oak woodlands destruction

Tree Cutting Moratorium now! Oaklands destruction approved by County

Climate, News / March 30, 2021

With over 80% corporate consolidation of wine industry, (with profit leaving County) to stop this destruction juggernaut of environmental destruction and resource extraction during a megadrought. We need supervisors who will defend our quality of life, not corporate interests. Current County Rules allowed this massacre….mostly mature native oak woodland (approx. 11 acres) approved for clearing …

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What Sonoma County Must Do: City council rejects Napa Oaks project

News / March 17, 2021

Napa Register: City council rejects Napa Oaks project Kevin Courtney Instead of being developed with luxury homes, 80 acres of oak-studded hillside in southwest Napa will remain a green belt buffer, the City Council decided Tuesday. The council unanimously rejected Napa Oaks, a planned gated community of 62 houses on Old Sonoma Road where the …

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Sonoma County’s native oak forests and woodlands are under attack – Comments Needed Now!

Big Wine, Climate, Community Rights/Rights of Nature, Crony Capitalism, Groundwater, Health, News, Resources / February 22, 2021

Credit where credit is due….nice SCCA is on this now however, without Kimberly Burr & Larry Hanson of Forest Unlimited, who have worked tirelessly for many years to get a new tree ordinance we would not be here. Note: 120 acres of oak woodlands were clear cut for more vineyards (during a megadrought and wine …

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Sonoma County’s native oak forests and woodlands are under attack – Comments Needed Now!

Big Wine, Climate, Community Rights/Rights of Nature, Crony Capitalism, Groundwater, Health, News, Resources / February 5, 2021

Credit where credit is due….nice SCCA is on this now however, without Kimberly Burr & Larry Hanson of Forest Unlimited, who have worked tirelessly for many years to get a new tree ordinance we would not be here. Note: 120 acres of oak woodlands were clear cut for more vineyards (during a megadrought and wine …

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ACTION ALERT: Our Watershed/Oak Woodlands at great risk for more wine grapes

Big Wine, Climate, Crony Capitalism, News, Resources / December 29, 2020

Special interests rule: “The inaction of the Board has basically been a signal to the large landowners–cut now in case some changes might be coming next year.  This the county leaders have done wittingly or unwittingly while failing to institute a temporary time out on tree removal proposals.  The message delivered is, “bull doze what …

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