Podcasts about mccloud river

Host Dave Schlom is joined by Curtis Knight, Executive Director of California Trout, for an in-depth look at one of California's crown jewels, the McCloud River near Mt. Shasta.

Show outline; Bay area halibut & stripers; Nearshore rockfish & ling cod; Pardee Reservoir big brown trout; North State trout, including Trinity steelhead, Sacramento River rainbows, upper Sac, McCloud River and Hat Creek.

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Maxine McCormick, from San Francisco California.  Maxine began fly fishing as a child with her father, and spent summer vacations with family, on the McCloud River, catching fish and learning from her dad.  When Maxine was introduced to competition fly casting, her new found passion for casting helped her enjoy the fishing aspect of the sport more as well.  Maxine was competing nationally at age nine and won a gold medal at the world championships for accuracy at age twelve.  Now Maxine works at a fly shop in the Seattle area where she attends school and continues to incorporate fly fishing into her life's adventures. We discuss the McCloud River, the basics of the casting stroke that Maxine practices and teaches, and how she adjusts her casts for different scenarios on the water.More About Maxine:Instagram: @Maxine_McCormickNewsletter Sign-UpNew Collector DiscountWadeOutThere SubscribersGet 10% off your first order.View Jason's ArtworkThanks for listening.VR- Jason

Editor's note: Beacon was created in 1913 from Matteawan and Fishkill Landing. 150 Years Ago (February 1874) Lewis Tompkins of Matteawan planned to start a hat factory at Fishkill Landing. He proposed to spend $25,000 [about $675,000 today] of his own money and raise $30,000 from residents in investments of $500 [$13,500] and $1,000. Tompkins had already built the carpenter shop and purchased 13 carding machines in Boston. The ferryboat Union attempted to cut a channel through the ice between Fishkill Landing and Newburgh but after 3 hours it had gotten only a third of the way across. A few passengers got off the boat to walk. Following speeches by Henry Ward Beecher and William Cullen Bryant at the annual banquet in New York City of the Rural Club, its president asked each guest to name a favorite tree. Beecher cited the tulip tree but suggested that someone should compile a guide to all the best trees in the country, including an elm he admired in Fishkill Landing. Charles Sales of Fishkill Landing was accused of stabbing a man named Graham in the cheek during a fight on Liberty Street in Newburgh. The Fishkill Standard reported that a farmer named Hoyt, driving from Matteawan to Glenham, pulled so hard on the bit that he broke his horse's jaw. A skeptical reporter followed up and learned that G.W. Haight of Glenham had only presumed he broke the animal's jaw because it did not eat for several days after his hard tug. Three years after Nelson Luckey sold the 180-acre Mercellus farm to Chauncy Knapp for $40,000 [$1.1 million], he bought it back at a foreclosure sale for $10,000 [$270,000]. State officials stocked 3,000 salmon from the McCloud River in northern California, 15,000 salmon trout and a healthy number of black Oswego and rock bass in Sylvan Lake, Wappingers Creek, above the dam at Wappingers Falls and above the dam at Brinckerhoffville. G.W. Valentine, who ran the stages from Matteawan to the Fishkill Landing ferry, applied to the state Legislature for a 20-year monopoly. Patrick Balton was finishing a two-story brick dwelling at Fishkill Landing measuring 33 by 37 feet, and with a French roof. The Fishkill Landing Machine Co. received an order for a 125-horsepower steam engine with a 22-inch cylinder. The morning after Joseph Anderson's wife, Clara, asked him for a spoonful of medicine from a bottle borrowed from a Fishkill Landing neighbor with a label that read "paragorie" [a patent medicine that was 4 percent opium] she was found dead in bed. The liquid was instead laudanum [a pain reliever that was 10 percent opium]. W.H. Lyon, a Newburgh jeweler, owned a model of a steam-powered fire engine that was less than a foot long. It could propel water 10 feet through 3 feet of hose and a pin-head nozzle. Prof. Franklin, an "itinerate phrenologist," according to the Fishkill Journal, was hustled out of a boarding house on a Sunday because of his obscene language at the supper table. He left Fishkill Landing that evening on the milk train after being pelted with eggs that the newspaper said stuck in his "luxuriant, flowing hair." In its "Horse Notes" column, The New York Herald reported that Willard Mase of Matteawan had purchased a 6-year-old trotting gelding named Mountaineer that had been raised by Charles Schofield in Putnam County. The horse was 15 hands and 3 inches high [63 inches] and could run a mile in 2:30. 125 Years Ago (February 1899) Matteawan officials were courting Richard Croker to locate his new automobile factory in the village. Two Chinese businessmen from Cold Spring opened a laundry in Matteawan and cut prices so low that they angered all their competitors. The Rev. R.F. Bates of Fishkill Landing wrote to a New York City judge on behalf of his brother, Cary, who had been convicted of assault for shooting two men during the "race riots" in August at 39th Street. At sentencing, Cary's lawyer argued that his client had acted in self-defense and was convicted because he was Black. The judge interru...

Dave Spanbock has been both an artist and gallerist in his extensive career, mostly as an abstract artist, drawing geometrical shapes, mostly squares, freehand and experimenting with colors and the moods and emotion they evoke. On a walk along Ojai Avenue, going past the derelict hulk of what was once the flourishing community that was the bowling alley, he had an inspiration that Ojai, for all its incredible natural beauty, lacks an inside perspective equal to its exterior. We talk about how it might look to have a museum and arts center in Ojai, one more aligned with modern art movements and artists, residency programs, internships, master classes, visiting scholars and much more. Spending decades in Los Angeles, he's seen how a museum or exhibit space can transform a neighborhood. In Ojai, such a place could potentially transform the region. Spanbock has lived in and amid art most of his life, growing up in New Jersey, moving to Santa Barbara for college, where he moved from fine arts photography and writing into abstract painting. He was mentored by several prominent artists and teachers in college, influenced by the Black Mountain College model, in which all disciplines of art are integrated into a fluid whole (listen to Episode 103 with the American Modern Opera Company for more insight on Black Mountain College's outsize influence on modern culture). Spanbock is known for his "365 Day Project" in which he painted a self portrait every day for a year. At first it was a discipline, but it revealed greater connections between the brain, identity and how they flow through the brush. We talked about various arts movements, personalities like Warhol and gallerist Larry Gagosian and Ojai's potential as a modern-day Athens. Dave's fascinating development of an artist, his influences and the history of paints and pigments. We did not talk about the Såmi people of Finland, the McCloud River strain of rainbow trout or the provenance of the mud which umpires use to treat baseballs.

