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Weed citizens and local activists joined in a Rally for Our Shasta Water before the March 10 Weed City Council meeting. Roseburg Forest Products wants $1 million for only part of the water the city has used for 50 years!
Our Fall 2015 Newsletter is here! Featuring in-depth articles about our work, local issues, and upcoming opportunities. Check it out online or download a copy.
Giving Tuesday is a nationwide campaign to support nonprofit organizations that make their communities better. After Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and “Cyber Monday” comes Giving Tuesday— a day to give thanks, two days of deals, and a day to give back.
Headwaters communities need to work together to push for policies that will safeguard their water resources, which are so important for the state of California.
The rally on September 26th focused on protecting the area's pristine and abundant waters from industrial extraction. As keynote speaker Chief Caleen Sisk of the Winnemem Wintu stated: "People can live without oil, they can live without gold, but nothing can live without water."
Friday, September 25, 2015
7-9 PM
Mt. Shasta Library
515 E. Alma St.
Mt. Shasta, CA 96067
Saturday September 26, 2015
12 - 5 pm
Headwaters of the Sacramento River
Mt. Shasta City Park
1315 Nixon Rd.
Mt. Shasta CA 96067
Multimedia Event
Live Music, Slides, Videos
Saturday, October 10, 2015
4 pm
Free Event at the Mt. Shasta Library
515 E. Alma St.
Mt. Shasta, CA 96067
"Bruce Hillman: 'We think (they may be) trying to find a small agency which might rubber stamp or not have the expertise or enforcement ability to do a real thorough and enforceable environmental review.'”
"Shasta Dam displaced the tribe and drowned 90 percent of the Winnemem sacred and ceremonial grounds that now lie underwater in Shasta Lake, the largest artificial reservoir in California...Now the tribe is bracing itself for a long and arduous battle against some of the most powerful and wealthy interests in the state."
