Monument standing will higher defend the supply waters of well-known trout streams, key habitats, and fishing and searching alternatives
REDDING, Calif—Right this moment, Trout Limitless (TU) and Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) lauded President Joe Biden’s designation of the Sáttítla Highlands Nationwide Monument within the Medication Lake Volcanic Highlands in northern California, noting this designation would higher defend the extraordinary water, cultural, and sporting values of those distinctive public lands. TU and BHA additionally stated that monument designation won’t change oversight of the Sáttítla space’s fish and wildlife and fishing and searching alternatives, that are managed by the State of California.
Creighton Smith, president of the TU chapter based mostly in Redding, California, stated, “The Shasta Trinity Cascades Chapter of Trout Limitless is dedicated to defending and restoring coldwater habitats within the well-known fishing waters of our northern California territory, together with the Fall River, a very distinctive fishery in California that relies upon totally on water from the large aquifer underneath the Sáttítla area. Now we have misplaced a lot habitat for trout and salmon, which require clear, chilly water to thrive, over the previous century — now we have to behave now to higher defend what’s left. President Biden’s designation of the Sáttítla Highlands Nationwide Monument is a critically necessary motion for safeguarding probably the most extraordinary water useful resource areas within the nation – and the distinctive fishing and searching alternatives this space offers. We salute the Pit River Tribe for his or her management within the marketing campaign to create this monument, and applaud President Biden’s institution of this monument and his management in trout and salmon conservation.”
TU and BHA have labored carefully with the Pit River Tribe for over a 12 months to publicize the Sáttítla area’s significance because the cultural coronary heart of the Tribe, its outstanding water sources and sporting alternatives, and to advocate for completely defending greater than 200,000 acres of this space as a nationwide monument.
Eric Hanson, California Chapter Chair for BHA, stated, “Few of California’s public lands and waters are as valued by hunters and anglers because the Sáttítla area, and Sáttítla is exceptionally certified to be a nationwide monument. It has uncommon geologic and hydrologic options, excessive cultural worth for the Pit River Tribe and different Indigenous peoples, and its waters and upland habitats present distinctive and standard sporting alternatives. Nationwide monument designations have helped preserve necessary habitats and sporting alternatives on different public lands throughout the West. We salute President Biden for his management and thank Senator Padilla for his assist in honoring the Pit River Tribe’s lengthy dedication to defending their homeland — and the well-known fishing and searching nonetheless discovered on this space — by creating Sáttítla Highlands Nationwide Monument.”
The Sáttítla area is managed by the USDA Forest Service as a part of the Shasta, Lassen, and Modoc Nationwide Forests. The Pit River Tribe has fought for 3 a long time to forestall growth of proposed vitality and water bottling initiatives right here.
Andrew Harris, proprietor of Confluence Outfitters based mostly in Pink Bluff, California, stated, “The only real supply of the Fall River and its world-famous trout fishery is the waters absorbed and filtered by the Sáttítla panorama. This river is California’s largest spring creek and its considerable waters feed the Pit River, Lake Shasta and the Sacramento River. Our information service will depend on these waters – every a singular fishery — to supply nice native fly-fishing experiences for over a thousand anglers yearly. On behalf of our working guides and shoppers, and the numerous different individuals who come to this space for its distinctive fishing alternatives, we applaud President Biden’s motion to completely defend this extraordinary space of public lands as a nationwide monument.”
Given the significance of the Sáttítla area for fishing and searching, TU, BHA, native fishing companies, and different native and statewide fishing teams have declared their robust assist for the creation of Sáttítla Highlands Nationwide Monument in quite a few methods over the previous 18 months, together with a net web page, a media tour, quite a few weblog posts and letters to Congress and the Biden administration, and testimony at public conferences.
Trout Limitless (TU), based in 1959, is devoted to bringing collectively various pursuits
to look after and recuperate rivers and streams so our kids can expertise the enjoyment of untamed and native trout and salmon. TU’s 300,000+ members and supporters work by greater than 400 chapters and state councils to guard and restore coldwater habitats and salmonid populations.
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) seeks to make sure North America’s out of doors heritage
of searching and fishing in a pure setting, by schooling and work on behalf of untamed public lands, waters, and wildlife. BHA is a nonpartisan group of sportsmen and -women
who rise up for wild lands and waters and for the out of doors alternatives they characterize.
