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Blue Dot: New Sáttítla Highlands National Monument overview with Sam Davidson and Brandy McDaniels

Milky Way over Sáttítla Highlands NM
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USFS
Milky Way over Sáttítla Highlands NM

Host Dave Schlom is joined by Sam Davidson from Trout Unlimited and Brandy McDaniels from the Pit River Nation for an in-depth look at the newly designated Sáttítla Highlands National Monument.

Located east of Mt. Shasta, the area is the source of some of the most pristine and voluminous spring waters in the western United States.

It's the source for the famous Fall River, whose crystal clear spring waters are home to one of the finest blue ribbon wild trout fisheries in California.

It's also the ancestral home of the Pit River Tribe, who have lived there for millennia and have been fighting to protect it for decades. It's a truly special place of geologic, aquatic, natural and spiritual wonders!

Dave Schlom is the longtime host and creator of Blue Dot. From surfing to Voyager in interstellar space, rock guitar to orcas in our imperiled oceans, the topics on Blue Dot are as varied as the host’s interests and connections -- which are pretty limitless! An internationally respected space history journalist, Dave is also deeply fascinated by all aspects of the grand workings of nature’s awesome machinery on scales ranging from galactic to subatomic. And topics take in all aspects of the arts and sciences.
Matt Fidler is a producer and sound designer with over 15 years’ experience producing nationally distributed public radio programs. He has worked for shows such as Freakonomics Radio, Selected Shorts, Studio 360, The New Yorker Radio Hour and The Takeaway. In 2017, Matt launched the language podcast Very Bad Words, hitting the #28 spot in the iTunes podcast charts.