This was recorded early on a clear and warm spring morning at Bigelow Meadow in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. A light and steady breeze blew across the willow thickets and a few nearby pine trees which call the meadow home, with the soft roar of the McCloud River, running high with an abundance of snowmelt, heard in the distance. The recording starts in predawn darkness a little after three in the morning, towards the end of the nightly frog chorus. Even at that very early hour birds are beginning to sing. As the frog chorus slowly subsides, the dawn chorus slowly begins. You will hear an abundance of birds on this recording, which include Black-headed Grosbeaks, Yellow Warblers, MacGillivray's Warblers, Western Wood-pewees, Song Sparrows, Canada Geese, Great Horned Owls, and many more. Help this podcast get made by making a donation, becoming a Patreon supporter, or becoming a monthly supporter through Spotify Podcasting. You can do so by visiting the following links- https://soundbynaturepodcast.com/donations/ https://www.patreon.com/soundbynaturepodcast You can become a monthly supporter at Spotify Podcasting by clicking the link at the end of this podcast description. Thank you to my current and past monthly supporters, those of you that have made one-time donations, and my three supporters on Patreon. Every cent of your contribution goes directly to the production of this podcast. I truly appreciate your help! You can see pictures of the area this was recorded, as well as pictures from other locations I have gathered recordings, by visiting the Instagram and Facebook pages for the podcast. You can find them by searching @soundbynaturepodcast. Questions or comments? Send me a message on Facebook or Instagram, or email me at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com Please do something today that will help preserve nature for many generations to come. Thank you very much for listening. Stay healthy, stay safe, stay sound. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundbynature/support

SF Bay halibut and striper fishing; upcoming deep water rock fishing; Donner Lake mackinaw; Salmon back in the McCloud River

Recent research proves the McCloud River Redband Trout is a distinct subspecies of redband trout, genetically different from other redband trout. Matthew Campbell led the team that did the research, out of the University of California-Davis.

We apologize — the previously uploaded Chapter 11 has an audio glitch. It's now been corrected. To make sure everyone can access the corrected audio, we are uploading it again, here.  Spurred by drought, the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service accelerates a plan to restore winter-run Chinook salmon to the McCloud River. Chief Caleen Sisk weighs whether to collaborate with federal officials. Salmon spotted on Dry Creek for the first time in 30 years are celebrated as an answer to the Winnemem Wintu's Run4Salmon prayer.

Spurred by drought, the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service accelerates a plan to restore winter-run Chinook salmon to the McCloud River. Chief Caleen Sisk weighs whether to collaborate with federal officials. Salmon spotted on Dry Creek for the first time in 30 years are celebrated as an answer to the Winnemem Wintu's Run4Salmon prayer.

In Part III, we follow the Winnemem Wintu's fight to return salmon to their river, the McCloud. That fight is predicated on strong spiritual and cultural ties to the fish. In the old days, they lit fires alongside the river to help them find their way. But with salmon no longer swimming in the McCloud River, the Winnemem Wintu feel a moral and spiritual obligation to bring them back. The journey is full of ups and downs and includes war dances. border crossings. trucks carrying fish. and ultimately, to everyone's surprise, salmon eggs hatching in the McCloud River for the first time in about 80 years.

In Part II, we shift the focus away from the fight against a bigger dam and towards a different struggle: for salmon. The Winnemem Wintu feel a close connection to salmon, a keystone species that impacts the well-being of other creatures and habitat around them. They miss them on the McCloud River where their ancestors fished. We journey alongside the Winnemem Wintu through the San Francisco Bay and up the Sacramento River to witness the obstacles faced by the fish. Along the way, we learn about the historical events that have shaped these waterways and threatened the continued existence of Chinook salmon populations here.

We accompany the Winnemem Wintu to sacred sites near the McCloud River. The federal government's Shasta Dam and Reservoir Expansion Proposal threatens these sites and the Winnemem Wintu way of life.

A Prayer for Salmon is coming soon! The series, which has been five-and-a-half years in the making, follows the Winnemem Wintu people as they resist a proposed Shasta Dam Enlargement Project that would flood their sacred sites, and fight to return Chinook salmon to their homeland on the McCloud River, a major tributary of the dam. Over the course of the eleven episodes, A Prayer For Salmon investigates the Shasta Dam and Reservoir Enlargement Project, which gained traction during the Trump years and proposes to raise the 602-foot dam even higher, which would flood important Winnemem Wintu sacred sites. Episodes then take listeners on a journey with the Winnemem Wintu and allies who walk, run, bike and boat on a two-week, 300-mile Run Salmon ceremony that follows the migration of Chinook salmon from the Pacific Ocean to historical spawning grounds above Shasta Dam. The podcast also follows the Winnemem Wintu's nearly two-decade attempt to return Chinook salmon that originated in California, but now swim in New Zealand, to the heart of their homelands on the McCloud River where salmon have not swum for nearly 80 years.

Good News: Salmon are being returned to the McCloud River in Northern California for the first time in over 80 years, to the joy of Native tribes in the area, Link HERE. The Good Word: A genuinely lovely quote from Plutarch. Good To Know: One trivia story debunked in favor of an equally odd one! […]

