2024 Klamath TREX Photos

Reflections from KSOS Director Maya Williams.

This past July, the Mid Klamath Watershed Council, in partnership with the Karuk Tribe and the Klamath National Forest, completed the East Fork Elk Creek Fish Passage Project with the goal of improving existing habitat and facilitating permanent volitional access for Coho salmon to an additional 4 miles of prime spawning and rearing habitat on East Fork Elk Creek...

The week of June 15, the Karuk Tribe, the Mid Klamath Watershed Council and partners conducted a Prescribed Fire at Morgan Point outside of Happy Camp.

In 2019, MKWC received funding from the US Fish & Wildlife Service to build monarch butterfly waystations, patches of habitat that provide resources necessary for monarchs (and other pollinators) to reproduce and sustain their migration. Over the last 4 years, MKWC has planted, monitored, and maintained waystations at six locations along riparian areas from Seiad Valley to Orleans, CA.

We are excited to share that Kathy McCovey is now working with the Mid Klamath Watershed Council as Co-Executive Director! Kathy brings a lifetime of professional and personal experience relevant to the Klamath River region and beyond, and we are honored to have this opportunity to work with and learn from her as we strive to collaboratively plan and implement ecosystem restoration, promote community vitality, and involve people in land stewardship.

This past December, the Mid Klamath Watershed Council staff convened for two days of trainings, skill-sharing, and team-building, followed by our annual holiday party. Here are some of our favorite photos.

From October 30-November 4, Klamath TREX partners hosted a fall edition of Klamath TREX. Over 60 participants gathered in the area and over the course of the week, 745.7 acres were burned. This event is always such an incredible experience, that really brings people together and teaches new skills to participants. KTREX partners include The Karuk Tribe, MKWC, WKRP, Area Fire Safe Councils, The Nature Conservancy and more.

This fall, MKWC led over 50 6th-8th grade students on salmon surveys. Each week rain or shine, students suited up in waterproof waders and navigated tributaries to the Klamath River where Fall Chinook were actively spawning.