Upcoming Events and actions
WA Green Amendment Info Session for PNWFCA Members
The Washington Green Amendment campaign is working to pass a state constitutional amendment codifying the right to clean water and air, and a safe and healthy environment. In this info session for members of the PNW Forest Climate Alliance, we’ll hear from Maya van Rossum (Green Amendments founder & Delaware Riverkeeper) and David Kipnis (WA Green Amendment campaigner) about the growing Green Amendment movement and how it can transform the paradigm of environmental protection. It will also provide an update on the ongoing effort to pass a Green Amendment in Washington State and how activists and organizations can get involved. There will be time for Q&A with the speakers following the presentation.
What is a Green Amendment?
The money and political power amassed by big polluters means communities often feel powerless when it comes to preserving the quality of their water, air, public parks, and special natural spaces. Environmental Justice communities find themselves particularly hard hit; while there is increasing recognition and awareness when it comes to considering environmental justice issues, the fact is that People of Color, Indigenous Communities, low income communities, and communities with high immigrant populations continue to be disproportionately targeted for placement and expansion of polluting industrial operations and environmentally degrading activities. The goal of Green Amendments For The Generations is to advance a national, state by state, Green Amendment movement and to ensure that governments across the nation at the local and state level honor the rights of all people to pure water, clean air, a stable climate and healthy environments in the laws they enact, the decisions they make, and the actions they take by securing the passage of enforceable environmental rights amendments in the Bill of Rights section of every constitution – state and federal – and ensuring their strong and meaningful enforcement. Three states already have Green Amendments and are putting them to work – Washington State needs and deserves one too!
Federal Forest Webinar – Getting Through to Congress
Like it or not, Congress holds the power to decide how our federal forests are managed. Join LFDC's Andy Shoemaker and the John Muir Project's D.C.-based Policy and Advocacy Director Jenn Mamola for an hour long workshop exploring how the public can effectively get their message across to their representatives in Congress. This session offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at how Washington D.C. works, along with practical strategies for making your voice heard in defense of the people, plants and animals that rely on responsible stewardship of healthy, intact federal forests.
Registration required. Sign up here!
Free to Grow film screening // Bay City, OR
Old Grove Films, Beyond Toxics, and North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection present a screening of “Free to Grow,” with filmmaker Jesse Andrew Clark in attendance. Admission is free!
About the Film: Local Emmy-winning filmmaker Jesse Andrew Clark’s half-hour documentary “Free to Grow” is a chilling portrait of three families who put everything on the line to keep themselves safe from pesticide exposure. Oregonians have taken up the fight against aerial herbicide spraying by the forestry industry for over fifty years — but has public safety around these substances improved? Clark will introduce his film and answer questions after the screening. “The subjects I follow in the film convey the urgent need to overhaul one of the oldest industrial forestry practices,” Clark notes. “The film shows how folks living near working forests, as well as forest workers themselves, bear the brunt of health effects, and are often left with little or no recourse.”
After the film: Jennifer Eisele from Beyond Toxics will discuss practical ways that coastal residents can keep track of spraying in their communities and watersheds. This includes a first-of-its-kind map which plots pesticide applications in Oregon forests from 2014 to 2024. This mapping tool was recently featured on the University of Oregon’s website: https://news.uoregon.edu/uo-labs-collaboration-nonprofit-brings-pesticide-use-oregon-light?utm_source= oregonnews-04-27-26
We will also provide resources to sign up for future forestry herbicide spray notifications through the Oregon Forestry Activity Electronic Reporting and Notification System (FERNS). Beyond Toxics is an Oregon-based nonprofit, working toward cleaner water, air and environmental justice. Beyond Toxics supports legislation across Oregon that prioritizes health and wellness for communities affected by pesticides and pesticide drift.
About NCCWP: North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection wants no more logging and pesticide use in community drinking water sources regardless of who owns the land, and wants an end to pesticide applications near where people live, work, and recreate. Safe drinking water and clean air are part of the public trust that we all are entitled to have.
For more information go to our website www.healthywatershed.org or contact rockawaycitizen.water@gmail.com
New Direction for Public Lands Campaign Info Session
Adam Bronstein (Western Watersheds Project) and Jennifer Mamola (The John Muir Project) will be presenting and fielding questions on an emerging public lands and wildlife initiative called the New Direction for Public Lands. This info session for members of the PNW Forest Climate Alliance will lay out the vision and goals of the new campaign/coalition, include time for questions and discussion, and serve as an entry-point for Alliance members wishing to get involved in the effort.
