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Healthy Watersheds, Resilient Forests
Healthy Watersheds, Resilient Forests

Following decades of fire suppression and logging that created dense young forests, a return to ecosystem resiliency requires thinning second-growth plantations, retaining large trees and forest canopy, and returning the role of fire to these fire-dependent forests.

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Water, Forests, ClimateKlamath Siskiyouconservation, environment, ks wild, klamath-siskiyou, ecosystem, biodiversity, water, forests, mining, logging, salvage, forestfire, climate, watershed, fire, wildfire, fire dependant, forest service, resilience, fire suppression, salmon, salmonidae, oncorhynchus, fish, wildlife, klamath river, smith river, rogue river, grazing, cattle, off-road vehicle, public lands, refuge, fire resilient, old-growth forest, strip-mining, steelhead, Oncorhynchus mykiss, rainbow trout, trout, riparian, BLM, clearcutting
Land of Wild Rivers
Land of Wild Rivers

Few experiences are more evocative of the Pacific Northwest than the sight of a salmon leaping a waterfall. People gather to watch as they make their way to ancestral spawning grounds each year at Rainie Falls on the Rogue River or the mouth of Wooley Creek on the Salmon River. Some rivers of the Klamath-Siskiyou are strongholds for wild salmon, including the federally listed Northern California/Southern Oregon Coho Salmon

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Water, Wild Rivers, Rogue Riverkeeper, WildlandsKlamath Siskiyouenvironment, ecosystem, klamath-siskiyou, ks wild, biodiversity, water, wild rivers, rogue riverkeeper, rogue river, watershed, klamath river, illinois river, trinity river, upper sacramento river, smith river, chetco river, coho salmon, chinook salmon, steelhead, rainbow trout, green sturgeon, pacific lamprey, cutthroat trout, imperiled species, oncorhynchus, Acipenser medirostris, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus clarkii, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, western siskiyou mountains, siskiyou mountains, southern oregon, oregon, wild and scenic rivers, national forest, rough and ready creek, baldface creek, dams, mining, toxic runoff, gold, pollution, riparian, urban development, logging, road-building, clean water, west coast, pacific northwest, rainie falls, wooley creek, salmon river, northern california/southern oregon coho salmon, wildlands, clean water act, kalmiopsis, nickel strip mining, strip-mining, 1872 mining law, bull trout, Salvelinus confluentus, federal energy regulatory commission, pacific connector pipline, rogue climate, climate, conservation, Lampetra tridentata, Entosphenus tridentatus
The Big, Wild 5
The Big, Wild 5

Unlike most of North America, we are extremely fortunate to live in a region in which five major wildland complexes have thusfar survived the pressures from logging, mining and road construction. It is our job and responsibility to protect these special places for the those who come after us and for their intrinsic value.

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Wilderness, WildlandsKlamath Siskiyouconservation, environment, ecosystem, klamath-siskiyou, ks wild, biodiversity, big 5, big five, major wilderness complexes, forests, logging, mining, road-building, kalmiopsis, west coast, kalmiopsis wildlands, kalmiopsis mountains, serpentine, soil, serpentine soil, geology, plate tectonics, forest service, clearcutting, nickel strip mining, strip-mining, smith river, biscuit fire, wildfire, forestfire, roadless areas, illinois river, chetco river, north fork smith river, high siskiyous, east fork illinois, siskiyou fork smith, clear creek, dillon creek, blue creek, klamath river, high siskiyou wildlands, watershed, water, wild rivers, refuge, transition zones, climate, salmon, salmonidae, oncorhynchus, steelhead, rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, red buttes, siskiyou crest, mountians, corridor, klamath mountians, oregon coast range, cascade mountians, land bridge, wildlife, cattle, grazing, marble mountains, old-growth forest, alpine meadows, limestone, marble, tribes, tribal governments, native americans, fire dependant, fire resilient, fire suppression, clean water, wooley creek, shackleford creek, salmon river, scott river, trinity alps, water quality, wildflowers, fire management
New BLM Resource Management Plan
New BLM Resource Management Plan

On August 5, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) signed a management plan for western Oregon, largely ignoring a formal protest from 22 conservation and fishing groups. The BLM plan eliminates protections for streamside forests, increases clearcutting in wet forests, and removes 2.6 million acres of federally managed public forests from the 1994 Northwest Forest Plan

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ForestsKlamath Siskiyouconservation, environment, ecosystem, biodiversity, ks wild, klamath-siskiyou, BLM, oregon, water, forests, logging, salvage, forestfire, wildfire, fishing, clearcutting, 1994 northwest forest plan, backyard forests, clean water, watershed, public lands, western oregon, carbon emissions, climate, resilience, timber, salmon, oncorhynchus, pacific coast federation of fishermen's association, PCFFA, water quality, northwest forest plan, rogue river, umpqua river, mckenzie river, salmonidae
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
Kalmiopsis Tales: Rugged Mountains, Long fights & Wild Women
Kalmiopsis Tales: Rugged Mountains, Long fights & Wild Women

Long fights with no reward can feel tiresome and unrewarding after awhile. That’s why this May we held the first annual Return to the Wild, a rustic retreat along the Illinois River for female activists from around Southwest Oregon. Elders told stories of past trials and triumphs, we bonded and benefited from the therapy of nature, and were reinvigorated for our work ahead.

