While descendants of OR-7 carry the Rogue Wolf Pack legacy, wolf conservation is still in flux across the region and country. Click to learn more.

Wolves, WildlifeHaleigh MartinOctober 28, 2024wolf pups, wolf, wolf pup, gray wolf, gray wolves, OR-7

A Day of Restoration & Conservation on the Siskiyou Crest

Our Public Lands and You (PLAY) Program volunteers are working with the US Forest Service (USFS) to protect important botanical spaces on the Siskiyou Crest. Read more about this work here!

Public Lands, Stewardship, Volunteer, WildlandsHaleigh MartinOctober 16, 2024stewardship, land stewardship, usfs, united states forest service, public land, Public lands, volunteer, siskiyou crest

Your Voice Matters! How your public involvement helps protect public lands.

Have you ever wondered if civic engagement is even worth it when it comes to protecting the forests and rivers you love? The extractive industries are so powerful, the land management agencies are so bureaucratic, the court system is so difficult to navigate, and climate change is so daunting that submitting a heartfelt public comment about a timber sale can feel like an act of futility. Yet it is persistent involvement from everyday people that makes a real difference for wildlife and watersheds.

Forests, Public Lands, Stewardship, WildlandsHaleigh MartinOctober 16, 2024activism, take action, forest watch, forestwatch, rally, wildlands, Public lands

A Tale of Two Timber Sales

KS Wild is known for holding federal land managers accountable and challenging timber sales that threaten harm to wildlife and watersheds, so it's a big deal when we give the BLM their flowers for doing the right thing…

Backyard Forests, Campaign, Fire, Forests, Old-Growth, Public Lands, WildlandsKlamath SiskiyouSeptember 13, 2024forest watch, forests, wildfire risk, wildfire, last chance timber sale, Medford BLM, BLM, Bureau of Land Management

A Win for Wildfire Resilience

The Bureau of Land Management recently published an EA and solicited public comment for the South Clark Forest Management Project, which would have increased wildfire hazard by logging the proposed 2,238 acres outside of Butte Falls, OR. The BLM, however, has course corrected this project in a win for wildfire resilience. Click to read more.

Wildlands, Public Lands, Old-Growth, FireKlamath SiskiyouAugust 27, 2024wildfire severity, wildfire risk, wildfire, cascadia wildlands, south clark, timber sale

Medford BLM's latest old-growth timber sale is aptly named Last Chance

The Medford District Bureau of Land Management's old-growth logging program is relentless and uncompromising. 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. Click to learn more.

The Benefits of Fire on the Land

Fire and disturbance have always been a natural component of the earth's ecosystems. There are some plants that rely on fire to continue their next generation of life. Click to learn more.

Backyard Forests, Fire, Fire & Climate Summit, WildlandsKlamath SiskiyouAugust 16, 2024wildfire severity, wildfire, wildfire policy, indigenous people, fire management, living with fire, top story

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.

Cascade-Siskiyou, Connectivity, Public Lands, Stewardship, VolunteerKlamath SiskiyouJuly 22, 2024mardon skipper, imperiled species, endangered species, endangered species act, endangered species list, oregon endangered species list, cascade-siskiyou, cascade-siskiyou national monument, PLAY, stewardship, land stewardship, partnership, top story

Living with Wildfire Smoke

Wildfires are producing intense smoke this summer that can pose serious health risks. Please protect yourself and those you care for from excessive smoke, especially those that have sensitive respiratory systems. Read our blog post if you want to learn more about smoke resources.

Backyard Forests, Climate, Fire, Public Lands, WildlandsKlamath SiskiyouJuly 9, 2024forest fire, wildfire severity, wildfire risk, wildfire, fire pollution, fire, smoke, living with smoke, Climate Change, climate program

Imperiled species highlight: The northern spotted owl

The northern spotted owl is a Pacific Northwest forest icon. The species relies on old-growth forests to survive, and much of its habitat is threatened by loss of habitat and habitat fragmentation due to logging. Learn more about this imperiled species of the PNW in this blog.

Forests, WildlifeKlamath SiskiyouJuly 2, 2024wildlife conservation, wildlife, endangered species, endangered species act, endangered species list, oregon endangered species list, northern spotted owls, imperiled species, logging, salvage logging, old-growth, old-growth forest, habitat

National Rivers Month: A bird’s eye view of threats and opportunities for river conservation in the Klamath-Siskiyou

June is National Rivers Month, and there are significant accomplishments to share this month around KS Wild’s effort to advance river conservation in the Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion. Read this blog to get a deeper understanding of the threats and opportunities for wild rivers across the region.

