The Thom Bone Timber Sale is proposed by the BLM in the Applegate Valley in southwest Oregon. vimeo.com/1142212016

"Removing dead trees will not save us from fast-moving wildfires" is an important read! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

"The wealthy profit from public lands, and taxpayers pick up the tab: Roughly two-thirds of grazing on Bureau of Land Management land is controlled by just 10% of permit holders." A really good article about how the wealthy profit from public lands grazing. www.hcn.org/issues/57-12...

Submit a comment today to defend the Public Lands Rule! Last year, the BLM finalized the rule to help balance conservation with development on 245 million acres of public lands. Now, the administration wants to rescind that rule, opening the door to more drilling, mining, and logging.

Help end livestock damage across 13 million acres of Wilderness! Urge your U.S. House rep co-sponsor and pass the Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement Act (H.R.5785). >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/vgpra-hr5785...

Native Planting Day on the Applegate River with Applegate Siskiyou Alliance. Sunday November 23. Meet at McKee Bridge at 10am to carpool to the site. Bring a shovel and gloves. RSVP to [email protected]. Help restore pollinator habitat on public lands along the Applegate with great views!

Watch this video that shows the tragic results of the Medford District BLM's Boaz Timber Sale that was logged over the last year. vimeo.com/1133696866?f...

Two new timber sales that are part of the BLM's SOS Project have sold. Holcomb Hollow Timber Sale along the East Applegate Ridge Trail, on Woodrat Mountain and Sterling Creek. Apple Saws Timber Sale on the face of Ben Johnson Mountain overlooking Ruch. applegatesiskiyoualliance.org/sos-project-...

Sen Mike Lee wants to amend the Wilderness Act to allow DHS to build roads, land aircraft, and install surveillance tech in ALL WILDERNESS nationwide! Call your rep & senators at 202-224-3121 and tell them to oppose the Border Lands Conservation Act! wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/senator-mi...

COMMENT NOW! Comments are due by Friday, September 19th. For more information about the Applegate's Roadless Areas and how to comment to say NO to repealing the Roadless Rule, go to: applegatesiskiyoualliance.org/take-action-...

Luke Ruediger, from ASA, will give a talk, "Subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa) on the Siskiyou Crest and in the Klamath Mountains," tonight for the Siskiyou Chapter Native Plant Society of Oregon at SOU in Ashland at 7pm. SOU Science Building, Room 161. Or Zoom in from home at: bit.ly/npsotalks.

An important read, especially considering that non-native livestock are authorized to graze over a quarter of the 52 million acres of protected Wilderness in the Lower 48 states. westernwatersheds.substack.com/p/seeding-co...

The Roadless Rule has protected nearly 60 million acres of roadless national forests since 2001. But now, the Trump administration wants to strip protections from 45 million of those acres. The public comment period is only open until Sept. 19th. Please add your voice ➡️ https://bit.ly/3IeiP1D

Joins us for the ASA fundraiser this Sunday, featuring music by the Upwind Groovers! For the schedule of events and to buy tickets, click here: www.eventbrite.com/e/1592499632...

Check out the amazing roadless areas of the Applegate River watershed in this new blog by ASA and take action to protect this wild places! applegatesiskiyoualliance.org/take-action-...

Read ASA's new blog about protecting roadless areas and take action to protect the Roadless Rule! applegatesiskiyoualliance.org/protect-the-...

Protect Wild Forests: Say No to Trump’s Roadless Rule Repeal act.biologicaldiversity.org/TMITB4gub0WL...

Get your tickets today for the APPLEGATE SISKIYOU ALLIANCE FALL FUNDRAISER at Red Lily Vineyards on September 14th! Applegate River riparian flora workshop, music by the Upwind Groovers, Sultan's Delight food truck, environmental advocacy award, silent auction. www.eventbrite.com/e/applegate-...

Turtle Tales: Western Pond Turtle Zoom Presentation July 28 at 6pm Register here: us06web.zoom.us/.../register... followed by Turtle Tales: Western Pond Turtle Field Trip at Acorn Woman Lake Friday August 1 at 9am Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/1471491242...

The Senate is still considering the largest sell-off of public lands in U.S. history. If sold, these special places — and the natural heritage they represent — will be lost forever. Please keep urging your senators to oppose the sell-off of public lands. ➡️ biodiv.us/handsoffpubl...

NO KINGS Nationwide Mass Protest tomorrow! Starts at 10am in Medford on E. McAndrews Rd.

🚨🚨🚨 3.3 million acres of America's public land could be sold in the next five years, after Senate Republicans on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee reintroduced land sales into the party’s Big Bad Budget Bill! Call your senators: 202-224-3121 www.hcn.org/articles/sen...

Medford, Oregon. June 14th. Are you ready? @50501movement.bsky.social @ord2indivisible.bsky.social #50501movement

The sell-off of public lands is out of the "big, bad bill" for now, but it's still really bad, including provisions to weaken the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and increase logging and mining on public lands, among other really bad policy changes. westernpriorities.org/2025/05/publ...

During the McCarthy era’s darkest days, public lands came under attack. History now repeats itself – and this may be the last chance to defend what’s ours. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Siskiyou Crest Coalition fundraiser June 7th at Troon Vineyard with workshops, tours, butterfly ID, music, catered dinner, and speakers such as Pepper Trail, Kristi Mergenthaler, Luke Ruediger and more! Support the Siskiyou Crest! Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/siskiyou-c...

