Mid Klamath Watershed Council (MKWC)

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The Mid Klamath Watershed Council (MKWC) is a community nonprofit based in Orleans, California. ProPublica lists it under EIN 20-1501256, with tax exemption issued in November 2004. Its home page says it has worked with community partners since 2001 to restore the Klamath River and the upslope habitats the river depends on.

MKWC states its mission as "to collaboratively coordinate ecosystem restoration, promote innovative policy and community vitality, and involve people in land stewardship." It runs four programs: fisheries, fire and forestry, plants, and community and stewardship. It says it uses state, federal and private grants along with community partnership and volunteers.

Its news posts give concrete examples. MKWC says it completed 25 prescribed burns over 17 burn days in summer 2026 with partners, through a program called All Hands All Lands. A 2024 post says that with the Karuk Tribe and the Klamath National Forest it completed the East Fork Elk Creek Fish Passage Project, giving Coho salmon access to an additional four miles of spawning and rearing habitat. Another says nine local teenagers completed its 2026 stewardship internship.

MKWC does not hold or return land. Kathy McCovey is announced on its blog as co-executive director. The group works alongside the Karuk Tribe but is not described as a tribal organization.

Good to know. A community restoration group that works alongside the Karuk Tribe; it is not described as Native-led and does not hold or return land.

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