Similar Posts
Redding’s Disappearing Oak Woodlands.
One of the last surviving gray pine/oak woodlands along Airport Road will soon disappear. A 250,000 sq. ft. warehouse will be constructed on the 39-acre site and 890 trees will be cut down and most will likely end their life in one big burst of CO2 at Wheelabrator in Anderson. There is one gray pine…
Support Medicine Lake Highlands (Sattitla) National Monument Status (Oct 2024)
Little Glass Mountain, Medicine Lake Highlands, northeastern California. Cloud-enshrouded Mt. Shasta on far right horizon. Photo taken June 24, 2009, by Michael McCullough, and used in compliance with license CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Deed. SEA is working directly with the California Native Plant Society (CNPS) staff and other local, state, and national groups as a local…
Action Alert: Public Comment on the Redding Riverfront Plan
The City of Redding has started a formal process to decide what will be studied in the Environmental Impact Report EIR for the Redding Riverfront Specific Plan. This step is called scoping. Scoping happens before the Draft EIR is written. At this stage, the City is asking what issues, locations, and types of impacts must…
River Front Specific Plan Meeting Action Alert!
The City of Redding will have a presentation Monday, August 14 on the proposed Riverfront SpecificPlan which will decide development of the Sacramento Riverfront from the Cypress Street bridge to theboat ramp near Turtle Bay. The consultants MIG will present an overview of the potential futuredevelopment of this area and will be seeking input from…
Whiskeytown Bald Eaglet Rescued, Rehabilitated, and Released (August 2024)
Photo by Marily Woodhouse On July 6th, members of the public reported a dehydrated fledgling bald eagle in distress in Whiskeytown National Recreation Area. Kate, a dedicated kayak and paddle volunteer with experience in handling raptors, and Russ Weatherbee, the Whiskeytown’s wildlife biologist, promptly responded to the call. They successfully rescued the young female bird…
Sattitla (Medicine Lake Highlands) Support Passes Assembly 74 to 0
Photo: Little Medicine Lake by Don Burk The proposed Medicine Lake Highlands (Sattitla) National Monument status was approved overwhelmingly by the California Senate 37 to 0 and the Assembly 74 to 0 with our local legislator Megan Dahle voting yes on the measure. This still has to be declared a National Monument by President Biden…
