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…instead of just belly scraping flows to prevent extinction.

This will allow Water Board staff to develop permanent regulations the we hope will allow recovery…

Great news for the Scott and Shasta Rivers: AB263 was signed by Gov Newsom keeping instream flow protections in place for the next 5 years!

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In 2025 we’ll be pushing regulators @CaWaterBoards
to consider water availability and flow standards for the LSR! Fish used to live this spring fed mountain river that is lined with riparian vegetation all the way up to over 6000’ elevation.

Recent rain on snow events ramped the flow up and the LSR began to come out of its incised banks. Looking west from Harry Cash Road.

Little attention is being given to this once important salmon stream and money continues to be spent with nothing but water diversion infrastructure to show for it. Pic of fish from the LSR in the early 1900’s.

Every summer, the LSR disconnects from the Shasta and dries up due to legal and illegal surface water diversions and groundwater extraction.

We’ll leave this year by thanking anyone who donated to us on Giving Tuesday 🫶🏻 We would also like to point your attention to a very important tributary to the Shasta River- the Little Shasta River (LSR). The headwater springs on Klamath National Forest are trampled by free range cattle every summer.

Support Friends of the Shasta River on North State Giving Tuesday

December 3, 2024 is Giving Tuesday and we would be honored to receive donations from any of our supporters that believe in pressing for equitable water use in the Shasta and Scott rivers. Donations can be made here: www.northstategives.org/organization...

Moving over from that platform that shall not be named has taken us some time...we are glad that there's finally a groundswell of #CAwater folks here now! Hopefully some state agencies will pop up so we can tip them off to the 🐮💩 in the Shasta and Scott rivers where we fight tirelessly!