fire season

Insanity: Sierra Club: Board of Forestry Set to Weaken Wildfire Safety Regulations

Climate, News / June 15, 2021

Reminder: Insanity: Supervisor James Gore and other supervisors lead the way to stop sensible fire road standards. BOF held 3 hearings where our county opposed safe fire roads.  Board of Forestry Set to Weaken Wildfire Safety Regulations  By Daniel Barad Sierra Club California’s fight for common-sense wildfire safety continues. Later this month, the California Board …

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WWW Board Member: No Kidding: Goats help tackle wildfires in California

Climate, News / June 15, 2021

No Kidding: Goats help tackle wildfires in California FULL STORY HERE Updated / Wednesday, 9 Jun 2021 19:46 By Brian O’DonovanWashington Correspondent As the door clanked open, the herd of goats ran from the metal trailer and into the surrounding woodland, their trampling hooves creating a cloud of dry dust in the morning California sunshine. The animals …

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Fire Season, evacuation maps and programs for home owners

Climate, News / May 22, 2021

Sonoma County releases evacuation zone maps for unincorporated areas The County of Sonoma has released official evacuation zone maps designed to help residents be ready for an emergency that may require them to evacuate their homes, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office announced today. Energy and Sustainability Division Summer Workshop Series The County of Sonoma, Energy …

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SoCo Occupy: What will California’s dry spring do to wildfire season? Here’s what researchers say

News / April 29, 2021

Our supervisors policies are putting us at risk…Hopkins still pushing biomass industry. What will California’s dry spring do to wildfire season? Here’s what researchers say A blow up in the Palisades above Calistoga prompted a response from aircraft, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, as a retardant line is put down between Highway 29 over Mt. St. …

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Drought: How bad is it? ‘This has never happened’: California’s only wildfire research center makes scary discovery

Bad Government, Climate, Groundwater, News / January 9, 2023

As Sonoma County supervisors prepare to allow 65,000 acres of water thirsty crops (Gore/Hopkins co-chair cannabis committee), push biomass energy dirtier than coal (Hopkins), allow the wine industry to continue to suck up water unfettered at expense of homeowners which dries up the environment making fires more severe…..scientists say buckle up for severe fire season.   ‘This …

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