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Sierra Club action alert: Take Action to Pass Key Environmental Bills Now

The last week of this very strange year’s very strange legislative session is about to start. There’s a good chance we can make some significant strides in environmental protection if three important Assembly bills pass. Your state Senator holds the key to success. Please call Senator McGuire at (916) 651-4002 and urge a YES vote …

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UCCE: Residents, worker rights, animal evacuations: Fires, safety and air quality

Learn More Protection From Wildfire Smoke Employers must provide respirator s for employee use on a voluntary basis when the current Air Quality Index (AQI) for PM2.5 is greater than 150 : Monitor the AQI: AirNow interactive Provide proper respiratory protection equipment, such as disposable filtering facepiece respirators (e.g. N95 masks), other half facepiece respirators, or full facepiece respirators. N95 …

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North Coast Residents: Help maintain stream flow this summer for coho salmon and steelhead!

North Coast Residents: Help maintain stream flow this summer for coho salmon and steelhead! This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board Coastal streams in Northern California are experiencing extreme low flows this summer with most stream flows at or below those of the 2012-2016 drought. The survival of juvenile coho salmon …

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Historic Guerneville Threatened by Timber Harvest

Historic Guerneville Threatened by Timber Harvest URGENT: 224 acres in the heart of Guerneville at risk! Logging the hillsides overlooking Guerneville will ruin the view and endanger our health and safety. Unless we stop it: Redwoods: Giant redwoods and Douglas firs will be cut down for lumber on 224 acres of hills that stretch from …

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