Posts in Connectivity
The Desecration of Saint Paul Mountain
The Desecration of Saint Paul Mountain

Saint Paul Mountain, just east of Sunny Valley, OR, is a unique serpentine landscape that hosts impressive, unlogged old-growth forest stands and critical northern spotted owl habitat. But the Medford BLM has their sights set on this special place. Read more in this guest piece written by Erich Reeder here.

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Campaign, Connectivity, Old-Growth, Wildlands, Public LandsKlamath Siskiyouold-growth, old-growth forest, mature and old-growth, nrf habitat, northern spotted owls, spotted owls, last chance timber sale, Medford BLM, medford district blm, logging
Funding approved to build Interstate 5's first ever wildlife crossing!
Funding approved to build Interstate 5's first ever wildlife crossing!

After 18 months of negotiations, an agreement had been reached to fund the Mariposa Wildlife Overcrossing, helping to restore ecological connections in the Klamath-Cascade-Siskiyou Region!

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Campaign, Cascade-Siskiyou, Connectivity, national monument, Public Lands, WildlifeKlamath Siskiyouwildlife crossings, mariposa wildlife crossing, wildlife, wildlife conservation, campaigns, cascade-siskiyou national monument, top story, connectivity
Building partnerships to promote wildlife migration & landscape connectivity
Building partnerships to promote wildlife migration & landscape connectivity

KS Wild and partners held the 2025 Wildlife Connectivity Symposium. Click here to read a report about what we learned and what we saw during this two-day event.

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Campaign, Cascade-Siskiyou, Connectivity, WildlifeKlamath Siskiyouwildlife crossings, Southern Oregon Wildlife Crossing Coalition, southern oregon university, wildlife management, wildlife, wildlife conservation, cascade-siskiyou national monument, siskiyou mountains, siskiyou crest, overcrossing, wildlife overcrossing, mariposa preserve, maripossa wildlife overpass, mariposa wildlife crossing, connectivity
Field Report: Stewarding the Mardon Skipper Habitat in the CSNM
Field Report: Stewarding the Mardon Skipper Habitat in the CSNM

Learn more about KS Wild’s work protecting the imperiled Mardon skipper butterfly habitat in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument.

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Cascade-Siskiyou, Connectivity, Public Lands, Stewardship, VolunteerKlamath Siskiyoumardon skipper, imperiled species, endangered species, endangered species act, endangered species list, oregon endangered species list, cascade-siskiyou, cascade-siskiyou national monument, PLAY, stewardship, land stewardship, partnership, top story
New BLM Conservation Rule: A Step Forward for America's Wildlands and Wildlife, Yet Challenges Persist in Oregon
New BLM Conservation Rule: A Step Forward for America's Wildlands and Wildlife, Yet Challenges Persist in Oregon

The Biden Administration has announced a federal rule for how the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) mission addresses the climate and biodiversity crises, attempting to re-balance BLM’s multi-use mandate for managing public lands, which for decades has favored resource extraction over any other use.

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Cascade-Siskiyou, Campaign, Climate, Connectivity, Earth Day, Forests, Old-Growth, Public Lands, Wildlands, WildlifeKlamath SiskiyouBLM, old-growth forest, public land, Public lands, Bureau of Land Management, Biden Administration, biodiversity, public lands rule, executive order, wildlife, top story
What’s Up with the Medford BLM & Old-Growth Logging?
What’s Up with the Medford BLM & Old-Growth Logging?

The Medford District of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) continues to propose timber sales and contend they are retaining (rather than logging) old-growth, and conservation organizations and the BLM’s neighbors will argue that the BLM is in fact logging old-growth. So, who is right and what’s behind the conflicting claims?

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Backyard Forests, Campaign, Forests, Fire, Connectivity, Climate, Old-Growth, Public Lands, WildlandsKlamath Siskiyouold-growth forest, old-growth, forests, forest management, BLM, Medford BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Timber, timber industry, timber sale, poor windy, top story
Partnership with USFS pays off at Alex Hole meadow
Partnership with USFS pays off at Alex Hole meadow

We’re celebrating 7 years of partnership and stewardship with the US Forest Service at Alex Hole meadow on the Siskiyou Crest! Read about our work and victories in this blog post.

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Climate, Connectivity, Public Lands, Volunteer, Stewardship, WildlandsKlamath Siskiyoualex hole, botanical area, botany, volunteer, top story, endemic, public land, Public lands, stewardship, land stewardship, rogue river-siskiyou national forest, Rogue River Siskiyou National Forest, US Forest Service, usfs, parnership
Making roads safer for people and wildlife
Making roads safer for people and wildlife

America’s road network, as currently designed, is a major impediment to wildlife migration. The passage of HB 4130-1 in the legislature this year is particularly important to the prospect of building wildlife crossing in our region. Read more about KS Wild’s work as a partner in the Southern Oregon Wildlife Crossing Coalition (SOWCC), focusing on improved wildlife passages on Interstate 5 between Ashland and the California state line along the Siskiyou Crest.

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Connectivity, Wildlife, Public Lands, Campaign, Cascade-SiskiyouKlamath SiskiyouHB-4130-1, connectivity, wildlife crossings, safer roads, roads, oregon legislature, SOWCC, southern oregon university, Southern Oregon Wildlife Crossing Coalition