KS Wild’s impacts for the Klamath-Siskiyou wildlands, wild rivers, and wildlife in 2025

 
 

groundtruthing the proposed red flat nickel mine

Red Flat—headwaters to Pistol River and Hunter Creek—is a new target for Canadian mining company, Homeland Nickel.


Monitoring the Medford BLM’s Last Chance old-growth timber sale

KS Wild’s ForestWatch team has been tracking and fighting the Medford BLM’s old-growth logging scheme outside of Wolf Creek, OR.


Raising awareness for roadless areas in the Ks region

We are lucky to have some of the wildest terrain in the lower 48 right in our backyards, but the current administration has its target set on rolling back protections to exploit them. See what the Roadless Rule means for the region and the threats it faces.

groundtruthing the proposed cleopatra nickel mine

Exploring Cleopatra Mountain: stunning views, rare plants, and a fight to keep one of Oregon’s wildest watersheds free from mining.


Protecting the rogue river from high-speed jet boats

In 2025, we celebrated a meaningful milestone: new rules restricting large jet boats on the Upper Rogue River.


protecting Alex Hole meadow on the siskiyou crest

Alex Hole meadow is a botanical gem atop the Siskiyou Crest. Read about our efforts to partner with the US Forest Service to protect the botany and consequentially the wildlife species of the Crest in our stewardship work.

2025 water quality monitoring in the rogue basin

Each summer, Rogue Riverkeeper to collect water samples at popular recreation sites to test for bacterial contamination. See what we found.


blm’s Ivm project officially struck down in court

With excitement, we announce our success against the Medford BLM’s Integrated Vegetation Management project!


advocating for a wildlife crossing over interstate 5

KS Wild and partners held the 2025 Wildlife Connectivity Symposium to learn about wildlife connectivity issues near the Siskiyou Crest and build momentum to build Interstate 5’s first-ever wildlife crossing.