During a rally in Medford Thursday, Sept. 29th, 2005, Friends of Deer Creek Valley announced the launch of Save South Deer, a campaign to reduce fire risk, safeguard watersheds and create local jobs by restoring natural forests and protecting old-growth groves.

The campaign was sparked by a hotly contested Bureau of Land Management (BLM) ‘fire sale’ that will cut South Deer’s last virgin old growth and turn the valley into a tinderbox by converting fire-resistant natural forests into tree plantations.

Friends of Deer Creek Valley is a community coalition committed to working with federal land managers and private land owners to create a sustainable local forest economy by restoring natural forests to late-successional old-growth conditions.

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