Public Lands and You! (PLAY)
KS Wild is committed to restoring and protecting the wild places of the Klamath-Siskiyou region. Stewardship begins with you!
You can sign up to join us as a stewardship volunteer or assist in monitoring public lands use through our botanical and grazing stewardship programs found below.
help us Protect & Restore Botanical Areas - become a volunteer!
Much of the diverse plant life celebrated in the Klamath-Siskiyou region can be found in Botanical Areas in National Forests and Areas of Critical Environmental Concern on BLM lands. (Collectively, we refer to these areas as "Botanical Hotspots" for our stewardship program.) These botanical areas are extremely diverse in size, access, habitat type and can feature botanical resources ranging from individual endangered species, endemic places, to old growth forests and unique flora assemblages.
KS Wild’s Stewardship Program includes restoration projects like fencing, planting of native plants, weed pulls, and trash clean-ups. Become a volunteer in our land stewardship program and help us preserve some of the most biologically rich places of the Klamath-Siskiyou.
watch for illegal off-road vehicle use or unauthorized user trails
Over the years, some of the most unique, protected botanical areas in the Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion have been subject to damage from Off Highway Vehicles (OHVs), contributing to the degradation of vegetation, compaction of soil, and spoiling the experience for visitors to these beautiful and special places on public lands.
Help us protect wild areas by reporting illegal OHV use and unauthorized trails in places like Eight Dollar Mountain, the Siskiyou Crest, and more. Click the button below to see the locations and fill out the form.
Monitor Cattle Grazing
"Cattle Drift" means that improperly confined cows illegally wander out of grazing allotments into places on public lands where they are unauthorized to be. This can oftentimes be in sensitive botanical areas or other locations that have been protected for their ecological values. They can destroy wetland areas and streams and will eat critical or endemic plants.
Volunteer watchdogs help us protect these botanical areas and the plants and wildlife within them by either signing up to monitor a specific location assigned by us OR by simply filling out the Illegal Grazing Report Form below with photos and coordinates of cattle grazing observed across public lands.
Rogue Riverkeeper Pollution Report
Pollution in public waterways is a no no! Pollution can come in the form of spills, strange smells, illegal trash dumps, fish kills, abnormal algal blooms, cows in the water, clear cuts in riparian zones, and more.
Additionally, in the Rogue basin, runoff from roads goes directly into our waterways. This can have major impacts for the water quality of the Rogue River and its tributaries.
If you notice something, say something! Use the Pollution Report Form to inform us of suspicious behavior you notice on public lands and in public waterways.
