About BMBP
Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project has been working to protect and restore the ecosystems of the Blue Mountains and Eastern Oregon Cascades since 1991. We work to stop or modify projects that threaten ecological diversity and integrity such as logging, road building, livestock grazing, herbicide…
2022 End-of-Summer Report: Notes from the field
We’ve had a fun and productive field season this year, and it’s still going strong! We’ve been in the field with volunteers since the beginning of June, and will continue surveying through September. Wildlands field surveys: Every summer, BMBP staff and volunteers survey thousands…
Press Release on Walton Lake Timber Sale
For Immediate Release – November 29th, 2022 Ninth Circuit Court panel grants Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project’s request to keep injunction against logging in place for the Walton Lake sale on the Ochoco National Forest A Ninth Circuit Court panel has granted Blue Mountains Biodiversity…
BMBP Sues the Forest Service to Protect Large Trees
BMBP’s filed suit against the US Forest Service on the South Warner sale in the Fremont-Winema National Forest: On October 6th, 2022, Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project filed suit against the United States Forest Service to stop the illegal logging of large trees in the…
Webinar on Mapping Mature and Old Growth Forests
Update: the webinar has been posted and is available for viewing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KamQ6NY7HK0&t=4293s&ab_channel=TheJohnMuirProject With only a fraction of mature & old growth forests remaining across the US, identifying where these stands remain is vital for efforts to protect drinking water, biodiversity, and our climate. On…
Old growth logging in the Malheur National Forest
The Forest Service claims that logging in the Big Mosquito timber sale on the Malheur National Forest is restoration. The Forest Service told the public that the Big Mosquito sale would help save old growth Ponderosa pines. Unfortunately, Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project found dozens…
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