Our destination is Northern California and the beautiful and lush McCloud River, home of the most widely distributed trout in the world, the McCloud Rainbow, and the birthplace of tight line nymphing.  With expert guide and fly angler, Greg Kennedy, Fish Kennedy Brothers.  Designated a wild and scenic river, the McCloud is a remote and magical place.   Greg covers top hatches, flies and techniques, public access including the Nature Conservancy property, plus stories of Golden Dorado in Bolivia, airborne steelhead, and the famous Bollibokka club.  Stick around to the end for a great tip on a local restaurant where you can tie flies while you order a beer.  Bonus:  Greg also gives us the lowdown on the Pitt and the Upper Sac.   With host, Steve Haigh Pictures of the McCloud River and Greg's top fly picks: @DestinationAnglerPodcast on Instagram and Facebook About Greg Kennedy and his guide service Fish Kennedy Brothers  https://www.fishkennedybrothers.com/ Email:   caddisman@hotmail.com Facebook, Instagram @FishKennedyBrothers The Fly Shop Or, you can book a trip with Greg through The Fly Shop in Redding, CA:  https://www.theflyshop.com/ Please check out our Sponsors: Outfishers.com - Shop the largest collection of used fly rods anywhere.  The trusted source for pre-owned fly rods.  https://outfishers.com/  Instagram @outfishers Facebook @OutfishersUsedFlyRods Trout Routes - the #1 Trout Fishing app, helping you find new trout water so you spend less time on the road and more time fishing.  https://troutinsights.com/ | Facebook @troutinsights Instagram @TroutRoutes  Angler's Coffee - elevating the coffee experience for the fly-fishing community & anglers everywhere with small-batch coffee delivered to your doorstep.  https://anglerscoffee.com/   | Facebook & Instagram @anglerscoffeeco    Destination Angler: The Destination Angler Website and Show Notes:   http://destinationangler.libsyn.com/ Get updates and pictures of destinations covered on each podcast: @DestinationAnglerPodcast on Instagram and Facebook Join in the conversation with the @DestinationAnglerConnection group on Facebook. Comments & Suggestions:  host, Steve Haigh, email shaigh50@gmail.com Available on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts Recorded July 13, 2022.  Episode 71 Music on the show by A Brother's Fountain, “Hitch Hike-Man”.    Podcast edited by Podcast Volume  https://www.podcastvolume.com/

show outline; lower Klamath salmon; Eagle Lake techniques; salmon return to McCloud River.

Protocols are the basic set of rules that define how information can be exchanged whether it is a biological cell or the transfer of data between computers, even cryptocurrency. This week we explore the theme of Infinite Possibility, represented by the delphinium, and learn about spiritual protocols from Michael Pom Preston from the Winnemem Wintu tribe of Mt. Shasta in Northern California. He claims spiritual responsibility to the winnemem wywakit (McCloud River) and this is the spiritual background that he speaks from. He is also an enrolled member of the Susanville Indian Rancheria in Susanville California as a descendent of the Wada Ticutta Numu (Seed Eater Paiute), Modoc, and Ilmawi/Madesi Pit River tribes. He shares how ceremony and spiritual enlightenment are the highest technology there is, even in our day-to-day life. There are rules to it and spiritual bypassing is not allowed as a matter of physics.Collect the Delphinium Infinite Possibility NFT.Find encouragement to practice with the Gratitude Blooming cards in our metagarden community on discord: https://discord.gg/MeRrhxKax4We appreciate your support and help so we can bloom! Please take a moment to give us 5-stars and share a review. You can always email us at hello@gratitudeblooming.com. We want to hear from you! Give the gift of the Gratitude Blooming card deck at www.gratitudeblooming.com

John is the co-owner of Tahoe Fly Fishing Oufitters in South Lake Tahoe California as well as the owner of the McCloud River Outpost. The Outpost is an awesome piece of land on the way to the McCloud River that John and his family have owned for years. John has worn many hats in his career and we chat about his past and what led him to where he is now. John's love for the sport is obvious and his willingness to share and promote the outdoors to others is infectious. https://www.mccloudriveroutpost.com/ https://tahoeflyfishing.com/

This was recorded on a clear and bright moonlit night beside the McCloud River Trail in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. It was the warmest night of spring so far and the moon was close to full. The recording starts just after sunset as the birds were singing their last songs of the day and the frogs were warming up for their nightly chorus. There is a little bit of air traffic but none of it passed directly overhead and therefore wasn't too loud. Considering the length of this recording, four jets in four hours is not too bad. I made two previous attempts to record the frogs at this location, and both times there was much more air traffic. So I considered this time a success. I hope you enjoy it! Please support this show! Your contribution helps make this podcast possible. All contributions go directly towards producing these recordings and providing you with natural sound. If you enjoy the podcast please show your appreciation and make a donation at https://soundbynaturepodcast.com/donations/. If you'd like to become a monthly supporter you can do so by clicking the support link at the end of this podcast description, by visiting the donation page on the podcast website, and now you can support me on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/soundbynaturepodcast I'd really like to thank my monthly supporters and those of you that have donated both recently and in the past. You truly are helping to keep this podcast going, and I appreciate each and every one of you. Thank you!!! You can see pictures of the area this was recorded, as well as pictures from other locations I have gathered recordings, by visiting the Instagram and Facebook pages for the podcast. You can find them by searching @soundbynaturepodcast. Questions or comments? Send me a message on Facebook or Instagram, or email me at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com Please do something good for the Earth today, I promise you that it will make you feel good! I hope wherever you are listening that this benefits you in some small way, and it inspires you to do all you can to protect and preserve our natural world. Thank you very much for listening. Stay healthy, stay safe, stay sound. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/soundbynature/support

This was recorded on International Dawn Chorus Day beside the Upper McCloud River in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. It was a cold and clear spring morning and the recording starts before sunrise as light was filling the sky and the dawn chorus filled the air. Thankfully there was no air traffic overhead for the duration of this recording, so I am very glad to say that this episode is free of noise pollution. Please donate! Your contribution helps make this podcast possible. All donations go directly towards producing these recordings and providing you with natural sound. If you enjoy the podcast please show your appreciation and make a donation at https://soundbynaturepodcast.com/donations/ If you'd like to become a monthly supporter you can do so by clicking the support link at the end of this podcast description, or by visiting the donation page on the podcast website. It's the best way to support the podcast because it provides me with a reliable resource which I can draw from to help me provide you with natural sound. I'd really like to thank my monthly supporters and those of you that have donated both recently and in the past. You truly are helping to keep this podcast going, and I appreciate each and every one of you. Thank you!!! You can see pictures of the area this was recorded, as well as pictures from other locations I have gathered recordings, by visiting the Instagram and Facebook pages for the podcast. You can find them by searching @soundbynaturepodcast. Questions or comments? Send me a message on Facebook or Instagram, or email me at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com PEACE FOR UKRAINE! PEACE ON EARTH! PEACE FOR ALL LIVING THINGS!!! I hope wherever you are listening that this benefits you in some small way, and it inspires you to do all you can to protect and preserve our natural world. Thank you very much for listening. Stay healthy, stay safe, stay sound. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/soundbynature/support

