Pit River Tribe News Today

A unanimous panel orders dismissal of Juliana v. United States, bringing this zombie litigation to a close.

Crews have been ramping up wildfire resilience projects to thin out brush and dead wood in Californias giant sequoia groves, clearing twice as many acres in 2023 compared with 2022. The Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition is trying to avoid a repeat of the disastrous mega-fires of 2020 and 2021 - which killed about 20% of large mature trees in their native Sierra Nevada range. Joanna Nelson, Ph.D. ...

The Bureau of Land Management has proposed expanding the public land available for solar power production in 11 states, including Montana. The BLMs Western Solar Plan builds on a version first released in 2012 and focuses on harnessing the potential in Western and Plains states most amenable to solar production. Nick Fitzmaurice, energy transition engineer for the Montana Environmental Information Center, said the expanded plan reflects the countrys growing demand for solar energy. ...

The remote landscape of southeastern Oregon is receiving additional protections. The Bureau of Land Management has finalized its resource management plan for the southeast corner of the state and it includes protections for parts of the Owyhee and Malheur Rivers and canyon lands in the region. Michael OCasey, deputy director of forest policy and Northwest programs for the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, said its an exciting announcement, which will protect sensitive landscape from...

Tribes in far northeastern California are pressing President Joe Biden to create a new national monument about 30 miles from Mount Shasta. The Pit River Tribe is asking the president to use his powers under the Antiquities Act to create the new Sáttítla National Monument on just over 205,000 acres in the Medicine Lake Highlands. Radley Davis, an advocate for the Sáttítla National Monument and a citizen of the Illmawi Band of the Pit River Tribe, said the area is a very impo...

The ruling was a victory for the Osage Nation, and the company estimated that complying with the order to tear down the turbines would cost nearly $260 million. According to

“If you’re going to develop energy in the U.S. you’ve got to do it with the support of tribal communities."

A mix of six tribal nations and Native organizations will receive a total of $1.8 million for tourism infrastructure and capacity building in grants announced today by the U.S. Forest Service and American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association. Recipients include: the Alutiiq Museum & Archaeological Repository in Kodiak, Alaska; Bay Mills Indian Community in Bimley, Michigan; Chief Joseph Foundation in Lapwai, Idaho; Organized Village of Kasaan in Kasaan, Alaska; Pit River Tribe KWAHN Co...

When Yurok citizen Taralyn Ipina's sister went missing in the San Francisco area last year, her hope rested on the state’s newly implemented Feather Alert system. Launched Jan. 1, 2023, the statewide alert system for missing Indigenous people held the promise of aiding in search and recovery efforts. After six days with no word nor sighting of her sister, Ipina's request for the Feather Alert was rejected.

Soon the Department of the Interior headquarters will again be overflowing with tribal leaders from across the nation, some traveling thousands of miles.