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Gray wolf
photo: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service |
Klamath-Siskiyou Biodiversity Vision
Because the Klamath-Siskiyou is threatened by unsustainable logging, livestock grazing, mining, and other land-use practices, World Wildlife Fund has developed a comprehensive "vision" to ensure that its unique natural resources survive for future generations.
We envision a region characterized by abundant fish and wildlife, including flourishing populations of large carnivores (like wolves) and wild salmon. This region contains a network of protected areas to safeguard the Klamath-Siskiyou's varied habitats and species, but also is home to economically vibrant and sustainable towns, communities, and industries that operate profitably without despoiling the region's biological wealth.
These communities recognize that part of the Klamath-Siskiyou's value, both now and in the future, is its unspoiled landscapes, its "natural capital." If those landscapes can be conserved or restored, while also providing diverse employment to the local community, the ecoregion can both provide a high quality of life to its people and serve as a model for conservation and sustainable land-use.
The people of the Klamath-Siskiyou region also possess a land-stewardship ethic, a desire to closely blend their human ecological footprint with the resiliency and capacity of natural systems. This ethic enables diverse economies and lifestyles to coexist harmoniously with healthy natural systems that will persist and thrive for generations to come.
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