Comments on: Woot! Woot! Nature Conservancy Buys Big Springs Ranch – Critical Piece of Salmon Recovery Puzzle in Shasta, Klamath Rivers

By: The Nature Conservancy Receive Grant For Big Springs project on Shasta River | The Trout Underground Fly Fishing Blog

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:43:58 +0000

[...] We were overjoyed to hear the Nature Conservancy bought the Big Spring Ranch property in the Shasta Valley, knowing that finally – finally – we’d see some improvements in one of the biggest pieces of the Shasta River’s salmon puzzle (See “Woot! Woot! Nature Conservancy Buys Big Springs Ranch…”) [...]

By: Dave Neal

Dave Neal — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:12:52 +0000

Tom,
Regarding your above comment… sounds like you need to add, “Campaign Manager/Publicist” to your (already) busy work schedule before the next Siskiyou Board of Supes election.

That, or somebody can just “Get-a-rope!”.

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:23:05 +0000

Unfortunately, the Siskiyou Board of Supervisors – a group about as committed to extractive industries as you can get – use every opportunity to block salmon recovery in the area. In fact, one supervisor – the same Jim Cook who sent indecipherable and incorrect emails back to the Undergrounders fighting the county’s attempts to ban most public stream access in the county 1.5 years ago – was quoted in this morning’s paper as saying the Shasta River’s “the stream channel is not what you normally see in other areas,” suggesting it’s not a good salmon river.

Of course, every other piece of data tells us otherwise, but Cook – not content to leave his foot simply hanging out of his mouth – fired another salvo when he said “This is the first time I’ve seen anything that CalTrout has been involved with that wasn’t a piece of crap.”

Even better, Supervisor Marcia Armstrong – perhaps the most extreme of the bunch – said that fishing is no longer a vital activity in the county.

More on all this when I’m back from fishing.

By: Nature Conservancy’s Protects Part of the the Shasta River Watershed | Northern California Hiking Trails Blog

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:12:23 +0000

[...] read Tom Chandler’s in-depth take on the Shasta Big Springs Ranch purchase at the Trout Underground [...]

By: Nathan Kennedy

Nathan Kennedy — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:23:14 +0000

Very good news! I really like the Conservancy’s approach, which is why I became a member. They work toward real-world solutions usually in a nonconfrontational manner, but will fight when there’s a need. They’ve done a lot of good work in my neck of the woods.

Nathan

By: Craig Nielsen

Craig Nielsen — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:49:36 +0000

Yee Haw! This purchase and restoration may turn out to be more critical and important for restoring runs on the Klamath than the much more publicized effort to remove dams.

By: Dave Neal

Dave Neal — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:55:46 +0000

Yeah, just heard about this… very good news! On St. Paty’s Day no less…

By: Bjorn

Bjorn — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:30:30 +0000

That IS cool. Good news indeed. Long ago I caught a nice steelhead in the Shasta. Good to see something swing to the positive side in the Salmon wars.

By: Brett from Utah

Brett from Utah — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:31:44 +0000

Yahoo!………..