Klamath River TREX 2025

Our 12th annual event finished another successful year! The team, including managers, organizers, and all the participants grew their skills not only for prescribed burning but also for cooperation, collaboration, and adaptation! As typical, we planned for a 2-week event, but the weather window closed on us early and we adjusted to 1-week. We took advantage of our time, scaled up, and burned 2 different locations each day (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) - but made sure not to sacrifice the critical training component that defines TREX. We finished off the week with the single biggest 80 acre pile burn on private lands that’s ever been done by WKRP fuel programs without our federal counterparts. In total, we accomplished just under 115 acres across 6 different burns.

We look forward to continuing to learn and burn together in the months and years to come. WKRP partners are diversifying local burn programs to take advantage of burn windows throughout the year, and remain committed to continuing training through TREX. Through All Hands All Lands (AHAL), we expect to continue burns for the coming weeks to progress our goals of resilient communities and landscapes. So keep an eye out for our signs and don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions. You can always reach us with questions by calling the Mid Klamath Watershed Council office at: 530-627-3202.

We want to thank everyone from the participants to the Karuk Tribe, who hosted us, and the community who welcomed us and supported our efforts. Please enjoy the photos our resident photographer and media pro, Stormy Staats, either created or gathered for people to see.

* AHAL includes participation from the Karuk Tribe, USFS-Six Rivers and Klamath National Forest, Mid Klamath Watershed Council (MKWC), and Salmon River Restoration Council (SRRC).

*Klamath River TREX is consistently one of the largest national TREX events. It is hosted and co-led by partners including the: Karuk Tribe, MKWC, SRRC, and others. Dozens of organizations, hundreds of participants from near and far gather together on some of the most complex terrain to “learn and burn together” on the rugged, steep canyon Klamath landscape.