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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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Permanent Protections for Kalmiopsis Wild Rivers
Permanent Protections for Kalmiopsis Wild Rivers

On January 12th, 2017 under the Obama Administration, the BLM and Forest Service announced that the Kalmiopsis wild rivers were officially protected for 20 years under a "mineral withdrawal," effectively blocking further threats of industrial strip mining.

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