On behalf of the Wiyot Tribe’s Natural Resources Department and the undersigned conservation, recreation, and other organizations, we are writing to provide our initial recommendations regarding the development of the state’s 30 by 30 strategy, especially as it relates to natural lands and waters on the North Coast and adjacent regions.
H.O.M.E. has a new home, Glaciers melting; possible La Niña; Shasta River Update and more
National Forest Management Plan Revision: How You Can Get Involved By Ryan Henson Ryan Henson is the Senior Policy Director of the California Wilderness Coalition. He is responsible for directing the first-ever effort to map all of the state’s wilderness-eligible lands, and in 2001 he helped launch a legislative campaign to [...]
The largest glacier on the mountain, Whitney Glacier, the mass of the glacier reduced by 15-20% this summer alone...
The comment period for the Shasta-Trinity National Forest Proposed Developed Recreation Fee Changes ends on September 6, 2021.
The project area is quite large and covers many of our communities’ favorite areas to recreate.
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 [...]
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 [...]
Over the past 5 years, I have experienced the impact of decreased monitoring of the campground and Meadows. Sounds of people at night have muddled the silence of star-sparkled skies.
Meet the Friends of H.O.M.E Shanti Cliff I first went to Panther Meadows nearly 25 years ago and am still in awe that this jagged rocky volcano hosts such a delicate ecosystem with wild flowers, streams, meadows, mosses, and grasses. But what is also special is intangible—I feel rejuvenated, and experience a deeper [...]
Ecosystem Restoration programs, including ecosystem restoration, monitoring sensitive ecosystems, timber harvest monitoring, etc.