This was recorded on Easter morning beside the Upper McCloud River in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. It was a refreshingly crisp spring morning, with a thin blanket of recently fallen spring snow covering the banks of the river. There is some air traffic on this recording, and you may hear some faint sounds from the distant highway. Please donate! Your contributions help make this podcast possible. All donations go directly towards producing these recordings and providing you with natural sound. If you enjoy the podcast please show your appreciation and make a donation: https://soundbynaturepodcast.com/donations/ If you'd like to become a monthly supporter you can do so by clicking the support link at the end of this podcast description, or by visiting the donation page on the podcast website. It's the best way to support the podcast because it provides me with a reliable resource which I can draw from to help me provide you with these recordings. I'd really like to thank my monthly supporters and those of you that have donated both recently and in the past. You truly are helping to keep this podcast going, and I appreciate each and every one of you. You can see pictures of the area this was recorded, as well as pictures from other locations I have gathered recordings, by visiting the Instagram and Facebook pages for the podcast. You can find them by searching @soundbynaturepodcast. Questions or comments? Send me a message on Facebook or Instagram, or email me at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com I continue to hope for an abrupt end to the war against Ukraine. The suffering of the Ukrainian people at the hands of a megalomaniacal autocrat is absolutely unjustifiable. PEACE FOR UKRAINE!!! I hope that wherever you are hearing this, that it benefits you in some small way. Thank you very much for listening. Stay healthy, stay safe, stay sound. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/soundbynature/support

This was recorded on a rainy morning in early spring at Bigelow Meadow in the Bigelow Meadow Botanical Area, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. Though it was recorded on the day before the spring equinox and therefore technically still winter, Mother Nature doesn't strictly follow the calendar and the sound of birdsong is a clear indicator that spring has arrived to the McCloud River area of Northern California. There is air traffic on this recording, a form of noise pollution which is unfortunately unavoidable on long recordings in this part of the state. Please donate! Your contribution helps make this podcast possible. All donations go directly towards producing these recordings and providing you with natural sound. If you enjoy the podcast, please show your appreciation and make a donation: https://soundbynaturepodcast.com/donations/ If you'd like to become a monthly supporter you can do so by clicking the support link at the end of this podcast description, or by visiting the donation page on the podcast website. It's the best way to support the podcast because it provides me with a reliable resource which I can draw from to help me provide you with these recordings. Thank you very much to my monthly supporters and those of you that have donated both recently and in the past. You really are helping to keep this podcast going, and I appreciate each and every one of you. You can see pictures of the area this was recorded, as well as pictures from other locations I have gathered recordings, by visiting the Instagram and Facebook pages for the podcast. You can find them by searching @soundbynaturepodcast. Questions or comments? Send me a message on Facebook or Instagram, or email me at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com I hope and pray for an abrupt end to the war in Ukraine, and for the person who started it to be held fully accountable for the war crimes which have been committed as a direct result of his unprovoked aggression. PEACE FOR UKRAINE!!!

We follow up with hereditary Chief Caleen Sisk about the expansive watershed of the Sacramento River from the headwaters of the Winnemem Waywayket all the way to the Bay-Delta and the Pacific Ocean. We learn about the history of this once epic fishery and what it will take to bring the Salmon back home over the Shasta rim dam, and how New Zealand can help.The management of California's Bay Delta and its tributaries is complicated. The Sacramento and San Joaquin River watersheds and Delta have a complicated series of dams and diversions that feed the state and federal Central Valley Irrigation projects. The Shasta and Trinity dams are federal dams, while many of the other dams in the watersheds such as the Feather, Pit, and American Rivers are either primarily part of the state water project or private PGE dams. The state of California and the Federal Bureau of Reclamation manage flows, irrigation water deliveries, and operations from their dams and diversions, through water operations plans and a complicated water rights system. These operations are subject to Endangered Species Act Biological Opinions for endangered species such as winter and spring-run salmon and Delta smelt.  Recent Biological Opinions have not only estimated how much water can be diverted,  without species in rivers below the diversions going extinct, but they also have called for the return of winter-run salmon to their traditional habitats upstream of these dams, such as the McCloud River. This is because spring run and winter-run salmon traditionally used the upper reaches of the cold tributaries of the Delta watersheds. Almost all of their spawning habitat has been blocked by dams. Unfortunately, these Biological Opinions have been subject to political interference by several presidents and many of the runs of endangered salmon have been killed over the last ten years and fish passage efforts have not moved forward. Get InvolvedWinnemem Wintu Tribe Run 4 SalmonPetition to help the McCloud RiverRestore the Delta Save California SalmonMaven's NotebookCalifornia State Water Resources Control BoardPetition to Stop Salmon Fish Kills  Instagram  Facebook 

This recording was gathered on a clear winter afternoon beside the McCloud River in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Shasta County, California. It was a sunny and mild day in the deep, rugged, and heavily forested canyon which this stretch of the river flows through. Please donate! Your contributions make this podcast possible. All donations go directly into producing these recordings and providing you with natural sound. If you enjoy the natural sound I provide you with, please make a donation: https://soundbynaturepodcast.com/donations/ If you'd like to become a monthly supporter you can do so by clicking the support link at the end of this podcast description, or by visiting the donation page on the podcast website. It's the best way to support the podcast. Thank you very much to my monthly supporters and those of you that have donated in the past. You really are helping to keep this podcast going, and I appreciate each and every one of you. You can see pictures of the area this was recorded, as well as pictures from other locations I have gathered recordings, by visiting the Instagram and Facebook pages for the podcast. You can find them by searching @soundbynaturepodcast. Questions or comments? Email me at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com I hope that you enjoy these longer recordings and that they help ease the stress of this chaotic world in which we live. Thank you very much for listening. Stay safe, stay healthy, stay sound. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/soundbynature/support

This was recorded on a clear and cool winter day while I paddled a canoe on Lake McCloud in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Shasta County, California. The sun was shining brightly as I paddled along, with a light breeze occasionally rippling the otherwise calm surface of the lake. Lake McCloud is not a natural lake but a reservoir built on the McCloud River, and at the time I recorded this the water was very low. As I paddled up to to where the river entered the lake the water became so shallow that I was pushing along the lake bottom with my canoe paddle, and in a few very shallow spots the canoe rubbed the lake bottom. Follow the podcast on Facebook and Instagram, just search @soundbynaturepodcast Please donate: https://soundbynaturepodcast.com/donations/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/soundbynature/support

