Forest Watch

In 2006, a judge ruled that the BLM illegally logged the Mr. Wilson timber sale in 2003. While a bittersweet victory for KS Wild, we hope the BLM will reconsider its penchant for old-growth logging

Our comprehensive public lands oversight campaign monitors old-growth timber sales, road construction projects, cattle grazing and other proposed activities on nearly 8 million acres of public land in the Klamath Siskiyou region.

We use the National Environmental Policy Act, the Clean Water Act, the Northwest Forest Plan and other laws and regulations to hold government agencies accountable in the management of our public resources.

Unfortunately, old-growth logging projects are still commonplace in the Klamath-Siskiyou.  While KS Wild has a successful track record of stopping old-growth logging in the courts, we continue to face many timber sales that would level our ancient forests and degrade salmon-bearing streams.  We encourage the public to  join us in holding government agencies accountable for the management of our public resources.

By engaging with federal agencies such as the Forest Service, KS Wild is often able to steer public lands management toward restoration activities. We encourage a shift away from old-growth logging toward small diameter timber sales that carefully thin tree plantations and brush to reduce fuels in fire prone forests. In contrast, the Bureau of Land Management continues to target native forests and convert them to biologically deficient tree farms. The BLM's WOPR is the largest threat to western Oregon forests in decades.

KS Wild uses a series of ecological and legal screens to monitor proposed timber sales on four National Forests and two Districts of the Bureau of Land Management.

KS Wild works to ensure that ORVs don’t threaten rare species, sensitive watersheds, or non-motorized recreation.

KS Wild works to change grazing practices to protect meadows, lakes, rare plants and creeks from unsuitable grazing.

KS Wild monitors gas pipelines, dams and other energy projects that affect public lands