The Pit River Tribe, joined by other Indigenous tribes and environmental groups, has launched a proposal to establish the Sáttítla National Monument in northeastern California. Modeled after Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument, the initiative aims to protect sacred lands and preserve the region’s rich cultural and ecological heritage. Pit River Chairman Yatch Bamford said the tribe is working to protect approximately 200,000 acres of critical tribal cultural land from the threats of geothermal development and industrialization. The area, he emphasized, is not only a sacred landscape but also home to a vital aquifer and the headwaters that sustain much of California’s water supply.