#wintu

[hoshinisuzu]

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[pcttrailsidereader]

Scott Mountain Summit

It is unfortunate that many PCT hikers have been numbed by the spectacular vistas of the High Sierra if they are NOBO and the North Cascades if they are SOBO . . . as may other places in the Lower 48, the Trinity Alps would elicit a real sense of ooohs and aaawhs. Part of the PCT's westward plunge across I-5 into the Klamath Knot, the section from Scott Mountain Summit (5,554') to Carter Meadows (6,100) is but 20 miles long . . . but it stays high throughout with abundant vistas.

I was with a trail crew working on nearby trails this past week and was reminded, once again. just how beautiful this area is.

Once the domain of the Shasta and the Wintu peoples, white settlers established the route over Scott Mountain Summit as a pack trail in 1851 and as a stage road by 1860. The route, now Hwy 3, was known as the Western California - Oregon Trail. With the completion of the railroad along the Sacramento River, this toll road fell into disuse by 1887.

[thecultoflexithewulf]

Winnemem vs. New Agers on Mt. Shasta

[hoshinisuzu]

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[astrokatui]

WIN BA PUMA AT SUNWAY

WinTu ❤️❤️❤️

[thepotentialof2007]

The Bureau of Reclamation's failure once again to reserve enough cold water for the watershed means a projected 80% death rate for this year’s young

Unlike rice farmers who benefit from a water rights system that prioritizes seniority, the ancestors of Winnemem Wintu tribe leader Caleen Sisk, who fished Chinook out of the same river for thousands of years, were dispossessed by it.

Construction of Shasta Dam flooded the tribe’s lands, blocking access to ritual sites and breaking what the tribe sees as a covenant with the fish that once swam miles up their native McLoud River into the mountains.

Salmon are a critical part of the ecosystem, transferring nutrients from the sea to freshwater habitats along their journey, said Sisk, but she fears that message falls mostly on deaf ears among government agencies tasked with managing water.

“Can we do without salmon? Some people think we can. We believe we can’t,” she said. “They’re an indicator from the ocean to the rivers. It’s like miners going down into the mines without a canary. They can do it, but there’s gonna be a whole lot more problems.”

[jexplosedoncjesuis]

🆒 #mtshasta #lakesiskiyou #panthermeadow #panfluitmuziek #wintu (at Mount Shasta, California)