Siskiyou Mountain Club
$8,500

In 2018 the 38,000-acre Klamathon Fire burned through the Soda Mountain Wilderness, mostly leaving a low intensity burn scar throughout the area. But suppression tactics took a tool. Trails were used as contingency lines for the Klamathon Fire, bringing bulldozers and excavators in to develop what were primitive trails as industrial fire lines. Immediate remediation work was completed, but a longer term approach is needed when this type of event takes place.

Our staff and intern crews will work with volunteers and agency staff to go complete the repair work, and they will also perform general maintenance. They will remove downed logs, brush, and install retaining structures from native materials that reduce erosion. They will also maintain approximately 25 miles of trails in the Soda Mountain Wilderness, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. This includes work on Lone Pilot, Pilot Rock, Boccard Point, and Pacific Crest Trails.