Posts tagged stewardship
Field Report: Stewarding the Mardon Skipper Habitat in the CSNM

Learn more about KS Wild’s work protecting the imperiled Mardon skipper butterfly habitat in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument.

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Partnership with USFS pays off at Alex Hole meadow

We’re celebrating 7 years of partnership and stewardship with the US Forest Service at Alex Hole meadow on the Siskiyou Crest! Read about our work and victories in this blog post.

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Six years of stewardship at Eight Dollar Mountain and Days Gulch Botanical Areas

We’re celebrating six years of stewardship at Eight Dollar Mountain and Days Gulch Botanical Areas! Read about our victories we are able to accomplish with the support of an amazing volunteer group alongside the US Forest Service!

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Defending Biodiversity at Eight Dollar Mountain for Half a Decade

Summer is here and our PLAY (Public Lands and You) Stewardship Program is working hard to protect and restore the important Eight Dollar Mountain Botanical Area for the fifth consecutive year.

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Stewardship Impacts in 2020

This past summer and fall, KS Wild staff along with a few volunteers were hard at work conserving and protecting two of our favorite botanical areas and places of deep concern: Eight Dollar Mountain in the Illinois Valley and Alex Hole on the Siskiyou Crest. These two areas are rich in botanical biodiversity, and also threatened by poor management and misuse. Our dedicated team of volunteers and staffers have been working on restoration projects at both sites.

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The Year Ahead: KS Wild's Priorities for 2020

To be the eyes and ears of public lands defense requires KS Wild’s ForestWatch staff to be diligent in how we approach the scope of our work. Read about our plans for 2020, which defending public lands in a number of vital ways.

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Celebrating National Public Lands Day at Eight Dollar Mountain

The morning of September 21st, KS Wild gathered with volunteers and the Forest Service along the banks of the Wild and Scenic Illinois River to celebrate National Public Lands Day and protect this area from illegal Off Highway Vehicle (OHV) use. See a slideshow of our stewardship action that day!

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Restore & Protect Eight Dollar Mountain Botanical Area

Defending the Eight Dollar Mountain Botanical Area, on the edge of the Kalmiopsis Wilderness, is a high priority for KS Wild’s stewardship program. Teams of volunteers have worked for years to clean up illegal dumping sites and protect the botanical hotspot from illegal off-highway vehicle use (OHV). Our goal is to install gates to prevent further degradation, and allow for an orderly managed botanical area.

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This Land is Your Land Stewardship and Our Public Lands

Environmental stewards can operate in a variety of ways: as practitioners, donors, and doers. Our staff works hard each day as practitioners, working directly with government agencies and stakeholders to promote best practices in the management of our public lands. Foundations and community members serve as vital donors, providing financial support for our work. The doers are all of you—KS Wild members, volunteers, interns, and partners—who take part in our work, voice your support for public lands, or even just get out on a hike.

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