What is the New Direction for Public Lands?
Public lands, watersheds, and wildlife are currently under attack—and have been for decades as a result of ineffectual laws, legal loopholes, and agency mismanagement. Industry controls the levers of power and has an iron grip on Congress. It’s time to reimagine a future where public lands are managed for their ecological integrity and public benefit, not private industry exploitation. The New Direction for Public Lands is a shared vision to protect, rewild, and reimagine our nation’s public lands by offering legislative solutions at the federal level. Our collection of impactful policies point the way towards the future we envision for public lands and wildlife. Our movement of advocates, scientists, recreationists, and concerned citizens is united to end exploitation of these lands and ensure they serve the public good. Inspired by the generations before us who rose to safeguard America’s natural heritage, we call for a new era of responsible stewardship and conservation that reflects the values of everyday Americans nationwide.
*Note: the PNW Forest Climate Alliance doesn't formally endorse or sign onto coalitions or campaigns; we host webinars like this to share information & organizing opportunities with our members.
Pedal for the Planet // Bend
Get ready to roll for a greener future! 350 Deschutes is excited to introduce Pedal for the Planet, our brand-new community bike ride and fundraiser happening Saturday, May 2, 2026. Join us in Bend as we hit the trails of beautiful Central Oregon to celebrate the outdoors, connect with neighbors, and support local climate action.
This fun community bike ride features a paved 12-mile loop starting and ending at Farewell Bend Park, traveling along the scenic Haul Road Trail and Rim Rock Trail to the Cascade Lakes Welcome Station and back. For families with little ones, the shorter Logger Loop (1.33 miles) offers a relaxed, family-friendly option—perfect for walking or riding together. Registration is open for both individuals and families, and bike rentals will be available, so everyone can join in!
This ride is more than just a day of cycling—it’s a movement for change. Every mile you pedal helps fund 350 Deschutes’ ongoing climate work, from advocating for clean energy to building a more sustainable Central Oregon. So grab your bike, bring your friends, and be part of the very first Pedal for the Planet. Let’s make this a tradition that keeps our community active, inspired, and committed to protecting the spaces we love.
Join the fun! Participate. Volunteer.
Federal Forest Webinar – Public Lands, Private Profit – What is Congress up to?
Congress is quietly advancing a variety bills that weaken public lands protections and prioritize corporate interests over your own. Join Andy Shoemaker, LFDC's Federal Program Coordinator, for an hour webinar exploring the details and context of 5 concerning pieces of legislation, what they mean for the ecosystems we all rely on, and how to make your voice heard before it's too late. Make sure Washington D.C. knows where Washingtonians and the region stand when it comes to maximizing extraction and minimizing environmental safeguards.
Speak for the Trees: Understanding Federal Forestry Changes and How They Affect You and Your Community // Shelton, WA
Join Mason County Climate Justice, Cedar Stewards of Mason County, Hope Plaza-Plaza Esperanza, and the Pacific Northwest Forest Climate Alliance to learn how changes in federal forest policies will affect places in Mason County like the Olympic National Forest. We'll provide tacos, beans and rice for everyone, and you're also welcome to bring a potluck dish to share if you wish. Squaxin Island Tribal Member Redwolf Krise will welcome us to start. Alex Budd from the Pacific Northwest Forest Climate Alliance will lead the presentation in English, with interpretation into Spanish, Mam, and Q'anjob'al. After the presentation, there will be a giveaway of diapers and a piñata raffle for families in need. We hope to see you there!
TransWild Forest Frolic
Join TransPonder, Cascadia Wildlands, and Mount Pisgah Arboretum for an afternoon of nature fun and community! Enjoy performances, activities, workshops, community partners, and more, all in the beautiful setting of Mount Pisgah.
Water Day: an exploration of our watershed through science, art, history, and hands-on learning // Walla Walla
With talks, demonstrations, tours, workshops and interactive exhibits, we’ll explore and honor the ways that water moves through both natural systems and through our community.
Water Day promises to be a fun and enriching day of family-friendly learning and exploration, from tours of the CTUIR freshwater lamprey eel laboratory, to hands-on, interactive science stations, to demos and workshops of Japanese printmaking, to exciting science talks in the early evening.
Check out the event website here.
