Newsletter – May 2022
Turtle Bay Surplus Land Decision Postponed.Shasta County Planning to consider countywide ban on industrial wind farms.Events.
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Newsletter – April 2022
Mt. Shasta W.A.T.E.R. Victory Crystal Geyser Property Sold.Ban on Large Wind Farms in Shasta County.Asphalt Plant Near Keswick Nixed.Shasta Supervisors to Discuss Casino Relocation.Turtle Bay Land Sale Goes to Redding City Council.Tierra Robles 166 Home Subdivision.Vernal Pools Threatened.State Senate Bill to require mitigation of oak trees in developments.Dye Creek Preserve Hike.Cloverdale Field Trip.Events.
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Redding City Council directs Planning Commission to Review Tree Ordinance
At the March 2 Redding City Council meeting, the Planning Department was directed to review the current tree ordinance for updating and changes. This will take a few months, as the City is in the process of hiring a new Director of Resource Management. Thank you to Council Member Julie Winter for bringing this to…
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Turtle Bay Field Trip – February 12, 2022
SEA and Wintu Audubon led a field trip at Turtle Bay field to walk the area that will be immediately affected by the potential sale of public land to Populous, McConnell Foundation and K‐2 Development. We started at the parking lot of the public boat ramp near the Redding Rodeo grounds. Here SEA President David…
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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…
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Newsletter – February 2022
Redding’s Disappearing Oak Woodlands.SEA Green Volunteers.Oregon Gulch. Volunteers Needed.Turtle Bay Development Plans.Shasta Land Trust: Preserving and Protecting Local Lands.SEA New Year’s Day Field Trip.Events.
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Newsletter – December 2021
Environmental Champions Awards 2021.Turtle Bay development update.Fountain Wind Project defeated.SEA Featured in the California Wildlife Foundation/California Oaks Newsletter.SEA Facebook Page Updated.Events.
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Shasta Environmental Alliance Environmental Champion Awards
SEA has selected Bill Oliver of Wintu Audubon and Marily Woodhouse of Battle Creek Alliance as our 2021 Environmental Champions. They will be honored via a Zoom meeting on December 10 at 6:30 pm. Besides awarding these deserving individuals, SEA will present a short update on what SEA has been doing this year. Marily Woodhouse…
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Turtle Bay Land Sale Update
SEA Action Alert: Turtle Bay Proposed Land Sale PUBLIC LANDS AT TURTLE BAY MAY BE SOLD As many of you know, a proposal to buy City of Redding land at Turtle Bay is being considered by the City Council following an offer to purchase the lands by Populous, The McConnell Foundation, K2 Development and Turtle…
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Newsletter – October 2021
Environmental Champions Awards 2021.Restoration Project at Riverview Golf and Country Club.Local company developing new process to reduce CO2 in Cement Manufacturing.REU Building New EV Charging Stations in Redding.Redding Considering Sale of Land at Turtle Bay.Costco before and after photos.Events.
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Turtle Bay Proposed Land Sale
The City of Redding is currently holding four meetings to get public comment on the proposed sale of city-owned land along the Sacramento River at Turtle Bay. Unfortunately, very few people opposed to the sale of this public land for extensive development next to the river have spoken out. The sale of the land for…
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Does Shasta County need a Tree Ordinance?
The Shasta Environmental Alliance will be discussing whether to work toward an actual Tree Ordinance for Shasta County at our next board meeting. Currently Shasta County has a “tree ordinance” that is entirely voluntary and urges preservation of trees during development and in general throughout the county but there are no requirements to preserve trees…
