MSC “Big Time” Logging Jamboree will be June 7, 2025, from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
At the Collins Pine Lawn, Chester, CA.
Bring your lawn chairs and support your favorite logging contestant.
Yellow Creek Campground
Yellow Creek Campground will open on May 20, 2025.
$25.00 a campsite.
Reservations accepted.
Plumas Cal Trex Event
The MSC work crew will be attending a week long Trex training in Greenville, CA.
MSC is celebrating 20 years of preserving, protecting, and promoting the Mountain Maidu Homeland with a united voice.
20 years ago today, Maidu elder Tommy Merino yatám, Farrell Cunningham yatám, Allen Lowry and Marvena Harris organized the first meeting of the Mountain Homeland Summit at the Masonic Lodge in Westwood, California, in January 2003. To discuss the preservation and protection of the Mountain Maidu sacred place Homer Lake (Cham Su Donim Pakanim). The event organizers had been working to preserve the Mountain Maidu Language. The four became outraged over the Forest Service’s neglect to protect Homer Lake, and all agreed it felt right to bring their people together to defend their sacred lands.
On January 13, 2003, a gathering of Maidu people from Susanville, Greenville, Indian Valley, Quincy, Big Meadows (Lake Almanor), and other surrounding areas gathered. Groups participating at that time included: Big Meadows Maidu Historic Preservation, Greenville Indian Rancheria, Maidu Cultural & Development Group, Plumas County Indians Inc., Roundhouse Council Indian Education Center, Stiver’s Indian Cemetery Assoc., Susanville Indian Rancheria, Tásmam Koyóm Foundation, Tsi-Akim Maidu, and United Maidu Nation. They soon decided their voice would be stronger when they all joined together, and the Maidu Summit Consortium was created.
Since 2003 the MSC has re-acquired 2,934 acres of ancestral lands for the Mountain Maidu and surrounding communities. Today, the MSC is comprised of seven groups, with Executive Director Trina Cunningham and Staff working tirelessly to conserve our homeland.
We celebrate the MSC and everyone who has come before us, present, and in the future, who will continue to work to preserve, protect, and promote the Mountain Maidu Homeland.
MSC "Big Time" Logging Jamboree 2022 Sponsors/Volunteers/Donors
Band: “Timeless”
Sponsored by: Lake Almanor Ace Hardware
Sponsorship Levels:
Bull OF The Wood: Sierra Fly and Tackle
Timber Faller - Chester Auto Parts
Logging Show Volunteers:
Dennis Cahoon
Tommy Salem
Wesley Palmer
Ryan Turner
Thomas Porter
Westwood Logging - Jack Medici
Skyline Alterations, Inc. - Jody Sherman
Loranger Construction - Shane Loranger
All-Star Tree Service - Matt Boatright & Ernesto Flores
Donations:
Diamond Mtn. Casino & Hotel - Water
Sierra Pacific Industries - Chopping Rounds
Collins Pine Co. - Event Logs
Holiday Market (Emily Rice) - Ice & Donation
MSC "Big Time" Logging Jamboree 2022 Results
All-Around Logger - George Harrison Sr.
Axe Throw:
1st - Bill Anderson
2nd - Dennis Harvey
3rd - Aidan Harrison.
Sponsored by: Berkshire Hathaway Home Service Lake Almanor Real Estate
100 cc & Below Stock Modification:
1st - George Harrison Sr. 2nd -Dennis Harvey
3rd - Dennis Cahoon
Sponsored by: Roundhouse Council.
85 cc & Below Stock Modification:
1st - George Harrison
2nd - Dennis Cahoon
3rd - Dennis Harvey
Sponsored by: Ayoobs Intermountain Hardware
140 cc Below Production Hot Saw:
1st - Bob Waddell
2nd - George Harrison Sr.
3rd - Dennis Cahoon
Sponsored by: United Maidu Nation
Speed Axe :
1st - Wesley Palmer
2nd - George Harrison Jr.
3rd - Jeremiah St. John
Sponsored by: Salem Family
Underhand Chop:
1st - Brian Dunham
2nd - Wesley Palmer
3rd - Jeremiah St. John
Sponsored by: Tsi Akim Maidu
Work Saw Class 95 cc & Below:
1st - George Harrison Sr.
2nd - Dennis Cahoon
3rd - George Harrison Jr.
Sponsored by: Big Meadows Historical Preservation
Stock Saw:
1st - Brian Dunham
2nd - Wesley Palmer
3rd - George Harrison Jr.
Sponsored by: IL-Lago Pizza and Pasta
Jack & Jill
1st - Jeremiah St. John/Lacy Stevenson
2nd - Wesley Palmer/Sophia Williams
3rd - Brian Dunham/Kaitlin Dunham
Sponsored by: Caldwell Banker Keher/OBrien Real Estate
Single Buck
1st - Brian Dunham
2nd - Wesley Palmer
3rd - Jeremiah St. John
Sponsored by: Diamond Mtn. Casino & Hotel
Yellow Creek Campground will not be open Memorial Weekend 2022
Sorry, Yellow Creek Campground will not be open this Memorial Weekend. We are accessing certain areas in the Valley and will have a better timeline for opening later. Please keep checking our Facebook and website, or feel free to call the office at 530-258-2299.
Condolences to MSC Board member.
The Maidu Summit Consortium would like to offer our condolences to the family of Ron “Comanche” Morales. Mr. Morales had served the MSC board for the United Maidu Nation and will be greatly missed. Comanche was proud of his Maidu heritage and gave tirelessly to the Maidu community to preserve our culture and traditional values.
The MSC staff will miss his encouraging words, and his deep voice and laugh.
Closure of Yellow Creek Campground due to fire.
MSC has made the decision to close the Yellow Creek Campground, due to the Dixie Fire.
Effective 7-19-21
Please keep checking our website, and Facebook page for further updates on reopening.
Yellow Creek Campground Announcement.
Yellow Creek Campground will be closed June 3,4,5 2021 for a private event. The campground will open back up on June 6th. You can reserve your favorite campsite by calling the MSC office at 530-258-2299 or first come, first serve.