This was recorded on the clear and cold morning of New Year's Eve at the Middle Fall of the McCloud River in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. Thank you very, very much to all my monthly supporters and those of you that donated to the podcast over this past year. You keep me motivated to continue doing this, and I want you to know that I deeply appreciate all of your help. I'm looking forward to the coming year and continuing to provide you with natural sound. Thanks again! If you'd like to see pictures of the area this was recorded, as well as pictures from other locations I have gathered recordings, please check out the Instagram and Facebook pages for the podcast. You can find them by searching @soundbynaturepodcast. Questions? Email me at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com Donations? https://soundbynaturepodcast.com/donations/ If you'd like to become a monthly supporter you can do so by clicking the link at the end of this podcast description. It's the best way to contribute to the podcast. It's been a challenging year and I hope these recordings have helped you get through it. Thank you very much for listening. Stay healthy, stay safe, stay sound. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/soundbynature/support

This was recorded on the Pacific Crest Trail footbridge over the McCloud River in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Shasta County, California. It was a warm, clear, and beautiful day in the deep and densely forested canyon which this stretch of the river flows through. Sound By Nature is independently produced and is made possible in part by contributions from listeners like you. If you appreciate natural sound that has been thoughtfully gathered and is entirely free from advertising, please support this podcast. I could really use the help! Your contribution will be used to help cover the cost of bringing you these recordings and ensure the production of future episodes of the podcast. You can become a monthly supporter by clicking the support link at the end of this podcast description, or by visiting https://soundbynaturepodcast.com/donations/, where you will also have the option of making a one time donation. Any and all help is greatly appreciated. You can also help by rating and reviewing the podcast on Apple Podcasts, I really enjoy hearing what you think! I am so grateful for my monthly supporters and everyone that has made a one time donation. Your contributions help a lot and are enabling me to continue providing all my listeners with these recordings. Recently, I was able to purchase new high quality audio cables with your donations, thank you to everyone that pitched in!!! If you'd like to see pictures of the area this was recorded, as well as pictures from other locations I have gathered recordings, please check out the Instagram and Facebook pages for the podcast. You can find them by searching @soundbynaturepodcast. And if you have any questions or comments about the podcast you can email me at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com. I really hope you enjoy this recording. Whatever you use it for, I hope it brings you peace and benefits you in some small way. Thank you very much for listening, and please get vaccinated if you are able and haven't already, so that we may put this dreadful pandemic behind us. Stay healthy, stay safe, stay sound. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/soundbynature/support

This recording was collected just after sunset on a calm, clear evening near the upper McCloud River, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. The frogs started with a couple of warmups before beginning their full, boisterous performance. This podcast is independently produced and is made possible in part by the generous support of listeners like you. If you enjoy these recordings and appreciate that they are free from advertising, I hope you will consider becoming a supporter or making a small one time donation. Your contribution will be used to help me continue providing you with ad free, loop free, thoughtfully collected natural sound. I hope that you will consider supporting the podcast if you can. You can make a monthly contribution by clicking the support link at the end of this podcast description, or by visiting- http://soundbynaturepodcast.com/donations/ where you will also have the option to make a one time donation. Any and all support is deeply appreciated. You can also support the podcast by rating and reviewing it on Apple Podcasts. I would like to thank my monthly supporters for your ongoing support. Your contributions have helped me acquire better equipment which has improved the quality of these recordings, and they motivate me to continue providing you with these sounds. Soo, Paul, Meta, Ariel, Benjamin, Jill, Laurie, Melinda, and Lisa- I truly appreciate your monthly support. Thank you! If you have any comments or questions you can email the podcast at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com. You can also get in touch by visiting my website- https://soundbynaturepodcast.com/ I hope that this or any of my recordings can provide you with a little peace amidst the tumult of this chaotic, stressful, and crazy world we all live in together. Whether you listen to help you drift off to sleep, achieve a meditative state of mind, provide some natural ambience, or however you use these sounds, I truly hope that they benefit you in some small way. Thank you for listening. Stay safe, stay healthy, stay sound. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/soundbynature/support

This recording was gathered beside the upper McCloud River in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. It was a calm and clear morning on the first day of May and the birds sang cheerily in the warm sunlight. Sound By Nature is independently produced and is made possible in part by the generous support of listeners like you. If you appreciate nature field recordings which have been thoughtfully gathered with respect for nature, and is completely free from advertising, perhaps you would like to support the podcast as well. Will you help me provide you with these recordings by becoming a supporter? Your support will be used to continue to provide you with you ad free, mindfully collected natural sound. I hope that you will consider supporting the podcast if you can. You can make a monthly contribution by clicking the support link at the end of this podcast description, and by visiting- http://soundbynaturepodcast.com/donations/ where you also have the option to make a one time donation. Any and all support is thoroughly appreciated. You can also support the podcast by rating and reviewing it on Apple Podcasts. Thank you very much to my monthly supporters for your continued support. Your contributions have helped me upgrade my equipment, which has hopefully improved your listening experience, they've helped cover the costs associated with gathering these recordings, and they motivate me to continue providing you with natural sound. Soo, Paul, Meta, Ariel, Benjamin, Jill, Laurie, Melinda, and Lisa- I am truly grateful for your monthly support. Thank you! Recently I was happy to receive the first donation to the podcast through the website. Unfortunately my happiness waned when I received an email that said the cardholder had disputed the charge and the bank refused the payment. I was further disheartened when I was charged a hefty returned payment fee by the company which handles online payment processing for my website. I find it hard to imagine that a person would fraudulently use somebody's credit or debit card to donate to a podcast, and I am guessing that the person that made the donation didn't recognize the charge or perhaps they forgot they made the donation. Either way, I really hope it was just a misunderstanding. That said, if you decide to donate to the podcast through the website and later decide to dispute the charge with your bank or credit card company, please know that I will be penalized, and possibly for more than the originally intended donation. If you have any questions or comments you can email the podcast at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com. You can also get in touch by visiting the website- https://soundbynaturepodcast.com/ -It's a work in progress, but it's a start. I really hope that this or any of my other recordings provide you with a little solace in this ceaselessly chaotic world we all live in together. Whether you listen to help you achieve a meditative state of mind, for stress relieving natural ambience, to help you drift off to a restful night of sleep, or however you may listen to them, I hope they are benefitting you in any small way. Thank you all very much for listening. Stay healthy, stay safe, and stay sound. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/soundbynature/support

