September 16, 2013
What's in this issue?
Comment Period Extended for Gray Wolf Delisting Plan
High-end Items Sought for Dec. 14 Wonderland Auction
Americans Push Back Against Tongass Big Thorne Sale
Attn Gmail Users: You May Be Missing Our Messages
Cascadia Blog Hits One-Year Milestone
Cascadia Wildlands, together with a nationwide coalition, has been encouraging members of the public to speak out against the Obama administration's proposal to remove the gray wolf from the federal Endangered Species Act. Thanks to supporters like you, we have already generated nearly 500,000 comments, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service just extended the comment deadline to October 28 and announced it is hosting public meetings in Washington D.C., Sacramento and Albuquerque on the delisting proposal. We are pushing for additional meetings, particularly here in the Northwest. Now more than ever we need you to weigh in, if you haven't already, to encourage the administration to maintain protections for recovering wolves. And if you missed it, check out what our partners at The North Face and Black Diamond had to say about the proposed delisting. (Wolf photo by USFWS.)
Here at Cascadia Wildlands, we are gearing up for our biggest and most important fundraising event of the year, our annual Wonderland Auction on December 14, 2013 in the EMU Ballroom at the University of Oregon. And we need your help. Last year, our partnership with more than 200 businesses and individuals such as yourself raised nearly $40,000 for our conservation work and attracted more than 300 attendees. Whether you have been a supporter for many years, or are a new friend, we hope that you will help make this year’s event a success again by donating an item or package that best represents your business, perhaps even upgrading your donation, or becoming an event sponsor. Please visit our website or call us at 541-434-1463 and ask to speak with Camille if you'd like more information on the benefits of donating or sponsoring. (Item donors at the $100 and above level receive two complimentary tickets to the event!) (2012 Wonderland Auction photo by Elizabeth Brown.)
At 5,000 acres the Big Thorne timber sale on Alaska's Tongass National Forest is one of the largest proposed national forest old-growth clearcuts in recent memory. To get this sale stopped we have to develop formalized public outcry and bring more people into our cause. To do the former we have created a petition to the Secretary of Agriculture which you can sign and to do the latter we have created a Tag the Tongass page on facebook where people can “like” the page to get updates on Big Thorne and also share their photos of southeast Alaska by simply tagging them with “Tag the Tongass.” Help your friends understand that the Marine Highway, Sitka, Juneau and Ketchikan are all part of a Tongass that is at risk as well as 25-30% of all wild salmon caught on the West Coast. Get active, tag and keep following Gabe Scott’s blogs. And thanks to all who came out to our Tongass talk at Cozmic in Eugene last week! (Tongass photo by USDA.)
Are Gmail's New Inbox Tabs Hiding our Messages to You?
If you're like us, we're pretty sure you receive a lot of emails every day. We understand that wading through them may be an exhausting task, so we understand if you like Gmail's new tabbed inbox system. We're just concerned you may be missing our messages as a result.
If you believe in our work to save Cascadia's diverse and sustaining wildlands, please take this moment to make sure Gmail's inboxes are not hiding our messages to you in their new "Promotions" tab.
Here’s how to make sure that our emails always show up where you will see them:
STEP 1: Click on the Promotions inbox tab, then click on a Cascadia Wildlands email and drag it over to your Primary tab.
STEP 2: Click Yes in the message box that appears to make sure all future Cascadia Wildlands emails will go right to your Primary Tab.
We thank you for your support, and for taking the time to make sure we are able to keep you up to date.
For those of you who do not use gmail, please forward this message along to a gmail using friend. Thank you!
Our blog passed its one-year anniversary a short time ago which made us want to take a moment to thank all of you for making that publication a success. You have made it work so we want to re-share a few of the gems from over the past year that have had an impact and deserve a second look (or first if you didn't catch them). The top five blog posts starting with the fifth most shared by short title are: Hobbits, Don Peay, Dead Wolves, Wolf Waltz, and coming in at number one by a snout is Wolf Bigotry. So if you have not had a chance to read these, please do and share them. We would also urge you to read our other posts because they are all special in their own way. (Wolf pups photo by International Wolf Center.)
QUICK LINKS
Protect wildlands and the critters in Cascadia. Donate to Cascadia Wildlands today!
Tell the State Land Board to save the Elliott Rainforest.
Encourage Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to support maintained federal protection for gray wolves.
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