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Wild Rivers, Water, Wildlands, WildernessKlamath Siskiyouconservation, environment, ecosystem, klamath-siskiyou, ks wild, biodiversity, wild rivers, water, wildlands, wilderness, kalmiopsis, peridotite, siskiyou project, bald mountain, northwest forest plan, siskiyou national forest, kalmiopsis mountains, nickel mining, mining, rough and ready creek, nicore, north fork smith river, baldface creek, hunter creek, north fork pistol river, illinois river, southwest oregon, women, elders, retreat, salmon, salmonidae, oncorhynchus, endemic
State Fails Rogue Streams
State Fails Rogue Streams

he Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) has failed to protect the clear, cold streams and fish in our region by excluding them in their decision to expand stream buffers for Western Oregon’s forests. ODF granted limited protections for streams to the north but left out almost the entirety of the Siskiyou region (essentially the Rogue Basin) in their policy decision.

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Water, Rogue RiverkeeperKlamath Siskiyouconservation, environment, ecosystem, klamath-siskiyou, ks wild, biodiversity, oregon department of forestry, ODF, clean water, streams, fish, buffers, western oregon, forests, logging, salvage, forestfire, wildfire, water, mining, rogue riverkeeper, siskiyou region, rogue basin, us environmental protection agency, riparian, ripstream, timber, waterways, salmon, salmonidae, oncorhynchus, climate, temperature, coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, dog salmon, silverbite, keta salmon, chum salmon, chum, Oncorhynchus keta, department of environmental quality, water quality, rogue river, headwaters, rainie falls, bear creek, riparian rule decision
Streams Need Trees
Streams Need Trees

Retaining trees in streamside areas is incredibly important to keeping streams cool and water clean. A healthy riparian buffer where logging is limited adjacent to streams serves a number of important functions. The shade from trees prevents the water from getting warmer, something that will be more and more important in the face of climate change.

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Forests, Water, ClimateKlamath Siskiyouconservation, klamath-siskiyou, ks wild, environment, ecosystem, biodiversity, streams, buffers, riparian, forests, logging, salvage, forestfire, wildfire, water, mining, climate, timber, temperature, runoff, wildlife, roads, fish, amphibians, oregon, california, washington, imperiled species, salmon, salmonidae, oncorhynchus, clearcutting, us environmental protection agency, NOAA fisheries, watershed, water quality, landslides, herbicides, pollution, waterways, oregon department of forestry, board of forestry, rogue basin, rogue riverkeeper
Wilderness in the Klamath-Siskiyou
Wilderness in the Klamath-Siskiyou

The Klamath-Siskiyou region is home to the largest expanse of wildlands on the West Coast. Some of these pristine wild areas are protected under the Wilderness Act as Wilderness Areas, but many other wilderness-quality lands are unprotected and face a variety of threats including logging, road-building, over-grazing, and irresponsible off-road vehicle use. 

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Wilderness, WildlandsKlamath Siskiyouconservation, environment, ecosystem, ks wild, klamath-siskiyou, biodiversity, wildlands, wilderness, west coast, wilderness act, wilderness area, forests, logging, salvage, forestfire, wildfire, grazing, cattle, road-building, off-road vehicle, habitat, wildlife, community, southern oregon, northern california, old-growth forest, wild rivers, mountians, geology, glaciers, climate, wild rogue river, cascade mountians, headwaters, rogue river, umpqua river, klamath river, grassy knob, rogue-umpqua divide, sky lakes, copper salmon, siskiyou wild rivers, salmon, salmonidae, oncorhynchus, elk river, sixes river, illinois river, wild rogue wilderness, water, mining, rivers, kalmiopsis, chetco river, north fork smith river, wild and scenic rivers, kalmiopsis wilderness area, soda mountian, great basin, wildflowers, coniferae, conifer, coniferophyta, red buttes, siskiyou, alpine, lakes, siskiyou mountains, russian wilderness, marble mountian, castle crags, marble rim, trinity alps, chanchelulla, yolly bolly, klamath mountians, southern klamath range, klamath range, granite, backpacking, rafting, explore, hiking