MCCLOUD, Calif. — The McCloud Watershed Council and California Trout, who, along with Trout Unlimited, comprise the Protect Our Waters Coalition, have announced that they have engaged the national law and consulting firm of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP to represent the coalition in its fight to safeguard the rights and quality of life for residents of McCloud, Calif., and beyond who would be affected by operation of a planned Nestle Waters North America water bottling plant in the Mt. Shasta area.

Manatt partners Stephen Mayne and Andrew Bassak in the firm's San Francisco office and Craig Moyer in Los Angeles will head up the legal team.  The proposed plant would be the nation’s largest.

Protect Our Waters Coalition formed to ensure the ecological and hydrological integrity of Mt. Shasta's unique headwater areas for future generations.  Current members include Trout Unlimited, California Trout and the McCloud Watershed Council.

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips provides legal and consulting services to a global client base from offices in Los Angeles, Orange County, Palo Alto, San Francisco and Sacramento, Calif.; New York City and Albany, N.Y.; and Washington, D.C.  Manatt includes Manatt Health Solutions, a health care policy and strategic business advisory group, and Manatt Jones Global Strategies LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary that develops and implements strategies to expand client businesses and facilitate their effective competition in global markets.