Friday June 23, 2023
Chico State Today —
Arthur Garcia, Cultural Resource Manager and Tribal Elder of the Wintu Tribe of Northern California, addressed a crowd of roughly 50 people near the bank of the Sacramento River in south Redding.
They were there to celebrate the completion of the Kapusta Open Space Side Channel Project. The nearly half-mile-long channel was designed to provide rearing and spawning habitat for Chinook salmon and made possible thanks to a large-scale collaboration between Chico State Enterprises (managed by the North State Planning and Development Collective), Federal and State agencies, two nonprofit organizations, two Native American Tribes, and the City of Redding.
“When we work together, we can do powerful things,” Garcia said.
Yards away, in the cold, clear channel, spawning activity was observed immediately following construction.