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Priorities in Forest Defense
Priorities in Forest Defense

KS Wild’s small team of ForestWatch staff determine which Forest Service and BLM proposals have the greatest potential to impact key watershed or wildlife values while encouraging actions that might improve ecosystem health and opposing plans to harm public lands. Here’s a snapshot of some of the campaigns that are at the very top of our to-do list along with a description of the natural values that we are seeking to protect.

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Defending the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
Defending the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument

The Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument is one of 27 monuments across the U.S. under "review" by the Trump Administration with an eye toward reducing the Monument's size or eliminating protections. 

 

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First Came Arson, Next Comes Salvage Logging?!
First Came Arson, Next Comes Salvage Logging?!

Last summer, an arson fire was set in the Klamath National Forest near Horse Creek, a tributary to the Klamath River in Northern California. Tragically, fire burned several homes in this remote canyon. Now, under the guise of fire prevention, the Forest Service wants to log remote forests on the Siskiyou Crest.

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Fight the Pickett West Timber Sale!
Fight the Pickett West Timber Sale!

Pickett West is not a light-touch restoration-thinning project. Rather it is an old-school timber grab that will harm wildlife and watersheds. Native forests on public lands will have canopy cover reduced to 30% with no protections for old-growth forests and large fire-resilient trees. Worse still, while the BLM is still taking public comments, it is already marking old-growth trees to sell to the highest bidder.

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