Sáttítla Highlands National Monument Presentation
Join us for a presentation on the new Sáttítla Highlands National Monument at Shasta College on Wednesday, February 4, at 6 PM, in the Science Building Lecture Hall, Room 1623. National monument status for Medicine Lake and over 200,000 surrounding acres was strongly supported by California Native Plant Society staff, many of whom came to the public meeting in Weed early last year.
This presentation is organized by Shasta Group of Sierra Club and supported by botany instructor Susannah Fulton and the Shasta College Biological Sciences Department, Shasta Chapter CNPS, Returning to Nature Club, and the Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center (MSBEC), staff of which will be giving the presentation.
MSBEC geologist Nick Joslin will explain the geologic setting and the volcanic history of the area. Michelle Berditschevsky, the founder of Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center, will talk about the long struggle to stop geothermal drilling and proposed fracking to protect the Medicine Lake aquifer. Pit River Tribe member Brandy McDaniels will talk about her perspective and the Tribe’s connection to the area. This is an important biological area, a source of pristine waters, and ancestral land of the Pit River Tribe that is also important to other Native peoples.
These speakers will also discuss the future of management plans for the area and how the public can become involved. There will be a question and answer session at the end.
Again, this event will take place in the Shasta College Science Building Lecture Hall, Room 1632, on the north side of campus near the swimming pool. The lecture hall entrance is on the east side of the building. Park in the north parking lots, and make sure to buy a $2 parking pass at one of the yellow machines in the parking lot so you don’t get a ticket!
This event is otherwise free! See you there! ~David Ledger, Conservation Chair
