From Mt. Hood to Crater Lake, from the Oregon Coast to the Wallowa mountains, Oregon is a state of natural wonders. Native Oregonians choose to stay and raise their families with access to the beautiful places they grew up visiting, and many new-comers came to live in a place where so many communities have equally easy access to the ocean and the mountains. Smart land use planning has protected Oregon’s farmlands from the orchards of Hood River Valley to the Willamette Valley vineyards.
But our great landscape is not without threats. The hills surrounding majestic Mt. Hood are crisscross with roads and clearcuts. And Oregon has a substantially lower percentage of its land protected as wilderness than either Washington or California.
Environment Oregon is working to protect Oregon’s landscape by protecting our roadless areas in our 2 million acres of national forest, our special places like Mt. Hood with wilderness designation, and our farmlands from sprawling subdivisions.
Campaigns
Save Our Wild Forests
Environment Oregon is working to protect nearly 2 million acres of our national forests –and nearly 60 million acres nationally, by reinstating the "roadless rule."
Wilderness Protection
Environment Oregon is working to expand wilderness protection in our state. Currently only a little more than 3% of our federal lands are permanently protected from obtrusion, whereas more than 10% is preserved in Washington, California, and Idaho. More people, now and in the future, deserve more opportunities to experience our beautiful places undisturbed.
