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Sáttítla Highlands now a national monument
New monument designation permanently protects the source waters of the Fall River and other famous trout streams in northern California © 2024 Kimberley Hasselbrink Coldwater conservation work sometimes takes one to places far from actual trout water. For example, it recently took me to Indio, California, in the Coachella Valley east of Palm Springs––Indio is…
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Protecting the source
Famous trout streams depend on waters flowing from the public lands of Sáttítla. These lands and waters should be permanently protected as a national monument. Few Trout Unlimited (TU) chapters have the embarrassment of riches in their territory as TU’s Shasta Trinity Cascades Chapter. Within a two-hour drive of this chapter’s base in Redding, California…
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Can National Monuments protect America’s best hunting and fishing spots?
Some of the best fishing and hunting opportunities in the United States are found in our national monuments. National monuments—sites and landscapes with unique historic, cultural, scientific, geologic and ecological values—can be created either by Congress or by the President through the Antiquities Act of 1906. Hunters and anglers, outdoor recreation interests, tribes, local businesses…
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Protecting the source waters of California’s largest spring creek
The Medicine Lake Highlands complex of public lands, some 30 miles northeast of Mt. Shasta in California’s Cascade region, is a truly remarkable place. In particular, the waters absorbed and released by this rugged landscape are, where they emerge from the ground, incredibly pure and visually appealing. White pelican flying over the Fall River Springs…
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