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Projects that protect aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in their most natural state while restoring and sustainably managing other priority lands, focusing on: US Federal Land Management [Roadless Rule, Post-fire Logging, Northwest Forest Plan (Aquatic Conservation Strategy, Survey & Manage, BLM Western Oregon Plan Revisions, Spotted Owl Recovery Team)], Rogue and Klamath River dam removal, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, and temperate rainforests of the world
INTACT ECOSYSTEMS
Wild animals and functional ecosystems need lands and rivers of various sizes that either are developed very carefully or not developed at all. Scientific research has shown that large animals need vast tracts of undisturbed land to maintain stable populations and wild salmon and steelhead need healthy watersheds with well connected river networks. Other fish and wildlife species require less undisturbed land, but smaller-sized undisturbed parcels, increasing numbers of migratory barriers, and a more degraded landscape will dramatically increase a species' vulnerability to extinction.
Ensuring that our nation is governed by laws and policies that protect intact ecosystems is a cornerstone of our conservation policy efforts. Our Intact Ecosystems Program focuses on protecting the ecological integrity of our lands, rivers, streams, lakes and springs. We are vigilant in our efforts to bring credible scientific knowledge and practical experience into the policy arena to protect intact landscapes in their most natural state while restoring and sustainably managing other priority lands.
- U.S. FEDERAL LANDS MANAGEMENT – working to ensure land management decisions on lands administered by the US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management incorporate the best available science and protect the ecological integrity of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.
- RESTORING SALMON HABITAT – an ambitious campaign to restore access to fish habitat across the Rogue and Klamath River Basins.
- TEMPERATE RAINFORESTS OF THE WORLD - working to bring international recognition to the biodiversity found in the remaining temperate rainforests of the world and awareness of the threats they face.
WHITE PAPERS & PUBLICATIONS - Our published work regarding issues of terrestrial and aquatic conservation.
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Siskiyou Wild Rivers area, southwest Oregon Photo by Dominick DellaSala
