Monday, May 19, 2025
6:30-8:30 p.m.
GAZELLE GRANGE HALL
25328 Gazelle Callahan Road, Gazelle CA

A panel of local administrators representing Health, Education, Child Care, Community Services, Small Business Development and Law Enforcement will be providing accurate and locally relevant information regarding recent changes in federal policy, laws and funding. Potential impacts on local weather forecasts will also be presented. A Q&A will follow the speakers.

This is a non-partisan event open to the general public.
Refreshments will be served after.
Brought to you by Siskiyou Community Alliance.

We call for withdrawing the amendment and prioritizing stronger protections for old-growth forests and wildlife habitats to address the climate crisis and preserve biodiversity.

• Coalition Campaigns to Stop Polluting BioMass Plants
• Free Speech and Corporate Personhood, A Correction and Elaboration...

The recent election has once again highlighted the critical intersection of environmental protection, corporate influence, and the health of our democracy. With the return of the Trump administration, environmental activists face both familiar and unprecedented challenges as we work to safeguard the planet and uphold democratic norms.

W.A.T.E.R. has been submitting comments on US Forest Service projects and also on the Rulemaking for Preserving Mature and Old-growth Forests. 

Daniel Ellsberg and the alarming REAL Story behind Nuclear Arms. Free Public Forum in honor of Daniel Ellsberg famed nuclear strategist-turned-Pentagon Papers whistleblower, and in commemoration of the August 1945 nuclear bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki.

W.A.T.E.R. is hosting a presentation on Debunking Wildfire Myths by Dr. Chad Hanson, a research ecologist and the director of the John Muir Project of Earth Island Institute.

Wars are hugely destructive to both people and the environment. W.A.T.E.R. takes a stand…

The Toxic Legacy of the Plastics Industries Must Finally Be Addressed. By Geneva Omann and Margaret Shepard 

Lessons Learned from the Crystal Geyser Campaign. Published as a Guest Editorial by Daniel Axelrod in the September 7, 2022 Mount Shasta Herald

After a five year investigation, the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) found that Crystal Geyser Water Company (CGWC) intentionally hid their identity as sponsors of the political action committee (PAC), “Committee for a Strong Siskiyou Economy, No on Measure H” (Committee), and that their actions caused “significant public harm”…. a total penalty of $67,508 was imposed.

In 2021, California’s Governor proclaimed a State of Emergency due to drought for 50 (of 52) counties, including Siskiyou County, and renewed the proclamation in March of 2022.

W.A.T.E.R. submitted a comment on the Scoping Letter that was issued for the Forest Service’s South Fork Sacramento Public Safety and Forest Restoration Project.  This project covers 21,400 acres on both sides of the road going up the south fork of the Sacramento River above Lake Siskiyou to the Gumboot Lake area and also along the road up to Castle Lake and beyond into the Castle Crags Wilderness.  

When Nathaniel Bekaert, a student in Mt. Shasta High School’s leadership class, asked W.A.T.E.R. for help in funding water bottle refill stations for Mt. Shasta High School, W.A.T.E.R. said YES!

California’s Third District Court of Appeal ruled in the groups’ favor in a long-running fight against approvals for the Crystal Geyser Water Company (CGWC) bottling plant project….

The unusual weather this winter - wet in October and December, then almost totally dry until mid April - raises a serious question: was this persistent pattern a forerunner of what we should expect from global warming? Or was it just a fluke?

WATER joined a coalition of environmental groups to submit a letter of support of California Assembly Bill 2201. This bill would give Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) greater authority to regulate well permits to ensure groundwater sustainability.

Water for Citizens of Weed California (WCWC) is actively defending citizens’ rights to participate in civic activities. W.A.T.E.R. feels this is so crucial that we have submitted an Amicus Brief (“friend of the court”) supporting this lawsuit.