Opinion: Raising Shasta Dam threatens McCloud River, sacred tribal lands and salmon
Shasta Dam, which rises over 600 feet, flooded much of our tribe’s homeland and inundated dozens of our sacred sites. It stopped our salmon from reaching their spawning grounds. And by holding back water when it is needed by the river, Shasta Dam has driven our salmon to the brink of extinction. That threat continues in the proposal to raise Shasta Dam. That project would flood more of our sacred sites and further harm salmon. The Trump administration made that project their top priority water infrastructure project in the nation.
-Written by Caleen Sisk, the spiritual leader of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe.