Maacama Watershed Alliance

Westside Farms caught up in local fight for more restrictions of vineyards

Big Wine, News, Opinion, Resources / December 31, 2017

Update: for those who do not know what a Mitigated Negative Declaration is: To obtain a permit that shows damage if approved, applicant can get that permit to destroy provided applicant can lessen the impacts to minor and NOT have to do an EIR, (Environmental Impact Report) which has to include cumulative impacts and is expensive and time …

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Countywide groups file appeal of Westside Farm Winery/Event Development

Big Wine, News, Resources / October 8, 2017

From our friends at Preserve Rural Sonoma County: Several Sonoma County groups and their representatives have appealed the September 21st Board of Zoning Adjustments (BZA) approval of a large winery and event center at 7097 Westside Road near Healdsburg, the site of historic Westside Farms. A main concern is that many of the project’s features set dangerous precedents …

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Commercialism Prevails in Knights Valley

News, Opinion / September 10, 2017

Monday’s Letters to the Editor Commercialism prevails   EDITOR: In the aftermath of the denial of the Knights Bridge Winery appeal, Sonoma County must already deal with this applicant’s trail of carelessness (“Supervisors back Knights Valley winery,” Aug. 23). The Knights Valley hillside is scarred with an oversized building labeled as a house — right …

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Winery Waste Discharge Meeting

Knights Bridge Winery appeal hearing postponed

Big Wine, Groundwater, News, Resources / October 31, 2016

Press Release from Maacama Watershed Alliance: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: > > CONTROVERSIAL KNIGHTS VALLEY WINERY > > Public Hearing for Nov. 1st cancelled until further notice by County Counsel. > > Knights Valley, Sonoma County, CA – October 23, 2013 > > On Saturday morning, three days before the scheduled Appeal Public Hearing on a …

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