Rivers.
Those permanent protections and tireless forest defense that ranges from collaboration when possible to litigation when necessary has ensured habitat for wolves, their prey, and other wildlife with whom they share the landscape.
Creating an informal network of wolf advocates in the early 2000’s, Oregon Wild has been with the
Pacific Wolf Coalition since before the beginning and has had a permanent presence on the Steering Committee.
Oregon Wild is active on many fronts – speaking for wolves in the capital, fighting for wildlife in court, working with citizens and stakeholders, supporting the Coalition, watchdogging government agencies, and out in the field - all in an effort to ensure wolf recovery stays on track.
To stay up to date and learn more about Oregon’s wolves, you can join the
Oregon Wild Wolf Pack, follow
Oregon’s Wolves on Facebook, or join one of two annual trips to wolf country –
the Oregon Wild Wolf Rendezvous.
[Written By: Rob Klavins, Northeast Oregon Field Coordinator, Oregon Wild]
