Photo: Little Medicine Lake by Don Burk
The proposed Medicine Lake Highlands (Sattitla) National Monument status was approved overwhelmingly by the California Senate 37 to 0 and the Assembly 74 to 0 with our local legislator Megan Dahle voting yes on the measure. This still has to be declared a National Monument by President Biden and that will require local emails and letters of support from individuals, organizations, and politicians to help push this to victory.
SEA and CNPS have been working with state CNPS, Cal Trout, Trout Unlimited, CalWild, and other groups led by the Pit River Tribe to gather letters of support. Individuals can sign a petition of support by going to this website: here https://www.protectsattitla.org/take-action. It will only take a few minutes and overwhelming support will really help.
Local groups that have signed letters of support include Mt. Shasta Audubon, Friends of the Redding Eagles, Sierra Club, CNPS, Women’s Health Associates, North State Climate Action, Gray Pine Native Plant Nursery, Horsetown Clear Creek Preserve, Trout Unlimited, We Advocate Thorough Environmental Review (WATER), Battle Creek Alliance, Democratic Central Committees of Shasta and Siskiyou Counties, many fishing guides, Trout Unlimited and Shasta County Democratic Women’s Club. Many other groups have agreed to sign on, but we are waiting for their letters. If you belong to a church, club, nonprofit, business, or any other group in the local area, we encourage your group to write an email of support as well as send a copy to SEA at david@ecoshasta.org so we can forward it to Senator Padilla’s staff that will bring a packet to President Biden.