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FIELD REPORT: Another proposed nickel mine threatens southern Oregon’s coastal mountains & communities
FIELD REPORT: Another proposed nickel mine threatens southern Oregon’s coastal mountains & communities

Dive into our latest field report from Red Flat—headwaters to Pistol River and Hunter Creek, and new target for Canadian mining company, Homeland Nickel.

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Another Kalmiopsis and Wild Rivers Coast Mining Proposal
Another Kalmiopsis and Wild Rivers Coast Mining Proposal

Despite a 2017 ruling by the Obama Administration to put a 20-year moratorium on mining in the headwaters of the North Fork Smith River and Illinois River, a new mining company has emerged with plans to mine for nickel in the Baldface Creek watershed. Read more about KS Wild’s work protecting this region from mining here.

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Kalmiopsis and Wild Rivers Coast Protected from Mining!
Kalmiopsis and Wild Rivers Coast Protected from Mining!

We are celebrating the recent victory to protect some of our most prized rivers from proposed industrial strip mining for a period of 20 years. We are hopeful that this victory will stand, even in the Trump administration.

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Wild Rivers, Water, WildernessKlamath Siskiyouconservation, environment, ecosystem, klamath-siskiyou, ks wild, water, wild rivers, mining, wilderness, southern oregon, northern california, strip-mining, kalmiopsis wild rivers, southwest oregon, josephine county, curry county, kalmiopsis wildlands, kalmiopsis, kalmiopsis wilderness area, smith river, illinois river, hunter creek, watershed, wild rivers coast, clean water, water quality, pacific ocean, serpentine, 1872 mining law, air pollution, smelters, toxic runoff, fishing, gold beach, cave junction, crescent city, salmonidae, salmon, oncorhynchus, native americans, friends of the kalmiopsis, kalmiopsis audubon, native fish society, american rivers, american whitewater, wild and scenic rivers, smith river alliance, off-road vehicle, steelhead, rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, smith national recreation area, ORV, forest service