Save the Date! February 21-23, 2024 for the Scott Watershed Informational Forum (SWIF)
This year, SWIF will take place at the Towers in Fort Jones, California. Here’s the lineup for this action-packed, 3-day event:
February 21st: SCOTT RIVER FIELD TOURS (9:00am – 4:00pm) – Projects that will be featured on the tour will consist of a groundwater recharge project, work happening the Scott River Tailings, forest health projects including thinning and the use of prescribed fire, and more.
February 21st: SISKIYOU WATER DEDICATION WORKSHOP (5:00pm – 7:00pm) – The Salmonid Restoration Federation, Trout Unlimited, and Scott River Watershed Council will host a Water Dedication Transaction workshop designed for landowners, practitioners, and agency staff to learn more about appropriative and riparian water rights, different forms of water transactions winter water storage for use in the summer, and the permitting pathways for various types of water projects both domestic and agricultural.
February 22nd: Scott Watershed Informational Forum (SWIF) 8:00am – 5:00pm)– A full day of presentations ranging from beaver to Cascade frogs, agricultural, invasive weeds, soil health, a comprehensive Scott River Recovery Action Plan, forest health including mountain meadows and fire, and more.
February 22nd: SWIF Social Hour (5:00pm – 6:00pm)– Unpack an action-packed event with a friendly and fun social hour.
February 23rd: Soil Health Forum – More to come on this event.
Scott River Watershed Council Year in Review
- Shasta River Flows Plummet Below Minimum — State Water Board Reinstates Conditional Curtailments on Junior RightsPost Views: 28 | Siskiyou News | June 16, 2026 YREKA — The State Water Resources Control Board has reinstated conditional curtailments for numerous junior water rights in the Shasta River watershed after flows at the Yreka USGS gage dropped sharply below the required minimum. As of early morning on June 16, 2026, flows measured
- Siskiyou County Jail Bookings- June 8 – 15, 2026Post Views: 1,481 The following are booking records from the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office for the week of June 8–15, 2026. An arrest or booking is not a conviction. All individuals named are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law. — The Capper — Gather ’round, for the docket filled
- Pick a Genre – John SammonPost Views: 61 By John Sammon In novel writing the principal genres include science fiction, fantasy, romance, mystery, thriller, literary fiction, monster, horror, historical fiction and westerns. There are others. When you decide to write a novel it’s usually best that the genre you pick is the kind of book you yourself like to read.
- Researchers Recommend No More Than One Alcoholic Drink a DayPost Views: 44 By Zachary StieberThe Epoch Times Researchers are recommending that people have no more than one alcoholic drink per day, after finding no protective impact of alcohol consumption on health. The risk of death attributable to alcohol was at least one in 1,000 among men and women who consume more than seven drinks
- Obituary: Adrian Russel DeRosePost Views: 52 Adrian Russel DeRose, age 88, of Yreka, passed away at Fairchild Medical Center on Friday, May 29, after a serious fall. Born to Manuel Frank and Gladys Lillian (Jensen) DeRose on May 18, 1938 in Yreka, he attended local schools and married the love of his life, Lani Knox at the age
