An Ecologically Based Strategy for Fire and Fuels Management in National Forest Roadless Areas. (PDF format, 78k)
An integrated approach to fire management that emphasizes protection of roadless values and focuses treatment where it is most needed.

Importance of Roadless Areas in Biodiversity Conservation: A Scientific Perspective. (PDF format, 19k)
Conclusions based on a 3-year WWF assessment -- together with the Conservation Biology Institute -- of our nation's protected areas.

The Contribution of Roadless Area To An Ecologically Representative Network of Conservation Reserves. (PDF format, 95k)
This paper provides some of insights into the nation's first comprehensive assessment of protected areas, conducted by WWF and CBI.

The Scientific Basis for Managing Fire and Fuels in National Forest Roadless Areas. (PDF format, 12k)
An exhaustive review of available scientific evidence on the relationship between fire, timber management and roadless areas, including recent analyses of this issue conducted by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management.

Fire Regimes, Fire History and Forest Conditions in the Klamath-Siskiyou Region: An Overview and Synthesis of Knowledge. (PDF format, 280k)
This report compiles and synthesizes currently available information relating to the historic and contemporary role of fire in forest ecosystems of the Klamath Mountains.

Oregon Statewide Survey (PDF format, 14k)
A survey conducted by The Mellman Group to gauge public opinion on issues relating to the Klamath Siskiyou ecoregion.

Poll for the Siskiyou Wild Rivers (PDF format, 24k)
This analysis reports the findings from a national survey of 500 Oregon adults 18 or older on issues relating to the Siskiyou region.

Historic Economic Performance of Oregon and Western Counties Associated with Roadless and Wilderness Areas. (PDF format, 162k)
The purpose of this study is to help improve understanding of the relationship between economic growth and protection of roadless lands.

A Citizen's Call for Ecological Forest Restoration: Forest Restoration Principles and Criteria (PDF format, 854k)
A proposed national policy framework to guide sound ecological restoration policy and projects.

Wildlands Protection Materials

Biscuit DEIS comments submitted by World Wildlife Fund and the Conservation Biology Institute (PDF format, 176k)

Key Findings of Biscuit Fire Salvage Logging Proposals (PDF format, 104k)
Prepared by WWF's Klamath-Siskiyou program, this summary is in regard to two independently prepared reports on post-fire salvage logging - one dealing with ecological issues and the other with economics.

Economic Issues Underlying Proposals to Conduct Salvage Logging in Areas Burned by the Biscuit Fire (PDF format, 106k)
The purpose of this paper is to help forest managers and the public understand the underlying economic issues and the potential economic consequences of the different, salvage-logging alternatives.

Ecological Issues Underlying Proposals to Conduct Salvage Logging in Areas Burned by the Biscuit Fire (PDF format, 5.7M)
This report was prepared to provide an independent examination of the post-fire management options being considered for the Biscuit Fire (2002) within the Siskiyou National Forest in southwestern Oregon.

Synthesis Of Comments Made By Scientists Regarding The Biscuit Draft Environmental Impact Statement (PDF format, 242k)

Scientists' Remarks (PDF format, 1.48M)
Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Biscuit Fire Recovery Project.

State of the Klamath Knot (PDF format, 216k)
Presented as the Keynote Address given at the 2003 Siskiyou Ecology Conference, soon to be published in the conference proceedings.

Scientific Basis for Roadless Area Conservation
From the Forest Conservation section of the WWF Web site.

An Updated Protected Areas Database for the U.S. and Canada. (PDF format, 58k)
An updated protected areas database (PAD) that is useful in tracking national efforts in meeting protected areas goals at various spatial scales and provides nearly three times as many protected areas polygons than previous databases, accounting for state parks and other protection categories and protected areas in Alaska and Canada previously omitted.