The Pacific fisher (Martes pennanti), an ecologically important forest carnivore, lives in low elevation old-growth forests of the northern United States and Canada.
Read MoreThe California pitcher plant, or Cobra Lily, (Darlingtonia californica), is a rare carnivorous plant of serpentine wetland communities
Read MoreKalmiopsis leachiana, a plant discovered in 1930 by Lilla Leech in the Gold Basin area, is a relic of the pre-ice age and the oldest known member of the Heath (Ericaceae) Family.
Read MoreGreen 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.
Read MoreGentner’s fritillary (Fritillaria gentneri) is a red-flowering herb that is part of the Liliaceae or lily family.
Read MoreThe marbled murrelet (Brachyeamphus marmoratus) is a pacific seabird that nests in trees in older coastal forests in North America and Asia.
Read MorePacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) is a parasitic eel-like species that has no true jaw, bones or fins.
Read MoreThe red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) is a small rodent found in the coastal mountains and western Cascades of Oregon.
Read MoreNorth 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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