Ground Truth Blog

I'm camped outside Peter DeFazio's office -- it opens at 9 a.m. -- going over my testimony for today's hearing. Read it belo. -- Andy Stahl. Congressional testimony of Andy Stahl, Executive Director, Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics Thank you, Mr....

The Roseburg News-Review reported yesterday on the second group of hikers to spend an unplanned night in the Devil's Staircase. Warning: Do not attempt to find the Devil's Staircase waterfall without an experienced guide. That means someone who has been there before...

Cascadia Wildlands will be guiding a series of hikes to the proposed Devil's Staircase Wilderness this summer. The hikes will explore various parts of the proposed wilderness and won't necessarily go to the Devil's Staircase itself. Cascadia Wildlands cannot be held...

Oregonian story from Sunday, July 5 featuring Oregon Wild's Wilderness proposal and video.

Today, June 16, Rep. DeFazio, D-Ore, and Sen. Wyden, D-Ore, introduced companion bills, H.R. 2888 and S. 1272, designating the 29,650-acre Devil's Staircase Wilderness. The bills also protect Franklin and Wasson Creeks as Wild Rivers. The bills will be referred to...

Cascadia Wildlands led intrepid Register-Guard reporter Winston Ross to the Devil's Staircase. Read his story here.

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...

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...

Oregon Wild's Erik Fernandez extolls Devil's Staircase virtues in the Oregonian. Read Erik's op-ed.

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.

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 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...