For Immediate Release
August 16, 2022
Press Contact
Daniel Johnson, 541.600.4489, cascadiaforestdefenders@protonmail.com
BREAKING: Activists Hang Banner Across Major Highway As Community Prepares to Fight Old Growth Logging Project
Cascadia Forest Defenders Rig 30 Foot-Wide Banner Across Highway 126 in Opposition to the Biden Administration’s Flat Country Timber Sale As Chainsaws Loom
Willamette National Forest – This morning, community members organizing with Cascadia Forest Defenders hung a 30 foot-wide banner across Highway 126 in the Willamette National forest in opposition to the proposed Flat Country old growth timber sale. The organizers are calling on the Willamette National Forest and the Biden Administration to drop the proposed timber sale in light of the significant impacts that it would have on the climate, drinking water, and community safety. The action comes less than six months after President Biden signed Executive Order 14072 on Strengthening the Nation’s Forests, Communities, and Local Economies, which…