This was recorded on a cold and rainy spring morning while walking along the McCloud River Trail in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. The rain fell steadily as I strolled along, at times mixed with wet and slushy snow, and heavy water drops fell from the trees as the rain collected in the foliage before dripping down to the forest floor. This recording was made using a binaural microphone configuration which means the microphones were placed at ear level on either side of the head in order to reproduce a lifelike stereo recording which comes as close as possible to what someone would hear were they actually at the location themselves. In this case the microphones were clipped below the brim of a hat I wore both to protect the microphones and my head from getting soaked by the rain and heavy water droplets dripping from the trees. The rain had softened the trail surface which muffled my footsteps and allowed for a much quieter walk than if the trail had been dry, with leaves, twigs, and pine needles crunching underfoot. Sound By Nature is independently produced and is made possible in part by the generous support of listeners like you. If you appreciate field recordings which have been thoughtfully gathered with respect for nature, and are completely free from advertising, perhaps you would like to support the podcast as well. Will you help me provide you with these recordings by becoming a supporter? Your support will be used to help me continue to provide you with you ad free, mindfully collected natural sound. I hope that you will consider supporting the podcast if you can. You can make a monthly contribution by clicking the support link at the end of this podcast description, and by visiting- http://soundbynaturepodcast.com/donations/ where you also have the option to make a one time donation. Any and all support is thoroughly appreciated. Thank you very much to my monthly supporters for your continued support. Your contributions have helped me upgrade my equipment, which has hopefully improved your listening experience, they've helped cover the costs associated with gathering these recordings, and they motivate me to continue providing you with natural sound. Soo, Paul, Meta, Ariel, Benjamin, Jill, Laurie, Melinda, and new supporter Lisa- I am truly grateful for your monthly support. Thank you! I would also like to thank listener Leah who reached out to me by email and made a generous contribution to the podcast by standard mail. Thanks again Leah! If you have any questions or comments you can email the podcast at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com. You can also get in touch by visiting the website- https://soundbynaturepodcast.com/ -It's a work in progress, but it's a start. I really hope that this or any of my other recordings provide you with a little solace in this ceaselessly chaotic world we all live in together. Whether you use them to help you achieve a meditative state of mind, for stress relieving natural ambience, help you drift off to a restful night of sleep, or however you may enjoy them, I hope they are benefitting you in some small way. Thank you all very much for listening. Stay healthy, stay safe, and stay sound. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/soundbynature/support

I recorded this while snowshoeing on untracked snow down the McCloud River Trail from the Lakin Dam day use area to the overlook at the Upper Fall of the McCloud River. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/soundbynature/support

This was recorded on a partly cloudy winter day on the snowy bank of the McCloud River in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. Sound By Nature is produced by me with the generous support of listeners like you. If you appreciate field recordings which have been gathered mindfully with respect for nature, and are completely free from advertising, perhaps you would like to support the podcast as well. Will you help me continue to provide you with these recordings by becoming a supporter? Your support will be used help me keep giving you ad free, thoughtfully collected natural sound. I hope that you will consider supporting the podcast if you can. You can do so by clicking the support link at the end of this podcast description, thanks! Thank you very much to my supporters for your monthly support. Your contributions have helped me upgrade my equipment, which has hopefully improved your listening experience, they have helped cover the costs associated with gathering these recordings, and they motivate me to continue providing you with natural sounds. Also, thank you to everyone that has taken the time to rate and review the podcast, and the few of you who have reached out by email. I really appreciate it. If you have any questions, comments, or criticisms you can email the podcast at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com. If you'd like to see a few pictures from some of the places these episodes were recorded, check out the Facebook and Instagram pages for the podcast, you can find them by searching @soundbynaturepodcast. I really hope that you are all staying healthy in body and mind as the pandemic drags on and the stresses of life try to wear us down. I hope that these sounds have provided you with a little relief from it all, or at least helped you fall asleep. I am grateful to have had this to focus on through these tumultuous times, and I am truly thankful to all of you for listening. Stay sound. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/soundbynature/support

This was recorded on a cold and misty morning while walking on the Pacific Crest Trail from the bridge over the McCloud River near Ash Camp to the Forest Service road near the Ah Di Na Campground. This section of the trail follows the McCloud River through a deep, rugged, and densely forested canyon. Sound By Nature is produced by me with the generous support of listeners like you. If you enjoy the podcast and appreciate natural sound recorded live on location, which has been gathered mindfully with respect for nature, and is completely free from advertising, perhaps you would like to support the podcast as well. Will you help me continue to provide you with these recordings by becoming a supporter? Your support will be used help me keep giving you ad free, thoughtfully collected natural sound. I hope that you will consider supporting me if you can. You can do so by clicking the support link at the end of this podcast description, thanks! Thank you so very much to my supporters for your monthly support. Your contributions have helped me upgrade my equipment which has hopefully improved your listening experience, it has helped cover the costs associated with gathering these recordings, and it is incredibly motivating for me to know that you value what I am providing you. I am extremely grateful for your help and I'm determined to continue to provide you with natural sound. David, Alexandra, Jill, Gail, Meta, Paul, and Soo- Thank you! And thank you to everyone that has taken the time to rate and review the podcast, I really appreciate it!! If you have any questions, comments, or criticisms you can email the podcast at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com. If you'd like to see a few pictures from some of the places these episodes were recorded, check out the Facebook page for the podcast, you can find it by searching @soundbynaturepodcast. I hope you all are staying safe and healthy in body and mind as this pandemic worsens. I really hope these recordings have been able to provide you with a bit of peace during these difficult and trying times. Thank you so much for listening, stay sound. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/soundbynature/support

This was recorded while walking on the McCloud River Trail beneath the full moon in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. The McCloud River Trail winds along the McCloud River and passes three creatively named yet nonetheless beautiful waterfalls, Upper, Middle, and Lower, the largest being Middle Fall at over fifty feet tall and one hundred feet wide. This recording takes you down the trail from just above Upper Fall, to below Middle Fall. Sound By Nature is produced by me with the generous support of listeners like you. If you enjoy these recordings and value natural sound recorded on location with no advertising, which have been gathered mindfully with respect for nature, perhaps you would like to support the podcast as well. Can you help me provide you with these recordings by becoming a supporter? Your support will be used to help me continue giving you ad free natural sounds. I hope that if it is within your means you will consider becoming a supporter. To those of you that are already supporting the podcast, thank you so much. Your support has helped me acquire new equipment, which is hopefully improving your listening experience. If you have any questions, comments, or criticisms(hopefully constructive), please e-mail me at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com. And please visit the Facebook page for the podcast, which I have started updating again, and like it while your there. You can find it by searching for Sound By Nature. Thanks! Please vote. Please vote. Please vote. Thank you for listening. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/soundbynature/support