Happy Earth Week! Check out ASA's Earth Day video focused on the endangered Gentner's fritillary, a locally endemic species that is listed on the federal endangered species list. vimeo.com/1077692788

Trump is now proposing to take away protections for endangered species! "Habitat loss is the biggest single cause of extinction and endangered species," said Brett Hartl, Center for Biological Diversity. "Any conservation gains species were making will be reversed." www.ijpr.org/npr-news/202...

Oregonians turned out to protest Saturday from Astoria to Gold Beach, Portland to Pendleton & dozens of cities in between. Several Oregon news outlets agreed to share reporting and photos to give readers a fuller look that none could provide on their own. ashland.news/across-orego...

Siletz Tribal History in the Applegate and Rogue Valleys A presentation by Robert Kentta May 30th at 6pm at Pacifica: A Garden in the Siskiyous Registration is already filling up fast! Reserve your spot soon! Get your free tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/siletz-tri...

*Action Alert!* Monday is the last day to submit your public comments on the amendments to the Northwest Forest Plan! Click here to submit your comment! cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public/Comme...

SIskiyou Mountains salamander habitat is being obliterated through road building and logging in the BLM's Boaz Timber sale being logged right now in the Applegate. The Siskiyou Mountains salamander is primarily endemic to the Applegate River watershed and is a very special species for our area.

*Rare Plant Alert!* Also blooming in the Upper Applegate Fire footprint this week is a rare species, western false rue anemone (Enemion occidentale), which only grows in the foothills of the Applegate in Oregon, and is otherwise restricted to California. It burned in the fire but is coming back well

Right now the first wave of very early-blooming species is starting in the footprint of 2024's Upper Applegate Fire, but in a few weeks even more will be blooming in profusion, and ASA is working to plan a field trip into the area to help people see the vibrant life that is triggered by wildfire.

In southwest Oregon wildfires can produce superblooms, and it's looking like the fire footprint from last June's Upper Applegate Fire is gearing up for a good bloom this year, and it might even be better next year, as the second year after a fire can be even more impressive. Photos taken this week.

Naming a corporate lobbyist to run the agency tasked with overseeing the last old growth left in the U.S. makes it clear that the Trump administration’s goal isn’t to preserve our national forests, but to sell them off to billionaires and corporate polluters.”

“The timber industry is jumping for joy with this nomination. Let’s be clear, Tom Schultz is no outsider – he is the consummate logging industry insider. He’s not going to turn over a new leaf with this role, but will continue to serve the interests of that industry as the head of the Forest Service

Earlier this month, fossil fuel lobbyist Kathleen Sgamma was named to lead the Bureau of Land Management. In response, Anna Medema, Sierra Club’s Associate Director of Legislative and Administrative Advocacy for Forests and Public Lands, released the following statement:

From the Sierra Club's statement on the nomination of Tom Schultz to run the U.S. Forest Service: www.sierraclub.org/.../sierra-c.... "Schultz is the most recent industry lobbyist picked by the Trump administration to lead an agency entrusted with stewarding public lands.

The first African American to lead the US Forest Service, Randy Moore, has been pushed out by the Trump administration, to make way for a timber industry lobbyist who will liquidate publicly owned forests on US Forest Service lands without resistance from the public. www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...?

PORTLAND: the Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund holds nearly $100 million in Tesla stock. The Oregon Investment Council, which controls these investments, meets next Wednesday, March 5 at 9 am in Tigard. Go let them know we want to liquidate the position now! www.oregon.gov/treasury/inv...

From CBD: "Tell lawmakers to protect Oregon cougars from hound hunting by rejecting SB 769. In 1994 and 1996 Oregonians voted to pass & reaffirm Measure 18, banning hound hunting of cougars. Now Senate Bill 769 threatens to overturn the people's will." act.biologicaldiversity.org/-3PPegcBkkOb...?

ASA supports the economic boycott today! A 24-hour economic blackout is happening today, part of a broader movement against corporate greed, billionaires, and changes to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

California tortoiseshell butterflies are enjoying the warm days we're having in the Applegate right now. This species overwinters as an adult, emerging from hibernation in large numbers in some places of suitable habitat. They are often mistaken for monarchs and use Ceanothus as larval host plants.

We hope to keep this trail open into the future, although the Forest Service has dropped this old trail from their maps. This trail originally was used to access the old fire lookout on Steve Peak that no longer exists. The first two photos are looking down Carberry Creek towards old Steamboat.

The trail starts about a mile up Steve Fork Rd. (Forest Service Road 1030), and winds through mature and old-growth forests before popping out onto an old mine track in open serpentine/Jeffrey pine habitat on the ridge where the views open up.

Baker's cypress only grow in only eleven populations in the world, all located in northern California and southwest Oregon. Iron Mountain has serpentine soils and an unusual plant community, and amazing views! While we hiked we did some minor trail clearing to help keep this old trail alive.

There are some downed trees and the trail can be obscure in places, but is still very visible on the landscape. The Osier Creek Trail also provides access to an off-trail detour up to Iron Mountain to one of the unique stands of rare Baker's cypress trees.

The old Osier Creek Trail is no longer maintained, but can still be followed from Steve Fork up to the historic Mountain View Mine site on Steve Peak, in the Carberry Creek watershed at the headwaters of the Applegate River.

Congressman Cliff Bentz is facing a lot of criticism in the town halls he's been holding in Oregon's 2nd District recently. It's up to us to keep our elected officials accountable during the unprecedented changes of the Trump administration. www.eastoregonian.com/news/local/b...