Information about local and global water issues including droughts, water bottling, fisheries, etc.
November Newsletter: Shasta River Update - Animal Crossing - Inclusivity Within The Environmental Movement - Ney Springs Cleanup - Salvaging After Fire
The largest glacier on the mountain, Whitney Glacier, the mass of the glacier reduced by 15-20% this summer alone...
Shasta River: Water Rights & Drought By Nick Joslin The Shasta River only contributes 1-5% of the flow of the Klamath River, but it has historically produced as much as 50% of the wild salmon that return to the Klamath. The river winds its way through private cattle ranches so almost [...]
Comments submitted in protection of a volcanic aquifer, Medicine Lake Volcano.
Medicine Lake Highlands & Aquifer Protection Campaign Program Update Through our large landscape campaigns that include Mount Shasta and the Medicine Lake Highlands, we are protecting our bioregion’s important contribution towards stabilizing the earth’s climate through intact ecosystems, securing large sources of California’s water supply, providing safe havens for biodiversity, recognizing Native American [...]
Hiring Project Manager for Forest & Watershed Watch
Comments Submitted on Lake Siskiyou Master Plan to Mount Shasta Parks and Recreation District, County supervisors and more
On Saturday, August 29th, we're planning a unique exploration of the Medicine Lake Highlands, known as California's most varied volcanic landscape on the largest shield volcano on our continent. The Highlands are highly significant to Native Americans as a Traditional Cultural District and of prime importance for California's water supply.
The Delta Conveyance Project proposes to build a tunnel under the Bay Delta diverting Sacramento River flows to enhance the State Water Project water-delivery capabilities to the Central Valley and Southern California. Our comments focus mainly on the implications of the project for the Upper Sacramento Watershed, including source waters from the Medicine Lake Highlands and Mount Shasta aquifers, while most conservation groups opposed the Delta Tunnel due to its significant impacts on the San Francisco Bay Delta and beyond.
Delta Tunnel Project: Comments for Delta Tunnel Conveyance EIR Scoping submitted by MSBEC
