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Six years of stewardship at Eight Dollar Mountain and Days Gulch Botanical Areas
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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KS Wild Works for the Illinois Valley!
KS Wild Works for the Illinois Valley!

The Illinois Valley and the Wild Rivers Ranger District are at the very heart of KS Wild’s mission to protect wildlands, wildlife and watersheds. From botany to mining to logging, read about KS Wild’s recent conservation efforts in the Illinois Valley.

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Defending Biodiversity at Eight Dollar Mountain for Half a Decade
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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Public Lands, Stewardship, VolunteerHaleigh Martinwildflowers, Eight Dollar Mountain Botanical Area, illinois valley, stewardship, land stewardship, volunteer, fence, repair, PLAY, botanic, botany, forest service, US Forest Service, great old broads, Darlingtonia californica, days gulch
Stewardship Impacts in 2020
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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Stewardship, Public Lands, VolunteerKlamath Siskiyourestoration, stewardship, Eight Dollar Mountain Botanical Area, alex hole, biodiversity, volunteer
Celebrating National Public Lands Day at Eight Dollar Mountain
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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