Sonoma County

“Birds for the booms”

The “green deserts” keep taking their toll…….nothing lives but the vines. COMMENTS FROM THE ARTICLE: Shepherd Bliss Birds are far more important to nature’s balance than the invasive wine grape. “Silent Spring” was the book by scientist Rachel Carson, l962, who initiated the modern environmental movement. It was about the tragic loss of birds. Sonoma …

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Outdoor recreation is big business in Sonoma County

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/business/5764324-181/outdoor-recreation-is-a-green?artslide=0 The above article from Bill Swindell of the Press Democrat in June 26th  “….official’s look for ways to attract active tourists to Sonoma County”.  With massive traffic jams in and around the county and the Sonoma County Supervisors still budgeting big bucks to attract more tourists, it makes you wonder where do they live? Certainly not …

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Monsanto’s Glyphosate Found in California Wines, Even Wines Made With Organic Grapes

With soaring cancer rates in Napa and Sonoma along with rising use of glyphosate in vineyards (84,606 pounds on Sonoma vineyards in 2013 alone according to the California Department of Pesticide Regulation cdpr.ca.gov ) no wonder our once safe haven of organic and biodynamic wines is being polluted with the “probable” carcinogen. It is time to ban …

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PD Letter to the Editor nails lax enforcement by county

Saturday’s Letters to the Editor Lax enforcement EDITOR: The majority of the Board of Supervisors abandoning a meaningful vacation rental policy exposes a countywide failure: increasing land-use conflicts plus the total absence of code enforcement (“Blanket ban on vacation rentals rejected,” Jan. 27). The Press Democrat reported last spring that code violations are backlogged at …

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I am begging the citizens of Sonoma County to stop coastal development…..

Russian River Times October-November, 2015 To The Editor To The Editor: If Californians want to get a hard look at destructive greedy air-poisoning coastal development, hope on a plane and visit all the Mediterranean countries, the state of Florida, Hunting Beach south of Los Angeles and any location that was once a haven for birds, fish …

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