Emerald Waters – Wild Rivers At Risk
The Kalmiopsis region in southwest Oregon is home to wild rivers and rare beauty. It is one of the most biologically diverse landscapes on the West Coast. It is also threatened by industrial scale nickel mines. British investors are looking to turn the wild and pristine wildlands into a wasteland of haul roads, ore smelters, and mountain top removal. Grassroots conservation groups are building support to protect 90,000 acres of the Rough & Ready, Baldface, and Hunter Creek watersheds from mine development. Join the efforts today.
Watch the video depicting this rare and beautiful landscape.
Emerald Waters – Wild Rivers At Risk from KS Wild on Vimeo.
Old-growth Forests Hold Keys to Adapting to Climate Change
Scientists released new findings on the importance of mature and old-growth forests in preparing the Klamath-Siskiyou region of southwest Oregon and northern California for global climate disruptions. Published in the January edition of The Natural Areas Journal (Volume 32: 65-74) by the Natural Areas Association, the study calls on regional land managers to protect mature and old-growth forests as an insurance policy for fish and wildlife facing mounting climate change pressures from rising temperatures, declining snow levels, and reductions in fog along the coast.
Klamath-Siskiyou Study: Protecting old-growth can stave off global warming
If global warming occurs in the coming years as many scientists predict, the stands of big mature trees on local public forestlands could help save our bacon. That’s the upshot of a recently released peer-reviewed study of the Klamath-Siskiyou region in southwest Oregon and northwestern California by a University of Central Florida scientist and the Ashland-based Geos Institute. MORE>
Study: Erosion threatens area’s forests
It finds past logging and road-building could hurt forests in the Siskiyous more than fires
October 19, 2010
By Paul Fattig
Mail Tribune
A 30-foot sediment core sample taken from the bottom of upper Squaw Lake in the Applegate River watershed indicates soil erosion is a greater threat to local forests than wildfires. Read more…
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Give change a chance in the Klamath River
Now isn’t the time to tamper with Klamath dam removal
Feds: Grazing doesn’t fit Ore. national monument
Thursday, July 10, 2008
By JEFF BARNARD, Associated Press Writer Thu Jul 10, 4:25 AM ET
Federal rangeland managers said continuing to allow cattle to graze on the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument is harming the rare plants, fish and wildlife the monument was created eight years ago to protect. Read more…
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