Wild Blues: an Evening of Science and Stewardship // Walla Walla
Join world-renowned scientist (and Alliance member!) Dr. Dominick DellaSala and regional conservation leaders to talk about the value and the future of the Blue Mountains. Dr. DellaSala is literally a rockstar in the world of forest science and conservation biology. He has published over 300 papers and authored numerous books on forests and climate, and we are deeply honored that he'll be traveling to join us in Walla Walla during his final year before retiring to tour with his band, the Pozitronics. Not only is he a wealth of information, he's also a ton of fun and very engaging to listen to. He'll offer a presentation on his latest science, and then he'll be joined by regional conservation leaders Paula Hood and Jamie Dawson for a panel discussion and Q&A about the upcoming Blue Mountains Forest Plan Revision.
Check out the event website here.
Saving WA Lands for People, Wildlife, and Climate: Dave Upthegrove and Environmental Panelists
As Trump opens public lands, to greater resource extraction, and WA complex legacy forests perilously dwindle from timber sales, we need strong action. What does it mean to serve the public good when overseeing our public lands? Commissioner of Public Lands, Dave Upthegrove will present his vision for navigating a challenging path. What are the current goals for protecting our forests, species, and climate in perpetuity?
Shared Wild Film Series Screening // Hood River
Join Friends of the Columbia Gorge for a special screening of the Shared Wild Series, a short film series directed by Friends’ Digital Content Producer Monique Trevett that celebrates community, conservation, and recreation in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.
This series celebrates the joy of outdoor recreation while exploring how our experiences shape conservation, belonging, access, and stewardship. Across the Gorge, recreation can be a powerful entry point—not just to the landscape itself, but to a community of people of all ages. With Shared Wild, we’re sharing stories of community members who are making a direct impact by breaking down barriers to recreation throughout the Columbia Gorge.
Join us from 6 to 8 PM for an in-person screening of all six films in the series. The screening begins at 6:45 PM. After the first three films, we will take a short intermission featuring a panel conversation with people featured in the films. Sign up HERE.
Questions? Contact the producer of the series, Monique, at Monique@gorgefriends.org.
Community Meeting on Roadless Forests // Seattle
The Community Meeting on Roadless Forests will be held on Friday, April 17 from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm (doors at 5:15) at The Mountaineers Program Center in the Sand Point area of Seattle (7700 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115). The public meeting will address a current proposal by the U.S. Forest Service to repeal the National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Rule of 2001 which provides administrative protections for nearly 60 million acres of national forest lands (including nearly 2 million in Washington State) prohibiting the building of new road construction in unroaded areas. The rule provides important protections for remaining old-growth forests, clean water, responsible recreation opportunities, salmon and wildlife habitat and tribal treaty rights and lifeways.
Public Lands, Public Voices: A night of trivia, inspiration, and action for roadless forests // Eugene
Speak up for your roadless public lands
25 years ago, the US Forest Service held more than 600 public meetings during the process to create the Roadless Rule, one of the most important conservation measures in history—and it could soon be repealed.
The Trump Administration’s current process to repeal the rule does not include a single public meeting—so our community is hosting our own.
Join Oregon Wild, Cascadia Wildlands, FUSEE, 350 Eugene, and other groups at Gratitude Brewing on Tuesday, April 14 to learn and celebrate how roadless protections support diverse shared values and essential conservation outcomes. Most importantly, we’ll be taking collective action to stop this latest attack on our public lands.
This event will include stations for learning about and taking action for roadless forests, a program (beginning at 5:30pm) featuring several voices supporting roadless area protections, and TRIVIA (beginning at 6:00pm)! Food and beverage is available for purchase.
Public Lands, Public Voices: Reclaiming Roadless Forests Town Hall // Portland
For nearly 25 years, the Roadless Rule has protected 58.5 million acres of America's last wild forests—places that provide clean drinking water to 60 million Americans, harbor threatened wildlife, and offer unparalleled recreation opportunities. This bedrock conservation policy, enacted in 2001 after the most extensive public process in federal history (600 public meetings and 1.6 million comments), has proven its worth: protecting watersheds, storing carbon, and maintaining the backcountry character that defines the American West. Now, the administration has announced its intent to rescind this successful rule entirely. Despite generating over 600,000 public comments in opposition—with 99% supporting the rule's retention—the Forest Service appears unlikely to hold public meetings during this critical decision process. This represents a fundamental breakdown in democratic participation around the future of our public lands. We refuse to let these voices go unheard.
