Safeguarding access and stewardship of public lands against privatization, excessive fees, while advocating that people enjoy the outdoors!
November Newsletter: Shasta River Update - Animal Crossing - Inclusivity Within The Environmental Movement - Ney Springs Cleanup - Salvaging After Fire
Over four million acres burned in California in 2020, and 2021 is shaping up to be worse.
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 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.
The Shasta-Trinity National Forest & Shasta-McCloud Management Unit are proposing fees for many recreational sites throughout the bioregion. This proposal includes raising fees and charging new fees for campgrounds and day use areas that are moderate and high-use areas. Read on for initial concerns
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 [...]
The Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center sent an Op-Ed Opinion letter to the Mount Shasta Herald in regards to concerns about the logging taking place on the North Shore at Lake Siskiyou.
