Three years ago we suggested five additions to the National Park System, and one of those was Ancient Forest National Park in California and Oregon. The proposed 3.8-million-acre park would not only capture a wonderful slice of natural landscapes, but also help provide for wildlife corridors to support ecosystems as the climate continues to change.
Within its proposed borders there already exist officially designated wilderness and roadless areas, places perfect for both recreation and wildlife. The proposed park would stretch from the Rogue River in Oregon to the Eel River in California. It would forever allow the free migration of species from the coast and Redwood National and State Parks to semi arid inland canyons. The park would include already established wilderness areas and already designated critical wildlife areas along with about 1 million acres of unprotected inventoried roadless areas.
So get a better feel for the landscape, check out this nearly hour-long video:
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How could anyone be against this prize addition to our system?
Anyone who stands to profit from destroying it.
Beautiful video of this very special area !
The Klamath Siskiyou contains more conifer species in one acre than any in the world. The geological complexity of the Klamath is nearly unmatched anywhere in North America which allows a complex botanical setting only surpassed by the Great Smokey National Park in the Applachachians. The salmon runs throughout the bioregoion within the 3 dammed and 6 undammed rivers are at the brink of extinction because of unchecked resource extraction, 19th century water allocation system, 19th century agricultural practices including public lands grazing inside offical wilderness areas and roadless areas, rural developement, and the new cannabis growing "gold rush".
I do think this area, and the North Woods in Maine are the best places for new National Parks. I'd also throw a collection of places in the central Idaho wilderness too.
I will say, this region definitely has a lot going for it. My wife and I explored a small piece of this area in our early 30's, and it was a great adventure. Definitely a memorable experience, and it's truly the unpenetratable mountainous forest with such massive tall trees in every direction. It does remind me a bit of the Smokies, but it's also quite different.
Admirable, gracias a las personas que se preocupan por mantener la esencia de vida y la belleza en la natuaraleza
A map would have been nice.
Scotsman, it is the dams that have affected the salmon more than resource extraction and the "gold rush"