Another Kalmiopsis and Wild Rivers Coast Mining Proposal

Despite a 2017 ruling by the Obama Administration to put a 20-year moratorium on mining in the headwaters of the North Fork Smith River and Illinois River, a new mining company has emerged with plans to mine for nickel in the Baldface Creek watershed. Read more about KS Wild’s work protecting this region from mining here.

Wild Rivers, Water, Wilderness, Public LandsKlamath SiskiyouJune 4, 2024conservation, environment, ecosystem, klamath-siskiyou, ks wild, water, wild rivers, mining, wilderness, southern oregon, northern california, strip-mining, kalmiopsis wild rivers, southwest oregon, josephine county, curry county, kalmiopsis wildlands, kalmiopsis, kalmiopsis wilderness area, smith river, illinois river, hunter creek, watershed, wild rivers coast, clean water, water quality, pacific ocean, serpentine, 1872 mining law, air pollution, smelters, toxic runoff, fishing, gold beach, cave junction, crescent city, salmonidae, salmon, oncorhynchus, native americans, friends of the kalmiopsis, kalmiopsis audubon, native fish society, american rivers, american whitewater, wild and scenic rivers, smith river alliance, off-road vehicle, steelhead, rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, smith national recreation area, ORV, forest service, nickel mining, nickel strip mining, top story

A Week on the Rogue River National Recreation Trail

We spent a week hiking the Rogue River National Recreation Trail with a group of determined hikers and the raft support of our friends at ARTA. Read the full report here.

Public Lands, Wild Rivers, Wildlife, Wildlands, WildernessHaleigh MartinJune 3, 2024hiking, Rogue River Siskiyou National Forest, rogue river trail, wild and scenic rogue river, arta, raft-supported hike, hike, trails, events

UPDATED: VICTORY! Going to court against BLM's IVM and Late Mungers

Do you remember the BLM's Integrated Vegetation Management plan to log old-growth Late Successional Reserves like those located in the Late Mungers timber sale near Williams? After commenting, public meetings, field checking, and trying everything we could think of to get BLM to retain these old-growth forests, we finally will have our day in court, and you are invited to join us.

Backyard Forests, Applegate, Campaign, Forests, Old-Growth, Public Lands, WildlandsKlamath SiskiyouJune 3, 2024James A Redden US CourthouseIVM, BLM, Medford BLM, court cases, top story, forests, forest management, forest defender, forestwatch

Guest blog: Birding with Harry Fuller

In this guest blog, our friend Harry Fuller recounts his field trip with KS Wild in search of great gray owls. Though no owls were spotted, 28 other species were.

Cascade-Siskiyou, WildlifeKlamath SiskiyouMay 21, 2024wildlife conservation, wildlife, birds, field report

Field Report: Mill Rat Timber Sale, Poor Windy Project

Last week, I ventured into the field with George, our Conservation Director, to groundtruth a Medford District Bureau of Land Management (BLM) timber sale called Mill Rat within the Poor Windy project just north of Grants Pass, Oregon. What we found was heartbreaking. Click to read the full field report.

Wildflowers are Abloom at Eight Dollar Mountain Botanical Area!

Wildflowers are abloom at Eight Dollar Mountain Botanical Area! See which flowers we saw and identified on our April hike last week.

Public Lands, Stewardship, Wild RiversKlamath SiskiyouApril 29, 2024wildflowers, Eight Dollar Mountain Botanical Area, botanical area, hiking

New BLM Conservation Rule: A Step Forward for America's Wildlands and Wildlife, Yet Challenges Persist in Oregon

The Biden Administration has announced a federal rule for how the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) mission addresses the climate and biodiversity crises, attempting to re-balance BLM’s multi-use mandate for managing public lands, which for decades has favored resource extraction over any other use.

What’s Up with the Medford BLM & Old-Growth Logging?

The Medford District of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) continues to propose timber sales and contend they are retaining (rather than logging) old-growth, and conservation organizations and the BLM’s neighbors will argue that the BLM is in fact logging old-growth. So, who is right and what’s behind the conflicting claims?

Supreme Court denies hearing case: Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument expansion protected

For the past 7 years, the timber industry has filed numerous lawsuits with the goal of reopening these lands for logging. The legal attempts extended from Medford federal courts and made it all of the way to the Supreme Court this winter before the highest court in the country declined to hear their case earlier this month.

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