This was recorded at the Upper McCloud River on the McCloud River Trail, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. It was a warm evening for the time of year, and though the sky was otherwise clear, the air was laden with smoke from the many wildfires burning across Northern California which imbued the evening light with a deep golden hue. Sound By Nature is independently produced by me with production help from my dog and the generous support of listeners like you. If you enjoy the podcast and appreciate natural sounds recorded live on location with no looping, no advertisements, and no corporate overlords, which have been gathered mindfully while strictly following Leave No Trace ethics, perhaps you would like to support the podcast as well. I currently have three supporters, to whom I am extremely grateful, and I would really like to have some more. Can you help me out? I will use your support to improve the listening experience for you and all listeners, and to continue producing episodes in sonically rich natural environments. You can do so by clicking the support link at the end of this podcast description. I have recently used the support I have thus far received to contribute to upgrading my sound equipment which will hopefully result in a noticeable improvement in sound quality in future episodes. Thank you very much to my supporters for your help in making this happen, it's something I have wanted to do for a while now. You can also support the podcast by rating and reviewing it, thank you very much to everyone that already has. I hope that everyone is staying healthy, both physically and mentally, and I hope that these recordings are able to provide you with a bit of solace during these uncertain and tumultuous times. If these recordings do help you, I would really like to hear about it. I'm also curious how you use the podcast, whether for meditation, sleep, ambience or something else. You can tell me by emailing the podcast at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com. Thank you for listening. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/soundbynature/support

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Dr. Peter Moyle was recognized by Fly Fisherman Magazine as the 2020 Conservationist of the Year for his lifetime of conservation work in California and in watersheds across the West. Peter's forward-thinking and get it done attitude has saved and restored fisheries across California including McCloud River, Putah Creek, the San Joaquin River and the Klamath River. Listen in to find out how Peter identifies and works through the issues associated with saving and restoring these fine fisheries.

Dr. Peter Moyle was recognized by Fly Fisherman Magazine as the 2020 Conservationist of the Year for his lifetime of conservation work in California and in watersheds across the West. Peter's forward-thinking and get it done attitude has saved and restored fisheries across California including McCloud River, Putah Creek, the San Joaquin River and the Klamath River. Listen in to find out how Peter identifies and works through the issues associated with saving and restoring these fine fisheries.

This was recorded on a clear and calm early summer morning a little after sunrise on the upper McCloud River, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. Sound By Nature is entirely produced by me with generous support from listeners. If you feel that it enriches your life or helps you in any way, I hope that you'll consider supporting it as well. You can do so by clicking the support link at the end of this podcast description. Your contribution will go towards improving the listening experience for everyone, and producing future episodes on location in beautiful, sonically rich environments. You can also support the podcast by rating and reviewing it on Itunes or your favorite podcast platform. Thank you!!    I hope that everyone is staying safe and healthy, both physically and mentally. There is a lot going on in the world right now and it can be hard to cope. I really hope this podcast helps. Thank you very much for listening.  Stay Sound. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/soundbynature/support

This recording was made on a cold and clear spring morning at a campsite in the Ah Di Na Campground on the lower McCloud River in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Shasta County, California. With reduced air traffic during the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic there is no noise pollution on this recording, under what are normally busy skies. I hope you are doing alright wherever you are, and I hope this or any of my recordings can provide you with a bit of solace during this pandemic. Stay safe, good luck, and thank you for listening.. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/soundbynature/support

We speak with Chief Caleen Sisk, the Spiritual Leader of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe, whose ancestral territory includes what is now known as the McCloud River watershed below “Buliyum Puyuk” aka. Mt. Shasta in Northern California. Since 2000, Chief Caleen has helped maintain the cultural and religious traditions of the Tribe and continually advocates for salmon restoration, the Human Right to Water and protection of Indigenous sacred sites. She and her tribe are currently working with Maori of Aotearoa (New Zealand) and federal fish biologists to return the now nearly extinct California Chinook salmon to the McCloud River. Run4Salmon Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/run4salmon/ Interview originally recorded in 2017. Interview by Carry Kim Hosted by Jessica Aldridge from SoCal 350 and Adventures in Waste Engineer: JP Morris and Blake Lampkin Executive Producer: Jack Eidt Show Created by Mark and JP Morris Music: Javier Kadry Episode 51

In this bonus episode, NOAA's Jon Ambrose calls into the show to give us a quick update on the Chinook reintroduction project planned for the lower reach of the McCloud River.  --- This episode is brought to you by - please show your support...

Waking up next to Butcher Knife Creek with their own private beach after a good nights sleep sees the guys in high spirits as they head out through dense woodland. They've recovered well overnight, except for Molly's bee sting from yesterday which is swollen and annoying. They move down the trail towards McCloud River, and have wonderful bear encounter with a beautiful cinnamon coloured female. The trail is hard and dusty, and overgrown with poison oak, which they do their best to avoid. They bump into old friends at lunch, and catch up on gossip from elsewhere on the trail. Squaw Valley Creek offers respite from the heat of the day, and they stop for a lovely swim. Early evening sees them leave the 'green tunnel' of trees and emerge with views of Mt Shasta and Castle Crags. Thinking about their town visit tomorrow to Dunsmuir, they are hoping for the opportunity for a wash and a rest, and of course a load of food! Hiding in their tent from the mosquitos, day 118 ends in episode 102 of Trail & Errors.

In this episode of the show we sit down with NOAA Biologist Jon Ambrose. Jon is the National Marine Fisheries Service's (NMFS) salmon Reintroduction Coordinator for the California Central Valley. We talk in detail about the reintroduction efforts...

