Cascade Siskiyou National Monument Defense

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two Senators from Oregon are pushing back against the Trump administration after a leaked draft report recommending shrinking the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument.

Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said more than a month after a draft plan from the Trump administration to shrink the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument was leaked to the press, they still have yet to be briefed about the plan.

National monuments aren’t created overnight. The quintessential example of this is the story of Dave Willis, a 65-year-old outdoorsman in Southern Oregon who started advocating for protection of the area now known as the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument back when he was 30 years old.

We're waiting on Zinke's announcement on the fate of 21 national monuments.

As Oregonians anxiously await news of the fate of their beloved Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, now under review for possible elimination or reduction in size, it is heartening that Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are working to see that more — not less — of our beautiful public land is safeguarded for our kids and grandchildren. Their Oregon Wildlands legislation recently had a Senate hearing — an important milestone toward passage.

With the recent expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, and the current review being conducted by the Department of the Interior, we are seeing the reemergence of issues close to the hearts of people interested in these lands. After attending monument hearings and talking to dozens of people about the roads in the monument, I thought it appropriate to present some information regarding the current status of vehicle access in the monument.I was the Cascade-Siskiyou National

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke made a last-minute visit to southern Oregon the weekend of July 15, and I made a quick change in my plans to be there to see

The Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument is only one of more than two dozen under review by the Trump Administration. While the power of either the president

There is no position more important to the health and well-being of the natural world (at least within the United States) than the Secretary of the Interior. Overseeing the Bureau of Land Management, National Parks, and the Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Department of the Interior is responsible for most of our public lands and natural resources. This past week, Trump’s Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke paid a visit to the Rogue Valley. Unfortunately, it looks like Zinke is following

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        Liam Moriarty









Jefferson Public Radio |

July 20, 2017 4:33 p.m.


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Gov. Kate Brown made her debut visit to the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Sunday before meeting with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to “relay her strong support for the expanded monument.”However, the one-hour meeting left Brown with no indication of what Zinke’s recommendation might be to President Trump in regard to the monument’s designation and current boundaries.“I urged [Zinke] and the federal administration to not backtrack on the monument and to

We learned one thing about Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke during his visit to the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument over the weekend: He's a politician.President Donald Trump has ordered Zinke to review 27 national monuments created by various presidents under the Antiquities Act and determine whether some monument designations should be reversed in whole or in part. Zinke met with groups supporting and opposed to the monument as well as Gov. Kate Brown during his visit. He said all the right

After touring the "unique" Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Oregon and speaking to ranchers, loggers and environmentalists, U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke must next make a recommendation on whether it should be abolished or resized.

Klamath Tribes Chairman Don Gentry and a Klamath Tribes delegation voiced support for the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument expansion — among other topics — during their first meeting with U.S. Secretary

ASHLAND, Ore.- Secretary Ryan Zinke visited Southern Oregon this weekend to do his review on the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. Secretary Zinke tells NewsWatch12 he should have a recommendation f

MEDFORD, Ore-- Groups from

Over the weekend, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke visited the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in southern Oregon, one of about two dozen national monuments whose status and borders his agency are...

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Ashland, Ore.- Interior Secretary Zinke came to the region for the first time as a member of the President’s cabinet Saturday. His visit comes after an Executive Order from President Trump in April. It called for any national monument greater than 100,000 acres to be reviewed for a potential decrease in size or the removal of their title as monument lands.

PORTLAND, Ore. – Over the weekend, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke visited the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, one of about two dozen national monuments whose status and borders his agency are reviewing. Zinke met with stakeholders in the region, including state Rep. ...

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    Liam Moriarty






Jefferson Public Radio |

July 17, 2017 6:39 a.m.

Gov. Kate Brown made her debut visit to the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Sunday before meeting with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to “relay her strong support for the expanded monument.”However, the one-hour meeting left Brown with no indication of what Zinke’s recommendation might be to President Trump in regard to the monument’s designation and current boundaries.“I urged [Zinke] and the federal administration to not backtrack on the monument and to

It's no doubt overly optimistic to think President Trump will care that 18 reptile and amphibian species were found in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument during a "BioBlitz" day in portions of the monument on May 20. But it is important and does reinforce the value of the monument, not only for its ecological impact, but also for the educational opportunity it provides.Led by members of a Southern Oregon University herpetology class, more than 75 people (including local high school and

At a rate of more than 100 to 1, comments are flowing into the Department of the Interior denouncing the effort to review, and perhaps undo, up to 22 national monuments. On the chopping block in this state is the Hanford Reach monument along the Columbia River.