Mardon Skipper

The Mardon Skipper (Polites mardon) is a small butterfly about the size of your fingertip and is listed as endangered in Oregon. KS Wild and partners continue stewardship efforts of the Mardon skipper’s habitat in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument.

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Pacific fisher

The Pacific fisher (Martes pennanti), an ecologically important forest carnivore, lives in low elevation old-growth forests of the northern United States and Canada.

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Franklin's Bumblebee

Like humans who need appetizers, main courses and dessert, bees need a variety of wildflowers to choose from to thrive through the summer. Climate change and destruction of habitat decrease both the range and availability of the Franklin’s favorite flowers.

WildlifeKlamath SiskiyouNovember 9, 2018Bees, Insects, Pollinators

Humboldt Marten

Cat-sized with a luxurious light-brown coat, yellowish chest “bib”, triangular ears and a long tail, the Humboldt marten is a member of the weasel family and a subspecies of the American marten.

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Green Sturgeon

Green Sturgeon are truly a prehistoric creature, possessing a skeleton that is more cartilage than bone and rows of bony plates for protection rather than scales.

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Marbled Murrelet

The marbled murrelet (Brachyeamphus marmoratus) is a pacific seabird that nests in trees in older coastal forests in North America and Asia.

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Pacific lamprey

Pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) is a parasitic eel-like species that has no true jaw, bones or fins.

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Red Tree Vole

The red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) is a small rodent found in the coastal mountains and western Cascades of Oregon.

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Wolverine

North American wolverines have been listed as a threatened species in Oregon by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife since 1989. In December 2000, KS Wild and a coalition of groups, led by the Center for Biological Diversity, filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to list this wildlands-dependent forest carnivore.

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Northern Goshawk

The northern goshawk is a large forest raptor that lives in the temperate and boreal forests in the Northern Hemisphere.

WildlifeKlamath SiskiyouJune 12, 2017

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