A partly cloudy and warm spring afternoon beside a mountain spring in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in Shasta County, California. I recorded this right where it burst forth from the ground in a tall stand of old growth Douglas Fir, Ponderosa Pine, Incense Cedar, and Sugar Pine. The Black Oaks, Pacific Dogwoods, and Bigleaf and Vine Maples in the understory had yet to leaf out, and the first fern fiddleheads had only just begun to unfurl in this beautiful and secluded area of densely forested mountains located a short distance from the Pacific Crest Trail. The spring, one of several in the area, forms the headwaters of West Trough Creek, a cold and shady tributary of Squaw Valley Creek, itself a tributary of the McCloud River. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/soundbynature/support

Enjoy the soothing sound of Middle Fall on the McCloud River from the rocks beside the pool below the fall. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/soundbynature/support

Relax beside the cold, clear water of the upper McCloud River in Northern California on a late fall day. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/soundbynature/support

A beautiful, brisk, late autumn afternoon below the Upper Fall on the McCloud River in Northern California. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/soundbynature/support

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Steven Fry is a fly fishing guide based out of the Redding Fly Shop. Steve's guiding career started with a buddy of his, who was a pig hunting guide. Inspired, Steven started off as a hunting guide himself. After awhile, his guiding repertoire...

On this second in a special series of “On The Water” episodes of the Barbless Fly Fishing Podcast, Chad Alderson talks with Kevin Grunewald, a biologist with The Nature Conservancy based on the Preserve.   Kevin grew up in Roxbury, Wisconsin...

Ayana is joined by Chief Caleen Sisk, spiritual leader of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe of Northern California, to explore how the forces of industrial society have attempted to tame and exploit living waters, and how these Indigenous stewards are facing the subsequent ecological predicament. Upon learning that the extinct Chinook salmon of her territories had survived a world away in New Zealand, Caleen has led an unprecedented effort with Maori and federal fish biologists to return Chinook to the McCloud River watershed in California. Please visit gofundme.com/salmonwillrun to donate to this historic effort to bring back the long-lost Chinook salmon! Learn about the journey at run4salmon.org

If you’ve eaten produce from California, then you’ve probably been nourished by waters from the McCloud River, also known as the Winnemem River, that feeds into irrigation canals to grow your food. If you’ve enjoyed the beauty and power of Mt. Shasta and the surrounding area, then you’ve been nurtured by the waters that flow […]

If you’ve eaten produce from California, then you’ve probably been nourished by waters from the McCloud River, also known as the Winnemem River, that feeds into irrigation canals to grow your food. If you’ve enjoyed the beauty and power of Mt. Shasta and the surrounding area, then you’ve been nurtured by the waters that flow […]

Bob and Elizabeth host this week as they talk about their visit to Winterail.  After 38 years in Stockton, Winterail has moved to Corvallis, OR.  It promises to be an interesting weekend as we head to Portland to ride Tri-Met's Westside Express, photograph stations on the way to Corvallis, attend the Friday night Pizza party and Slide Show, spend Saturday attending the various Winterail programs and swap meet  and finish the weekend riding behind McCloud River 25 on the Oregon Coast Scenic on Sunday.

Mark Anquoe (Kiowa) hosts a fascinating group discussion about the common struggles and comparable histories faced by Indigenous Peoples in the US and Russia, especially regarding sacred sites. He is joined live in the studio by Danil Mamyev, renowned Indigenous activist, guardian of the sacred Krakol Valley and founder of the Uch Enmek Nature Park from the Altai Republic in central Russia and Caleen Sisk, Chief and Spiritual Leader of the Winnemem Wintu People of the McCloud River in Northern California. Both are featured in the upcoming four part documentary film series Standing on Sacred Ground directed by award-winning filmmaker and director of the Sacred Lands Film Project, Christopher Toby McLeod, who also comments on having dedicated his life to documenting these struggles. Also, Native community organizer Wiyaka Chasing Hawk (Lakota) talks about the Red Horse Youth Culture Camp on the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota. With music by Sizzortail and the Redstone Singers of Oklahoma. The post Bay Native Circle – March 14, 2012 appeared first on KPFA.

Colleen Sisk Franco and Mark Franco have been struggling for their rights to hold their sacred ceremonies on the land of the Winnemem Wintu people. Colleen Sisk Franco is the Chief and Spiritual Leader of her people, the Winnemem Band of the Wintu people who are of the McCloud River area of Mt. Shasta in California. Mt. Shasta is one of the most 20 sacred mountains on the earth. The Winnemem Wintu people are from inside the mountain and came out through the spring in order to take care of the watershed from the spring all the way down until it becomes the McCloud River. The water is very pure and doesn't need to be purified as most of the water in the world does. This is more important than ever these days when there is almost no pure water to drink and water is being privatized. Without pure water we can't live.They've been working with the forest service for thirty years to preserve the meadows where thousands of tourists go to Mt. Shasta to ski and go to the springs often damaging the fragile ecosystem and root system in the meadows and polluting the water. Some areas are getting so damaged they're not able to use them for ceremonies to help preserve the sanctity of the sacred there. The Winnemem are asking people to realize that when they visit sacred places they don't have to bless the places. They are there to bless you so leave your trinkets and sacred objects at home. Just leave your prayers with the water and you're walking the same way tribal people do. The Franco's say they are caught between the dominant culture that is based on having "rights" while the Native cultures are more based on "responsibility". Now global corporations, like Nestle, Coca Cola, Danon are getting water "rights" to privatize water and as they take the water out of the springs and aquifers they deplete the water that's there for you and for me. So they've been involved in a struggle to keep these companies from coming in and taking water, leaving little or none for you and me unless we pay.The people sing to the water at the spring once a year to let the the water know they're there. Then others say if the Winnemem can go to the spring this means that others should be able to go there too. However, the Francos say that non-Winnemem often don't realize it's a sacred space. and say that they wouldn't go into someone else's sacred space and do whatever they want. some people even put remains of eight cremations in the spring and the Winnemem had to clean them out because they pollute the water with pollutants from the cremations.National Park Services, Forest Service, and Dept. of Interior can be helpful but Mark finds it frustrating to get them to understand and write helpful legislation and then by the time they understand they retire and the native people have to start over again. They declared war on the US Government in 2004 and had a war dance to stop the destruction of the McLeod River and the delta area and to the using of the backing up of the sacred water above the dam stopping salmon, their relative, from coming back up.The Francos live about ten miles from Shasta because the Government took their land and flooded it and they had no place to live-for the second time. When California became a state there were over 14,000 Winnemem on the McLeod river. By 1900 there were only 395. Today there are only 130 Winnemem who carry on and have only the Winnemem Religion guiding them. They all go to the ceremonies and are supported by other Wintu people. They also get support for their issues from the Lakota, Hopi, and many other tribes and non-native people in Oregon, Washington, and Environmental groups in the Bay Area are their support base.Recorded October 2006.