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The LA Times (link below) also reports that this is NOT the first time for these owners. Wouldn’t it be great if other restaurant owners in Sonoma and Napa had the same response? Hopefully this will catch on. Remember this is the same area that had to have a water moratorium 3 years ago due to …
Friends of Gualala River and Forest Unlimited have joined forces to litigate CalFire’s approval of Dogwood. Using copious amounts of water for dust control and miles of skid roads in a diminished watershed is not a good idea. Where do we start valuing the services that our watershed do for us without a profit motive? This …
The following letter to the PD published in Sundays paper hit the nail on the head when it comes to all the problems of an out of control winery event and tasting room expansions. Europe has a business model that truly works. We have a failed model in this county that only the large corporate …
A Better Location for winery events and tasting rooms Read More »
From our friends at Preserve Rural Sonoma County: Friends, Happy 4th weekend! As many of you may recall, we have been working on the production of some video clips to help spread our message. Many have already been completed and the first one we are releasing is below, featuring Ernie Carpenter. (Ernie did an amazing …
“How the Redwood Empire became Wine Country” by Preserve Rural Sonoma County Read More »
With 31,000 trees being scheduled for clear cutting in Napa alone, locals ask when does the insanity and greed stop? http://www.bohemian.com/northbay/letters-to-the-editor-june-14-2016/Content?oid=2966561 Soured on Grapes Great article (“Of Water and Wine,” June 15). Thank you for writing it and for publishing it in the Bohemian. I live on a hillside in the Napa Valley about a mile …
EDITOR: Staff Writer Christi Warren’s reporting on the massive traffic jam caused by a festival at Sonoma Lavender in Kenwood warranted placement on Page A3 in Tuesday’s paper (“Highway 12 grinds to halt due to festival”). What was not mentioned is the potential for the cumulative impacts caused by the many events permitted (and not permitted) that …
Red Flag for further event permits…do you hear me now? Read More »