TULELAKE, Calif. - It is among North America's most unique geological areas, a lush 200-square-mile stretch of sloping mountains and smooth, shield volcanoes deep within the Modoc National Forest. It is also one of the most disputed.
For local tribes, the Medicine Lake Highlands just below California's border with Oregon is sacred, where the Pit River Nation believes the Creator rested while creating the world.
But for the federal government and a major U.S. power company, the federally owned region is a rare and untapped source of geothermal energy, abundant with steam and potential profit.
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