George Sexton: Most of the folks in Forest Service local leadership positions view their job as balancing the sometimes competing values of wildlife, fuels, recreation, timber and watersheds on public lands.
KS Wild Side: If you remember life pre-pandemic, you may remember the KS Wild Annual Dinner. What began more than a decade ago as a small, annual celebration of the Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion has transformed into one of KS Wild’s largest events, and this year, we’re bringing it back!
KS Wild Side: A salmon’s journey is nothing short of miraculous. The Rogue River and its tributaries support some of the largest salmon populations in Oregon. Middle Rogue tributaries such as Bear Creek, flowing through Ashland, Talent, Phoenix, Medford and Central Point, often have chinook spawning through the end of October into the beginning of November.
KS Wild Side: We send staff and volunteers out to popular swimming holes to take samples to test in our lab for E. coli, a common bacteria that can lead to gastrointestinal illness for people and pets.
Michael Dotson: June is a great month to get out onto local public lands and trails, and there are plenty of hiking options for folks to enjoy with a quick drive out of the Rogue Valley.
George Sexton: The city of Ashland, the U.S. Forest Service and many private landowners are doing the best they can to address widespread low elevation conifer mortality. It remains to be seen if BLM public land managers are going to alleviate or contribute to the problem.
Allee Gustafson: This year’s Wild & Scenic Film Festival is extra special as it is back in person for the first time in five years, providing a chance for Southern Oregon folks to come together and be inspired by the powerful films and the collective excitement and advocacy of the community.
Alexi Lovechio, KS Wild: We view this project as a way to make the land ready for wildfires, which can reduce the harm caused by aggressive firefighting suppression efforts.
KS Wild Side: The Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument is managed by the BLM and, over the last 23 years, has been under a mosaic of management plans which has created disjointed management.
KS Wild Side: The Northwest Forest Plan Area Federal Advisory Committee’s recommendations will become the basis for the first significant updates to the plan in nearly three decades.
An enhanced law enforcement area for the south side of Ashland was approved Tuesday by Ashland City Council with one nay vote. The second ELEA for the south side, which will need a second vote before going into effect, was established under the same existing rules as the downtown ELEA.
Herbert Rothschild: It’s time to hear a Mexican perspective on immigration and drug trafficking. President Sheinbaum responds to Trump’s threats.
The Mississippi-based media chain that recently bought more than three dozen newspapers in Oregon and Washington has spent the two months since its acquisition pursuing job cuts and exploring other steps to save money. Five employees of the Rogue Valley Times were told Tuesday their last day of work would be Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the newspaper’s operations.
A tsunami warning was in effect for the Oregon coast from south of Florence and into northern California as far south as just north of Santa Cruz after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake was detected 45 miles southwest of Eureka, California, at 10:44 a.m. Thursday, according to the National Tsunami Warning center
It’s not a question of if water rates will go up, it’s a question of how much. Ashland City Council reviewed a study of the finances of its water system with an eye for how much rates will need to rise in the face of various coming changes during its Monday evening study session.
When you are not ready to adopt a dog but you miss dogginess, fostering is the perfect solution. And for folks who might want to take a smaller step than fostering, there is the Field Trip program: Take a foster dog for the day, or maybe just a hike.
(It’s free)
