KS Wild and our partners have filed a lawsuit to uphold the ESA. We are challenging the Trump Administration’s attack on wildlife habitat and asking the court to set aside the illegal decision to undermine a provision fundamental to the ESA’s effectiveness.

Today forest conservation organizations filed a legal challenge in Medford federal district court  challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) latest old-growth timber sale located in the Cascade foothills east of the community of Sunny Valley, Oregon. 

KS Wild and partners are litigating against the BLM’s Rogue Gold timber sale behind the community of Gold Hill and Rogue River, OR. The forests being targeted for logging are resilient, healthy, older forests that are designated as reserves for conservation, recreation, and water protection.

KS Wild and partners are taking the BLM to court on Tuesday, April 2nd against the BLM’s Integrated Vegetation Management (IVM) project.

Fish and Wildlife Service to list species as threatened following decades of litigation  

Breaking News! The D.C. Court of Appeals just affirmed the legality of an expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. This is a pivotal decision that means that Western Oregon BLM lands can be managed for social and environmental values, not just timber production.

In a legal victory, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today agreed to reconsider whether West Coast fishers in northern California and southern Oregon warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act. Read the full press release here.

A coalition of conservation organizations filed a legal complaint challenging the Bureau of  Land Management’s (BLM) “Integrated Vegetation Management” (IVM) program that would  aggressively log forest stands located within Late Successional Reserves, areas purportedly set aside for  forest conservation.

Judge in the District Court for the District of Oregon ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service justification for Bureau of Land Management timber sales totaling nearly 18,000 acres including old growth forests violated the Endangered Species Act.

TAKE ACTION: The Trump Administration is pushing to eliminate the Roadless Rule - a bedrock protection for over 45 million acres of roadless public lands across the nation. Help us defend our shared public lands through the Roadless Rule today →

Canadian mining company, Homeland Nickel, has revived claims across thousands of acres of public lands all across southern Oregon. Take action today to help us protect our wild rivers!

🚨 URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Send a letter to your senator opposing the sell-off of millions of acres of public lands!

The Medford BLM is back at it. They’re targeting forest reserves…again…this time outside of Williams, OR in the footprint of their unsuccessful Late Mungers timber sale. Click to learn more and take action!

The Rum Creek timber sale was planned in secret with no public commenting process at all. That makes it hard to make your voice heard. If you'd like to contact the BLM with your views about clearcutting and logging, take action today!

Rather it is the result of decades of fire exclusion that allowed conifers to overtake hardwood ecosystems combined with the climate change-induced heat domes and drought. All of which result in young fir stands being especially vulnerable to mortality. Now the BLM wants to log their way out of the problem. Let's make sure they get it right.

The U.S. Forest Service is working to update every national forest plan in the country to protect old growth, which could become one of the most meaningful safeguards for federal forests that we have seen in decades. The agency is currently seeking public input on how they’ll manage public forests for generations to come. This is a unique opportunity that we don’t want to miss.

Currently the 8,150-acre "Last Chance" timber sale calls for logging most of the remaining mature and old-growth forests in the foothills between Sunny Valley and Galesville. Take action now to help defend this essential forestland.

Five Areas of Critical Environmental Concern within the CSNM are at risk. Please take a moment to click and write to the BLM that these special places in Monument need to be recognized and protected!

The majestic, red soils of Rough and Ready creek draw in boaters from across the region. But they also draw in foreign mining companies in search of nickel. Read this guest piece written by Zach Collier about his love for the creek and his passion to protect it.

KS Wild is studying a strange tailed amphibian to better understand the conservation efforts needed to protect its habitat and species. Read more about the Coastal Tailed Frog here!

Saint Paul Mountain, just east of Sunny Valley, OR, is a unique serpentine landscape that hosts impressive, unlogged old-growth forest stands and critical northern spotted owl habitat. But the Medford BLM has their sights set on this special place. Read more in this guest piece written by Erich Reeder here.

Summer is here, and you may be wondering where to go to cool off. Look no further, we’ve got you covered with our guide to summer swimming in the Klamath-Siskiyou region. Check it out here!