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Excerpts: “A plurality of 37.8 percent of participants somewhat agree that vineyards are culturally important to the county, while 79 percent strongly agree that redwoods and oak woodlands are culturally important. “All of the participant groups agree that redwoods and oak woodlands have cultural and economic value in Sonoma County. The cultural importance …
http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/greenbelt-alliance-has-praise-and-warnings-for-napa-county/article_5f0929f5-03c7-56d3-8f24-69b33e655564.html Greenbelt Alliance has praise and warnings for Napa County BARRY EBERLING beberling@napanews.com Feb 4, 2017 Updated 20 hrs agoAmong Bay Area counties, Napa County has the lowest amount of land at risk for what the Greenbelt Alliance calls “sprawl” development, though the group also sees cause for concern.The San Francisco-based Greenbelt Alliance released its latest “At …
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Update: Webley has offered the community water in return for the locals dropping opposition against the outrageous scale of the project in this tiny community. Mr. Webly, at his expense has agreed to provide the community: 1) Additional potable water storage in the form a 35,000 gallon tank and associated foundation at / next to …
Friends of Gualala River Forest Unlimited California Native Plant Society MEDIA RELEASE Date: January 28, 2017 The “Dogwood” Timber Harvest Plan (THP), an environmental review of the first major logging of the mature redwood forest on the sensitive floodplain of the Gualala River, has been sent back to CAL FIRE for a full revision. The …
CalFire chastised by Judge for not including cumulative impacts in EIR Read More »
Can we just stop the greenwashing now? The industry will never be sustainable using copious amounts of chemicals and depleting groundwater resources. We may not be in a drought today but what about next year? http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/industrynews/6542237-181/sustainable-sonoma-wine-consumer-sales ‘Sustainable’ Sonoma wine could fetch $7-a-bottle more, survey says JEFF QUACKENBUSH NORTH BAY BUSINESS JOURNAL | January 16, …
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Lack of political will? Please see the bottom of the post for a form you can use to complain to PRMD about illegal events and nuisance complaints. CAN YOU HEAR US NOW? EDITOR: Staff Writer Clark Mason’s reporting on vacation rental conflicts in Sonoma County highlights the Board of Supervisors’ lack of action on code enforcement …
“LACK OF ENFORCEMENT” Press Democrat Letter to the Editor Read More »