FIELD REPORT: Another proposed nickel mine threatens southern Oregon’s coastal mountains & communities

Dive into our latest field report from Red Flat—headwaters to Pistol River and Hunter Creek, and new target for Canadian mining company, Homeland Nickel.

What's the Deal With the Douglas-fir die-off, the BLM's Logging Agenda, & KS Wild?

The climate-induced drought, flat headed wood borers, and heat domes that have massively impacted Douglas-fir mortality in SW Oregon has our full attention. Read more about KS Wild’s approach to forest management in the era of climate change.

Applegate, Backyard Forests, Climate, Fire, Forests, Public Lands, WildlandsKlamath SiskiyouDecember 16, 2025forest watch, applegate, Applegate, BLM, Medford, medford district blm, logging, salvage logging, restoration, forests

Forest restoration or exploitation? Comparing recent BLM & Forest Service timber sales in the SW Oregon Cascade mountain foothills

There are currently two very large timber sales proceeding on public lands east of I-5 in southern Oregon. Both will produce a great deal of timber volume, both were planned simultaneously, and both were planned by federal agencies that manage federal public lands—but that is where the similarities end. Read more here.

Backyard Forests, Fire, Forests, Old-Growth, Public Lands, WildlandsKlamath SiskiyouOctober 28, 2025timber sale, last chance timber sale, usfs, US Forest Service, BLM, Medford BLM, Bureau of Land Management, ecological restoration, Timber, timber, wildlife

Cleopatra Mountain & the North Fork Smith River Watershed: A wonderland of geology & botany

Exploring Cleopatra Mountain: stunning views, rare plants, and a fight to keep one of Oregon’s wildest watersheds free from mining.

Campaign, Public Lands, WildlandsKlamath SiskiyouOctober 9, 2025mining, nickel mining, strip-mining, nickel strip mining, cleopatara, cleopatara mountain, north fork smith river, california, california pitcher plant, geology, del norte county, national wild and scenic smith river, botany, homeland nickel

Explore the Inventoried Roadless Areas of the Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion

Click to explore the Inventoried Roadless Areas (IRAs) of the Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion. You may be surprised to recognize quite a few of these incredible places.

Backyard Forests, Forests, Public Lands, Wildlands, WildlifeHaleigh MartinAugust 19, 2025roadless areas, south kalmiopsis roadless area, roadless rule, 2001 roadless rule, Public lands, public lands defense, take action, top story

Rolling back the Roadless Rule could open up some of the nation’s last remaining wild landscapes for exploitation.

We are lucky to have some of the wildest terrain in the lower 48 right in our backyards, but the current administration has its target set on rolling back protections to exploit them. Read about what the 2001 Roadless Rule means for the KS region and the threats it faces.

Backyard Forests, Forests, Public Lands, Wildlands, WildlifeHaleigh MartinJuly 30, 2025roadless areas, south kalmiopsis roadless area, roadless rule, 2001 roadless rule, Public lands, public lands defense, take action, top story

Alex Hole: Protecting a Siskiyou Crest Gem From Grazing

Alex Hole meadow is a botanical gem atop the Siskiyou Crest. Read about our efforts to partner with the USFS to protect the botany and consequentially the wildlife species of the Crest in our stewardship work.

Connectivity, Public Lands, Stewardship, Volunteer, WildlandsHaleigh MartinJuly 29, 2025alex hole, US Forest Service, stewardship, land stewardship, siskiyou crest, grazing, grazing monitor, botanical area, volunteer

Building partnerships to promote wildlife migration & landscape connectivity

KS Wild and partners held the 2025 Wildlife Connectivity Symposium. Click here to read a report about what we learned and what we saw during this two-day event.

When it comes to rivers, there's no place like home.

June is National Rivers Month! Many people may not realize this, but our little corner of the U.S. boasts more Wild & Scenic Rivers than anywhere else in the lower 48 states. Click to learn more about the special waterways of the Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion.

Water, Wild Rivers, Public LandsKlamath SiskiyouJune 10, 2025rivers, wild rivers, national rivers month, rogue river, wild and scenic rivers, wild and scenic rogue river, national wild and scenic smith river, klamath river, rough and ready creek, water, top story

Wildlife gets a focus in Oregon's long legislative session

For years, both the beaver and the wolf have been hot topics amongst landowners, ranchers, forest managers, and conservationists as both have endured attempts to eradicate or greatly diminish their existence from private lands for decades, but those tides are shifting as perspectives are expanding on wild spaces being for all life—not just human life—and how some wildlife species could actually help us.

Wildlife, Wolves, WaterKlamath SiskiyouApril 30, 2025wildlife conservation, wildlife management, wildlife, us fish and wildlife, oregon department of fish and wildlife, beavers, beaver believer, beaver, beaver bill, wolf, gray wolf, legislation, legisl

CONSERVATION WIN: Illegal old-growth logging scheme struck down by the courts!

With excitement, we announce our official success against the Medford BLM’s Integrated Vegetation Management project with the final adoption of Judge Clarke’s Findings & Rulings! Learn more about IVM and our success here.

Applegate, Backyard Forests, Campaign, Fire, Forests, Old-Growth, Public Lands, WildlandsKlamath SiskiyouApril 1, 2025IVM, ivm, integrated, Timber, timber industry, timber, timber sale, late mung, williams, oreg, northern spot, blm, BLM, Medford BLM, court cases, top story

A year in the life of a western pond turtle

POV: You’re a western pond turtle! Follow a year in the life of a WPT—in all of its adventures and struggles!

Campaign, Forests, WildlifeKlamath SiskiyouFebruary 24, 2025wildlife conservation, wildlife, western pond turtle, turtle, endangered species, endangered species act, endangered species list, forestwatch, forest watch, wildlife management, top story

FIELD REPORT: Medford BLM botched forest management above the Wild & Scenic Rogue River

The Medford Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) clearcuts speak for themselves—and it's not a pretty story. Following the Rum Creek fire just upslope of the Wild & Scenic Rogue River outside of Galice, OR, the BLM engaged in extensive post-fire roadside clearcutting. Watch videos from the field report here.

Backyard Forests, Campaign, Fire, Forests, Old-Growth, Public Lands, WildlandsKlamath SiskiyouJanuary 22, 2025BLM, Medford BLM, rum creek fire, salvage logging, logging, clearcutting, top

Two new national monuments designated in California: One in the Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion.

In his final days in office, President Biden has designated two new national monuments: the Sáttítla National Monument in northern California and the Chuckwalla National Monument in southern California.

Public Lands, Wildlands, national monumentHaleigh MartinJanuary 8, 2025national monument, sattitla, tribal, tribes, pit river tribe, Biden Administration, public lands rule, Public lands, top story

Remembering a Conservation Legend

The conservation community lost a beloved member with the passing of long-time activist Lou Gold on November 15, 2024.

Wildlands, WildernessHaleigh MartinDecember 24, 2024old-growth forest, old growth, old-growth, siskiyou project, kalmiopsis wilderness, biscuit fire, top story

BLM’s approach to dying Douglas fir stands in southern Oregon raises some questions...

While the Bureau of Land Management struggles to address a low-elevation die-off, it is also conducting ‘regeneration’ logging — replacing healthy older stands with dense Douglas fir stands that are not resilient to fire or drought

Haleigh MartinDecember 23, 2024

Gray Wolves in Pacific Northwest

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

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