BLM rejects geothermal leases at sacred Mount Shasta

Thursday, May 1, 2008  

The Bureau of Land Management has rejected five lease applications for geothermal development on Mount Shasta in California.

The BLM rejected the leases because the U.S. Forest Service objected. The Forest Service said the development would have "adverse impacts to cultural and historical values" on Mount Shasta, which is sacred to the Pit River Tribe and other tribes in northern California.

Tribes previously defeated plans for a geothermal plant on federal forest land near Mount Shasta.

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Lease applications for geothermal development denied (The Mount Shasta Herald 5/3)

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