Listening session is Saturday, Dec. 7, 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m., College of the Siskiyous, 800 College Ave., Weed, CA 96094 in the college’s theater. Doors open at 9:30 a.m.
Sáttítla, also known as the Medicine Lake Highlands, is a magnificent varied landscape encompassing clear lakes, lava flows, mountains of glass-like obsidian, white pumice, dark boulders, lava tubes, and ice caves. For at least 10,000 years Sáttítla has been a place of traditional spiritual culture to the Pit River and Modoc Nations as well as to more distant tribes. It is recognized by the National Register of Historic Places, which has designated a 113-square-mile Native American Traditional Cultural District.
VALLEJO, Calif., Dec. 2, 2024 — The Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region is hosting a public listening session for input on proposed legislation to establish the Sáttítla National Monument in northern California. The session is open to anyone interested in providing input on the proposal.
Senator Alex Padilla introduced legislation in September 2024 to establish an approximately 206,000-acre area as a national monument on existing federal lands managed by the Forest Service on the Shasta-Trinity, Klamath and Modoc national forests.
The proposed legislation is intended to conserve, protect and enhance these public lands for present and future generations. The land has scenic, wildlife, recreational, cultural, historical and scientific resources and is culturally significant to the tribal community.
Listening session is Saturday, Dec. 7, 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m., College of the Siskiyous, 800 College Ave., Weed, CA 96094 in the college’s theater. Doors open at 9:30 a.m.
About the Forest Service: The USDA Forest Service has for more than 100 years brought people and communities together to answer the call of conservation. Grounded in world-class science and technology — and rooted in communities — the Forest Service connects people to nature and to each other. The agency manages 193 million acres of public land, provides assistance to state and private landowners, and maintains the largest wildland fire and forestry research organizations in the world. The Forest Service also has either a direct or indirect role in stewardship of about 900 million forested acres within the U.S., of which over 130 million acres are urban forests where most Americans live.
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No more monuments. This is probably another land grab.
I guess the gas and oil companies never grab public land, right?
Leave this land alone.
Gov and tribes can suck it