KS Wild works hard to protect places like the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, and we love bringing our community out to these special places so you can experience all that our region, and its wild places, has to offer. The Bees & Blossoms hike was graciously led by the founder of the Native Bee Society, Brian Dysktra.
Read MoreWith the passage of a public lands bill, Oregon will build on its Wild & Scenic River legacy and KS Wild will achieve some long sought after conservation measures. The Oregon Wildlands Act adds 250 miles of new rivers and streams to the National Wild & Scenic River system, protecting southern Oregon streams from mining!
Read MoreOn a chilly sun-filled February morning KS Wild land steward volunteers, local community groups and the Bureau of Land Management showed up strong to preserve a low elevation wetland meadow at French Flat. Stewarding public lands is so important, and so rewarding!
Read MoreThe U.S. Senate passed the Natural Resources Management Act (S. 47), including the Oregon Wildlands Act (S. 1548), the Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Act (S. 513/H.R. 1308), and the reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund,. The package now heads to the U.S. House where we are hopeful it will pass and be signed into law.
Read MorePublic lands should not be a pawn in political fights. Hard working public employees should not be forced to take short term loans or visit food banks as the price of public service. Timber, oil and gas, and other extractive industries should not enjoy unfettered access to public lands while restoration, fire safety work, and recreation are shut down.
Read MoreThe State of Oregon adopted new standards that will allow for more prescribed fire. We need more prescribed fire to help restore forests degraded by past management and to prepare for climate change impacts. This is a step in the right direction.
Read MoreThe recent government shutdown does not apply to timber sales, but it does apply to fuels reduction and community protection projects on public land.
Read MoreOur plans are bold. We cover millions of acres of forests, wildlands, and rivers. This region is one of the most valued and treasured regions in all of the West because of its unique biodiversity. Alongside our partners like you, we promise to deliver results that benefit wild nature in the Klamath-Siskiyou. Read more about our plans for 2019.
Read MorePlease consider an end of the year gift to KS Wild. Our efforts to defend the Klamath-Siskiyou are more important that ever before. But we can’t do it without you. Please join us.
Read MoreAs you know, many of the national forests in northern California and southern Oregon have experienced significant wildfire events over the last several fire seasons. Last year the SIskiyou Crest experienced an wildlifire event when the Abney fire burned in mixed severity on the Rogue River Siskiyou National Forest and over to the Klamath National Forest. The Klamath National Forest stands alone in wanting to exploit these wildfires in order to clearcut backcountry Late Successional Reserves.
Read MoreHere is a quick rundown from our community organizer Allee from our 'Restoring Plant Communities Day' in late November 2018 at Waldo-Takilma. It was an AMAZING day and such an important project we all accomplished together! We planted over 2,900 plants!
Read MoreSpoiler Alert: Clean Slate Timber sale didn’t sell the first time!
Today it’s being repackaged at a lesser monetary value per board foot with the same real environmental consequences.
Read MoreOver 20 people braved the smoke Thursday night to assemble at the Northwest Nature Shop and listen to a lively presentation by forest veteran Richard Fairbanks.
Read More"Many of us [Forest Service employees] had already spent long hours working through the Salmon Salvage Project (2014) and the Westside Fire Recovery Project (2016) and were reluctant to take on another large project, especially one that would require meeting an accelerated timeline. I also knew that putting forth a post-fire project would mean putting other green projects on hold, potentially risking having other areas burn in the future that could have been treated had we not reallocated resources for this project."
Read MoreNot everyone needs to agree about every aspect of fire management. Fire behavior is a complex field and its okay to reach different conclusions and hold different beliefs. But even in crisis, there are many opportunities for us to pull together.
Read MoreSome research shows the region’s forested landscapes were generally more open due to fire prior to the 20th century than they are today and today’s landscape is characterized by denser forests, less structural diversity, more fire-sensitive species, fewer coarse-grained vegetation mosaics, and a greater likelihood of high-severity fire (particularly in previously open ponderosa pine forests).
Read MoreOver this past weekend KS Wild and our strong team of volunteers assisted the Forest Service and spent two days repairing and closing illegal routes made by OHV users near the base of Eight Dollar Mountain. We picked up and hauled away 2 truck loads of trash, closed various routes, and installed 'Botanical Area Restoration' signage along the roadway.
Read MoreThe new management plan for BLM forests no longer offers protections for old-growth dependent critters like the red tree vole. Under the old plan areas subject to timber harvest were surveyed for Red Tree Voles so that nesting sites could be protected. This is no longer the case. Though the BLM has no guidance telling them that they cannot continue to survey for Red Tree Voles, they are choosing not to using a “log without looking” policy.
Read MoreWhen the BLM uses taxpayer dollars to plan controversial public lands logging projects, like the Pickett West native forest timber sale, you have a right to know what they are up to. Transparent public lands management is at the heart of how government is supposed to function in our Democracy.
Read MoreJoin us for a recap of a hike through the Limpy Creek Botanical Trail near Grants Pass, OR. Allee led the way while the group wandered through the forest identifying plants and learning about the phenomenal botany of the area.
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