A Safe Harbor Agreement is intended to protect endangered species…but the SHA currently underway on the Shasta River is deeply flawed and is a giveaway of public funds to a handful of landowners in exchange for minimal habitat improvements for the endangered species.
We hosted our first Shasta River cleanup in 2020. Sign up to volunteer and lets make this a tradition!
The plans being made today need to be forward-looking and conservative in a time of huge uncertainty, not just a tweaking of past efforts.
FOSR members are actively participating in Siskiyou County’s planning to meet the California Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.
Key to the Shasta River’s revival–for salmon, other wildlife and people–is the restoration of instream flows with sufficient quantity and quality to allow for the recovery of salmon and other species.