Protecting our environmental resources and promoting social justice
Sonoma County takes the worst route, deforestation for a new industry that destroys the watersheds and creates worse future burns according to the scientists but helps loggers and dirty energy. All being pushed by Supervisor Hopkins. LEGAL PLANET: The $25 Million Question: How Sonoma County Can Spend Vegetation Management Funds to Bolster Wildfire Resilience …
The SoCoAlert and Code Red warnings coming to our phones today have, at times, shown old evac warnings. It is a glitch being addressed right now. PLEASE REVIEW ANY ALERT OR WARNING THAT COMES TO YOU FOR DATE, TIME AND LOCATION. Valid Alert and Warnings are also coming through. Review the details and check the …
New evacuation areas added in Sonoma County despite glitches in alert system Read More »
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 …
UCCE: Residents, worker rights, animal evacuations: Fires, safety and air quality Read More »
Click on the interactive map for best viewing and evacuation info…. Subject: UPDATE – INCLUDING INTERACTIVE MAP – the beginning of 2020 Fire Season Two fires: One fire complex is near Lake Berryessa, in Napa Valley. While this poses a threat to St. Helena and nearby towns, it is presently an infinitesimal threat to any communities …
“The luxury resort and event center conflicts with critical and longstanding greenbelt protections and overrides the will of the voters,” said Teri Shore, North Bay Regional Director for Greenbelt Alliance. “It must be denied or let the voters decide.” The County of Sonoma is accepting public comments on the luxury resort and event center …
Greenbelt Alliance: Media Advisory – Luxury Resort Threatens Protected Greenbelt Read More »
Board of Forestry denies Sonoma County’s Fire Safe Road exemptions….“….Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, despite stating at prior board meetings that this broad exemption was not appropriate, approved an update of this flawed fire ordinance on Dec 2, 2019, that kept all the exemptions.” Summary of Fire-Safe Roads Issues in Sonoma County 1. SRA Fire-Safe Regulations …
Summary of Fire-Safe Roads Issues in Sonoma County Read More »