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Projects that protect 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 (Survey & Manage, BLM Western Oregon Plan Revisions, Spotted Owl Recovery Team) and Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument] and temperate rainforests of the world
INTACT ECOSYSTEMS
Wild animals and functional ecosystems need lands of various sizes that either are developed very carefully or not developed at all. Study after study has shown that large animals need vast tracts of undisturbed land in order to maintain stable populations. Other species require less undisturbed land, but the smaller the parcels the more vulnerable a species can become to extinction.
Therefore, ensuring intact ecosystems is a cornerstone of our conservation policy efforts. Our Intact Ecosystems Program focuses primarily on protecting ecosystems 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.
* 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.
* RESTORING FREEWAYS FOR FISH – an ambitious campaign to restore access to fish habitat across 1,200 miles of the Rogue River Basin by 2008.
* OREGON BIG TREE PROJECT – maintaining a registry of the biggest individuals of native and naturalized tree species found in Oregon.
* 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
