Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project

Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project has been working to protect and restore the ecosystems of the Blue Mountains and Eastern Oregon Cascades since 1991.

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BMBP has published our 2024 Annual Report, detailing our work and accomplishments over the past year. https://t.co/Qe92BYwvWC

We couldn't accomplish our work without your help! Please consider giving to BMBP this year to support our ecological protection work-- thank you!

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The deadline for public comments on the National Old-Growth Forest Plan Amendment Draft Environmental Impact Statement is September 20th at 8:59 PM PST. The name is a mouthful, but commenting is easy, and important! Visit our website for more info: https://t.co/fy99yzCnAi

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Jpin BMBP and Western Watersheds Project at Left Coast Lodge in Sisters, October 9-11. Learn more about the Eastside forests and wildlife you're helping to protect through your support of these projects! Visit https://t.co/x4YdpQPI61 for more info.

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Fall isn't here quite yet, and we will still be out in the forest surveying til the end of September!
Check out our website: 
https://t.co/hpqCQo6CVQ to learn more, or call us at [phone] to get involved!

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We saw lots of old growth trees and wildflowers, cooked lots of good dinners together, and some of us even accidentally matched one day in 3 different BMBP shirts ❤️ If you're interested in volunteering, call us at [phone]. See you in the field!

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There's still time to come survey with us this Summer! Here's a few volunteers in the Suffering Springs sale on the Wallowa Whitman National Forest this month.

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Our upcoming benefit in Portland will feature music and dance from Espacio Flamenco! We are so excited to host this Portland-based group. We will also have food, an auction, BMBP merch, and updates from a busy year so far!

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Our annual benefit is one month away at Green Acres in Portland, OR! This year we are going to have music and dance from Espacio Flamenco, along with food and an auction. And of course, we will also be sharing updates on our field season so far. See you there!

[Portland Mercury 🗞 @portlandmercury]

Despite existing protections for Oregon's old growth forests, the state's ancient trees remain threatened by logging. Conservationists, who say old growth trees are critical in the fight against climate change, are using different tactics to fight back.

https://t.co/SD7uA4m8cv

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Join us this summer to field survey proposed timber sales in eastern Oregon National Forests! Check out our website https://t.co/hpqCQo6CVQ to learn more, or leave us a message with your interest in field surveying, your name, and your phone number at [phone].

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If you cant make the rally, you can also email Holly Jewkes [email protected] & Ian Reed [email protected] and ask that they withdraw the Green Ridge Project!

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Hikers, Bikers, Birders, Campers, Wildlife Watchers, Hunters, Anglers, Nature Lovers, and everyone who cares about our federal lands in Central Oregon, join the Wild Ecosystems Alliance and Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project to rally for Green Ridge in Sisters, Oregon!

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The Forest Service is using confusing language and arbitrary standards for retaining large trees across the project area, which means old growth trees are at risk of being logged. The Forest Service also plans on logging in Late Successional Reserve forests; our future old growth

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Check out BMBP's 2023 Annual Report to read about our recent work and see pictures from our field season! https://t.co/wYEitP9t8m

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October 28th, come support BMBP at our annual benefit in Portland, OR! We'll be discussing our work this past year and celebrating the end of a great field season! 🩷🌲

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HAPPENING NOW: Local activists are joined by organizers from across the region blocking the gates to the @World_Forestry Center's "Who Will Own the Forest?" conference for a second day.

The police have arrived but we are feeling strong and resilient. #ForestsOverProfiit

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Show up 9/27 to oppose the Who Will Own the Forest? conference & tell Wall St investors our forests are worth more than their profits. Join #ForestsOverProfits conference 9/28 to learn about real solutions+alternatives to profit-driven forestry. More info: https://t.co/GGYtZOwdzF

[#StopRosebank @StopCambo]

HISTORIC: The people of Ecuador voted to end oil drilling in the Yasuní protected area of the Amazon.

This is a huge win for the Indigenous communities that organised & led this fight against big oil for over a decade.
https://t.co/aVx7uSC8qs