Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center

Description

KS Wild’s staff of ten, assisted by canvassers, interns, attorneys, and volunteers, use administrative, legal and outreach tools to further a science-based approach to wildlands conservation.KS Wild’s strategy is four-fold:

1. Defend forests from damaging timber sales, off-road vehicles, mining, livestock grazing and road-building through project analysis, fieldwork, and litigation;
2. Build issue-specific campaigns that advance our organizational goals, including roadless area and wildland protection, at-risk species recovery, forest and aquatic restoration, and community sustainability;
3. Protect and restore public trust waters in southern Oregon’s Rogue River basin via our Rogue Riverkeeper Program’s effective field work and community action; and
4. Build public support for the work outlined above by educating and mobilizing not only our members but also the general public, non-traditional allies and elected officials.

KS Wild has an impressive track record as a conservation leader in the Pacific Northwest. Through our advocacy, old-growth timber sales, cattle grazing, mining, off-road vehicle misuse and energy development in the Klamath-Siskiyou are monitored, challenged and minimized. Through successful collaboration with natural resource managers and industry, we are shifting a historically "boom-and-bust" culture away from destructive management activities and toward restoration, which benefits both the environment and our communities.