The Klamath Bioregion.

A global center of biodiversity that anchors the southern range of the largest temperate rainforest ecosystem stretching from Alaska to regions just south of Redding, California.

The Bioregion itself is host to the watersheds of the Klamath, Rogue, Umqua, Illinois (and other) rivers. with its redwood forests, the Siskiyou Crest, Trinity Alps, the western slope of the Cascades are all part of a single, breathing ecosystem - the largest and most remote wilderness areas in the United States are found here.

The Bioregion hosts places like the Siskiyou Crest, the Trinities, the Umpqua and Rogue River valleys, southern Oregon and northern California redwood forests and woodlands, and many others.

The region qualifies as a World Heritage Site and UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

All of it worthy of National Park status, managed by the US National Park Service.

A National Park, mandated by Congress, is the only entity that would grant permanent legal conservation protections to the region.

Anything less is temporary.