Register here!
Public Lands, Public Voices. Reclaiming Roadless Forests Town Hall // Bend
Learn about the national threat to nearly 60 million acres of our wild, roadless public lands—and take action to defend them.
25 years ago, the US Forest Service held more than 600 public meetings during the process to create the Roadless Rule, one of the most important conservation measures in history—and it could soon be repealed. The Forest Service’s current process to repeal may not include a single public meeting—so our community is hosting our own. Join us to speak up for your national forests.
Join Central Oregon LandWatch, Great Old Broads for Wilderness, National Parks Conservation Association, Native Fish Society, Oregon Wild, Protect Our Winters, Sierra Club Oregon Chapter and other roadless user groups at OSU-Cascades' Edward J. Ray Hall Atrium on Monday, April 6 to learn and celebrate how roadless protections support diverse shared values and essential conservation outcomes. Most importantly, we'll be taking collective action to stop this latest attack on our public lands.
Space is limited, register today.
Portland Community Hearing: Protect the Arctic Refuge
Join Alaska Wilderness League and co-host Love is King to stand in solidarity with the Gwich’in Nation, speak directly to oil companies, and put your opposition to drilling on record. The evening includes remarks from the Gwich’in Steering Committee and an open floor for community testimony. You do not have to speak to attend.
RSVP here!
Seattle Community Hearing: Protect the Arctic Refuge
Join Alaska Wilderness League and co-host Love is King to stand in solidarity with the Gwich’in Nation, speak directly to oil companies, and put your opposition to drilling on record. The evening includes remarks from the Gwich’in Steering Committee and an open floor for community testimony. You do not have to speak to attend.
RSVP here!
Comment Period — BLM Revising the Resource Management Plan
The RMP guides management for 2.5 million acres of BLM lands in Western Oregon, and the Trump Admin want to change it to maximize timber production at the expense of all other forest values. There's currently an open public comment period until March 23rd; you can read more about the RMP revision & submit comments here.
Alliance members have put together a Grassroots Organizing Toolkit, which includes sample comment language, background, action ideas, etc. It is a living a breathing document that will continue to be updated even after the comment period ends.
Alliance members have also created a simple petition that people can share far and wide (there are downloadable/printable signer sheets and a cover page in the toolkit).
If you want to plug in & contribute to organizing efforts on this campaign, contact madeline@cascwild.org. Ideas and energy welcome!
PIELC Party!
Join the PNWFCA for a benefit party, including live music, games, and more!
$15-30 suggested donation.
Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC)
Attend the 44th annual Public Interest Environmental Law Conference in Eugene, OR from March 12th-15th! This year’s conference will feature panels, workshops, and events surrounding the theme Fight Back: Voices for Good.
Alliance members are featured on a variety of panels. Come check out their incredible work!
International Stop OREO Day of Action
From Rainforest Action Network.
Did you know that “milk’s favorite cookie” might be forest's worst nightmare? Oreo, and other snacks made by Mondelez use ingredients tied to forest and peatland destruction. But this isn’t just about forests and snacks, it’s about Indigenous and local community land rights, protections for forest defenders, and climate justice! On March 6th, “National Oreo Day” we are declaring International STOP Oreo Day of Action to disrupt the status quo, where huge marketing budgets hide the calls for justice and accountability. We are calling on supporters and allies around the world to join us to Stop Oreo.
We have a variety of ways to take action from online action from the comfort of your home to calls and letter writing, to showing up to your local grocery to call out Oreo. Check out our digital ally action kit or our in-person action PDF.
Julian Brave Noisecat presents: "Coyote Steals the Salmon"
On tour promoting his book, "We Survived the Night," Noisecat will detail how his people have endured innumerable erasures, tortures and injustices, but — like their oldest ancestor, Coyote — they're still here.
Sponsored by Community Rights Lane County and the UO Native American & Indigenous Studies Dept.
Hakiym Letter Writing Event
Join Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics, and Ecology (FUSEE) and the Willamette Valley Abolition Project for this free event! Write letters to Hakiym, a wrongfully incarcerated black firefighter who was charged for defending himself from a racist attack by a coworker.
University of Oregon Increases Fossil Fuel Use By Over Fifty Percent — TAKE ACTION!
The gas boilers at the University of Oregon were already the largest source of fossil fuel emissions in all of Eugene.... and they just increased those emissions by 65%! Sign this petition or register for public comment on March 17th to electrify the campus heating system and stop the expansion of fossil fuels on campus! Read more about the boilers here.
