Klamath-Siskiyou forests

I'm Mike Green.

Today we're looking at one of the most ecologically diverse mountain ranges on Earth, the Klamath-Siskiyou ecoregion, which spans southwest Oregon and northern California.

A team of conservation scientists recently published a comprehensive ecoregional conservation assessment examining climate change, wildfire patterns, and and biodiversity across 12 million acres in this region.

Joining us today is the lead author of that report, Dr. Dominic De La Sala.

It was a two for one.

Well, let's go to your other job.

Your new assessment focuses on the Klamath-Siskiyou ecoregion and the Siskiyou Crest subregion.

And for listeners who haven't spent a lot of time in these mountains, what makes this landscape globally unique in terms of biodiversity?