The new California stewardship goal, a Pit River State Parks agreement, and what shared authority really means.
Place and condition reports
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WATCH DESK · SOURCES CHECKED 16 OCT 2026
Seven current issues, with confirmed decisions, open questions, and links to the underlying record.
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Land & waterSacred places, land access, and project decisions.3 reports
Sáttítla / Medicine Lake
Tree removal, fire risk, sacred-landscape protection, water, and open management questions.
Open report →Cultural Access and Ancestral Lands
The gap between legal recognition and usable, protective access systems.
Open report →Fountain Wind Project
Why the California Energy Commission record supports denial and what impacts remain central.
Open report →Law & governanceElections, jurisdiction, and state legislation.3 reports
Pit River Election Results: 2025 to 2026
All eleven bands, officers, and boards; four clear main-council changes, six alternate changes, and unresolved name matches.
Read detailsPublic Law 280, in Plain Words
Why county law enforcement answers many calls in California Indian Country, and why funding and coordination remain central.
Open report →The Tribal Bills Report
A September 2 snapshot of which bills reached the Governor, which were still being processed, which were held, and the Pit River federal land-transfer watch.
Open report →Community life & safetyFood, archives, heat, and safety.4 reports
Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums
ATALM public resources, Tribal Library Council meeting links, and cultural-institution support.
Read detailsFood Has to Get Here
Food distribution, rural distance, greenhouse redevelopment, Humisoil, and what public sources do and do not establish about food resilience in Pit River country.
Open briefing →The Heat Is New. The Distance Isn't.
Heat, long roads, older homes, and practical elder check-in systems.
Open report →Missing, Murdered, and Unsolved
MMIP response, Feather Alert, safe recordkeeping, and confidential help.
Open report →Infrastructure & public decisionsUtilities, buildings, road projects, and data centers.4 reports
Our Utilities — three-part series
Read the updated 2020 Water Department planning record alongside questions about firefighting water, backup power, operators and operating costs. HTML and PDF for each part.
Open Our Utilities →Planning Buildings and Services Across Pit River Country
Reader edition v1.3: a connected network of local spaces, shared hubs, utilities, and services, with priorities and long-term care.
Read briefing · Download PDFPit One Grade Rockfall Mitigation
Caltrans project information for SR 299 near Fall River Mills, with separate links to live travel conditions.
Read detailsMt. Shasta Data Center
The single current web briefing for water, power, jobs, cooling, and public-review questions.
Open report →Law & governance: where to begin
Start with current decisions, then open a law guide or an earlier record.
Current Watch Desk27 tracked issues showing when each item was last checked and which entries still need a fresh review.
The Tribal Bills ReportSeptember 2 closeout refresh: what reached the Governor, what is enrolled, what is held, and what comes next.Public Law 280, in Plain WordsA plain-language guide to California jurisdiction, county/state law enforcement, and coordination.Education WatchSchool board meeting calendar, agenda deadlines, and the annual funding cycle for four boards serving Pit River country.September 2 law snapshotWeek 36: end-of-session Tribal bills, the Pit River Land Transfer Act, and current governance notes.
Changing conditions
Watch Desk and changing conditions
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Changing conditions · Current public watchWatch Desk
Follow what has been decided, what remains open, and when the supporting sources were last checked.
7 current findings27 tracked records
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Conditions IndexFind land, water, infrastructure, health, and community conditions by topic.Browse topics →
Needs a fresh checkSee which items require new documents, dates, or a correction.See pending records →
Specialized watch pages · 5 subjects
Ecological Disaster WatchLand, water, fire, contamination, and recovery conditions.Plans & Decisions WatchPublic plans, agency decisions, meetings, and comment windows.Public Health & Community ConditionsHealth, access, services, distance, and practical exposure.Economic Distribution & AccessMoney, opportunity, infrastructure, and who can actually use them.Community Question BriefsShort, bounded answers to recurring public questions.
Report companions
Context stays attached
These six sheets stay with the reports or practices they were built to support. They are not general Institute tools.
Field Sheets — Report Appendices
Six field-sheet editions kept with the cultural-access report, rural-climate briefing, and community-meeting practice they support.
Open appendix directory →The Six Moves
A browser deck that turns the cultural-access briefing into a working session.
Open the deck →Methods and corrections
Source labels, the report log, workflow, corrections, and publication limits are kept together here.
Open Sources & Corrections →