US Forest Service proposed changes to pre-decisional objection periods — Take Action!
The USFS is accepting public comments on a proposal to curtail pre-decisional objections to actions planned on National Forests. This may sound like a wonky bureaucratic detail, but it has serious implications for the public and public lands. Pre-decisional objections allow folks to challenge a proposed Forest Service action like a timber sale before a final decision is made. Those objections then go to a higher-ranking Forest Service official who facilitates a 'resolution meeting' with Forest Service staff and the objector(s) to see if the parties can resolve the objections without needing to litigate. Across the region, people have used this process to improve bad projects, like by getting the Forest Service to remove certain areas from the proposed timber sales. While not perfect, it was an important tool in the public's toolbox and resulted in improved projects on public lands.
The Forest Service just proposed new rules that would limit the type of project that can be objected to, dramatically shortens the period in which to object - just 10 days for a project analyzed in an Environmental Assessments and 20 days for projects analyzed with an Environmental Impact Statements. It also limits public notice, limits the page length of the objection, and eliminates both the objection resolution meeting, and review by a higher-ranking Forest Service official.
This is yet another example of this Administration trying to re-write the rules & processes the public has successfully used to protect PNW forests, and an attempt to cut the public out of public lands management that will especially impact grassroots people and organizations with limited time and capacity. Here is an action toolkit with information on how & where to submit public comments demanding the Forest Service withdraw this proposal, including talking points and template action alerts you can use to help spread the word. Comments are due by March 9th.
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Congress is currently considering legislation to give 115,000 acres of the Tongass National Forest to native corporations. These corporations have a brutal history with land management, and this bill has specific provisions to enable large scale industrial logging. This would include about 60,000 acres of areas currently protected by the roadless rule and 80,000 acres of old growth in total. We've recently heard that the house Democrats are supporting this bill and we need as many people as possible to take action.
Read more about the significance of the bill here.
Take action here.
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HR 7603, or the "O&C Removal Act of 2026," would make timber production to fund county governments the primary purpose of public forests governed by the original O&C Act – the lands BLM manages. This bill would prioritize maximizing logging above all other values, weakening safeguards for fish and wildlife, shrinking stream protections, and opening vast areas of public forest to the kind of large-scale clearcutting that pushed species like coho salmon and northern spotted owls toward extinction in the first place.
Oppose this bill by sending a letter today!
*Action for Oregon residents only
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Send a message to WA Governor Bob Ferguson urging him to lead where the Department of Natural Resources has failed. Let's encourage Gov. Ferguson to play an active role in challenging DNR’s ongoing destruction of our irreplaceable native forests—so that these vital ecosystems can endure for generations to come. More details here.
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Most of us share the same basic belief: if you cause harm, you answer for it. That's how courts work. That's how communities heal. That's just accountability.
The oil & gas industry has spent decades knowingly doing harm, all the while its profits soared, and your utility bills, food costs, and insurance premiums climbed higher and higher.
Now, Big Oil and Gas want to buy itself Congressional immunity from ever being held responsible.
With Republican lawmakers explicitly working with the American Petroleum Institute and Big Oil's lobbyists, they have introduced the “H.R.8330 and S.4340: Stop Climate Shakedowns Act of 2026." Despite its name, this bill isn't stopping shakedowns.It's running one: gutting every existing state law holding polluters accountable, dismissing pending lawsuits on the day it passes, and handing oil and gas companies lifetime immunity.
But more is possible because we have fought for it! States like Vermont and New York have already passed climate superfund laws that make polluters pay into funds that help communities recover and rebuild. Dozens more are fighting to do the same. Courts across the country are hearing cases brought by cities and counties to recover real damages from real harm. This is accountability working, and Big Oil and Gas want it gone before it goes further.
Tell Congress: no more immunity for industries that cause widespread harm. People over polluter profits. Oppose Immunity for Big Oil & Gas.
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Oak Flat is a sacred site in Arizona’s Tonto National Forest currently threatened by one of the largest mine proposals in North America. Learn more about Oak Flat & its significance to the Apache people here. Take action to support the Save Oak Flat from Foreign Mining Bill here. Contact apache.stronghold@gmail.com for more info.
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Check out this resource to urge outdoor recreation companies (who have built their empires on public lands!) to pressure the federal administration to stop the the dismantling of the federal forest service.