by FSEEE | Jun 8, 2009 | Devil's Staircase
Cascadia Wildlands led intrepid Register-Guard reporter Winston Ross to the Devil’s Staircase. Read his story here.
by FSEEE | Apr 22, 2009 | Devil's Staircase
Write to Congress Write your two U.S. Senators and your Representative. Ask them to support Wilderness protection. With the recent passage of the Public Lands bill in March that provided new Wilderness protection to many areas in the U.S., now is a great time to...
by FSEEE | Apr 22, 2009 | Devil's Staircase
If you live in Oregon, be a contact person or host for a slideshow or PowerPoint presentation on the Devil’s Staircase. Help in letting more people know that this one of a kind wild gem exists and needs protection. If you belong to or know of a group, club or civic...
by FSEEE | Apr 14, 2009 | Devil's Staircase
Oregon Wild’s Erik Fernandez extolls Devil’s Staircase virtues in the Oregonian. Read Erik’s op-ed.
by FSEEE | Apr 2, 2009 | Devil's Staircase
Smithsonian Magazine reports on a visit intrepid tall tree climbers made to Wassen Creek. They ascended some of the tallest trees in the proposed Devil’s Staircase Wilderness. Read it here.
by FSEEE | Dec 28, 2008 | Devil's Staircase
The Cascadia Wildlands Project will be leading more hikes into the enchanted forests of the proposed Devil’s Staircase wilderness starting in February. Note that the April 4th hike will be to the actual Devil’s Staircase waterfall whereas the other hikes will not. The...
by FSEEE | Nov 25, 2008 | Devil's Staircase
By Dave and Dee Tvedt Thanks to everyone who supports protection for this one of a kind remnant wild area in the Oregon Coast Range. Almost all of the coast range has been logged. I’ve heard the statistic that only ~3% of the native forest remains there. Driving the...
by FSEEE | Nov 22, 2008 | Devil's Staircase
Last September, I found the access to Wassen Lake an easy stroll downhill from the logging road to the east. The lake is full of stumps and downed logs, not really suitable for a swim, but there is plenty of wildlife and total silence. I went cross country (a...
by FSEEE | Nov 20, 2008 | Devil's Staircase
The following fine letter appeared in the 11/20/08 edition of the Eugene Register-Guard. Devil’s Staircase is Stunning Last weekend, I made my first trek into the proposed Devil’s Staircase Wilderness (Wassen Creek). What a spot! I’ve hiked to almost every remote...
by FSEEE | Nov 4, 2008 | Devil's Staircase
If you find getting to Devils Staircase a bit overwhelming (eight round-trip bushwhacking miles over the steepest terrain in Oregon), visit nearby Kentucky Falls instead. There’s a trail and it’s only “moderately” difficult. The falls are...
