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Final General Plan Update (April 2024)
As expected, on a 3-to-2 vote, the Redding City Council passed a weak general plan that failed to get a majority vote on the Planning Commission. While several speakers spoke against the General Plan and the Shasta Birding Society had an attorney criticizing many aspects of the Plan, it passed anyway, following a 3-hour meeting….
City of Redding Street Tree List Approved
City of Redding Street Tree List Approved. SEA Tree Committee provided input. Using substantial input from SEA’s Tree Committee the City of Redding has updated its Street Tree List. The Tree Committee met a number of times before coming up with a list of trees we recommended to be added to the tree list and…
BLM Northwest California Integrated Management Plan
Providing more protection for important lands in northern California. By David Ledger The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is still soliciting comments on its updated Northwest California Integrated Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (NCIP) which involves 382,000 acres of land in northern California managed by the Redding and Arcata offices. BLM is offering five…
Protecting the Medicine Lake Highlands (August 2024)
Photo by Don Burk – Little Medicine Lake Shasta Environmental Alliance (SEA) is supporting the efforts of the Pit River Tribe to have the Medicine Lake Highlands declared a National Monument (Sattitla) in concert with CalWild, CalTrout, California Native Plant Society, Wilderness Conservation Foundation, W.A.T.E.R., and Trout Unlimited. Many other area groups are also supporting…
No Gun Range: High Plains Shooting Range
The High Plains Shooting Range proposed by Supervisor Patrick Jones is still not a done deal as the neighbors who will be affected by it have taken Shasta County and the Board of Supervisors to court over the inadequacies of the project as required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) The neighbors have stated…
New Water Pumping Station Next to River Trail
The City of Redding will install a new water pumping plant in the Sacramento River just upstream of the old pumping house near the trail restrooms starting sometime in 2025. This project will have some beneficial and detrimental effects on the environment and the Draft Environmental Impact Report which is now under revision before the…
