Wild Cattle Mountain Proposed Wilderness
 Managing agency: Lassen National Forest.
Size: Approximately 4,760 acres.
Location: Adjoins the southern border of Lassen Volcanic National Park in Tehama and Plumas counties, approximately 6 air-miles northeast of the town of Mineral.
Highlights:
- Mill Creek provides the highest elevation spawning habitat for threatened steelhead trout and spring Chinook salmon in the United States.
- Confirmed populations of the exceedingly rare Sierra Nevada red fox
Description: Steep, heavily forested slopes rising above Mill Creek on the southern boundary of Lassen Volcanic National Park characterize this potential wilderness. Rich groves of abundant ancient forest and verdant meadows greet visitors. Along Mill Creek and near meadows and ponds, groves of aspen shimmer like gold in the sunlight.
Mill Creek provides the highest elevation spawning habitat for threatened steelhead trout and spring Chinook salmon in the United States. The area's forests support confirmed populations of the exceedingly rare Sierra Nevada red fox and other sensitive species. Because of these ecological values, the University of California recommended that the region be managed as an ancient forest reserve, and also that Mill Creek be the focus of intensive protection and restoration efforts.
The popular Spencer Meadows National Recreation Trail bisects the area from north to south, and other trails access ridgetop lakes. Recognizing the region's social and ecological values, the Forest Service recommended to Congress that most of the area be protected as wilderness.
For additional information, please contact:
Ryan Henson
California Wilderness Coalition
P.O. Box 993323
Redding, CA 96099
Phone: (530) 246-3087
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Just three miles off of Interstate 80, 
