Project Overview

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This project will maintain capacity of the Klamath Alliance for Regional Invasive Species Management (Alliance). The Alliance includes: the Mid Klamath Watershed Council, Salmon River Restoration Council, Six Rivers National Forest, Klamath National Forest, Karuk Tribe, Yurok Tribe, Hoopa Tribe, California Department of Transportation, Siskiyou Resource Conservation District, Quartz Valley Indian Reservation, Scott River Watershed Council, and the Cultural Fire Management Council. The work group addresses invasive species concerns crossing political boundaries of Humboldt and Siskiyou Counties, National Forests, and the ancestral territories of the Karuk, Yurok, Hoopa, and Shasta Tribes.

The Mid Klamath region warrants its own invasive species management area due to considerations unique to the Klamath Mountains such as remote location, rugged terrain, tribal sovereignty, and committed community opposition to herbicide use.

The work group will continue to build partnerships and work towards our common goal to conserve native plant species and communities through the management of invasive species in the Klamath Region of California. Upcoming objectives for the Alliance include development of collaborative projects that adhere to our Regional Invasive Plants Management Strategy, increasing local capacity for native plant revegetation, and providing learning opportunities to the people of the Klamath River watershed in California.

1. Maintain Cohesion of Workgroup. The Alliance meets quarterly to coordinate, share experiences, and to plan collaborative projects.
2. Education and Outreach. Increase community awareness of invasive species through youth and adult field trips, trainings and events.
3. Project Development. Collaborators will develop projects and seek diverse funding as a group and as individual entities. Projects proposed will include:
   • Projects that fulfill the objectives of the Alliance’s non-native invasive plants management strategy.
   • Increase capacity for native plant revegetation from local sources to facilitate the integration of revegetation into invasive plant treatments, prescribed burning projects, and restoration projects.