Image by rawpixel.com on Freepik The Development Services/Planning Department has listened to many critical comments made regarding the Draft General Plan and because of those comments, they have strengthened some of the language. Much of the draft plan had phrases such as “consider, strive to, or work to” all of which are so vague as…
Image by David Ledger – Artwork on storm drain at Yuba and Market Streets Redding Do you ever wonder how the water, leaves, litter, pesticides, and other debris that goes into our storm drains are treated before they go into the Sacramento River? Well, they are not! All water you see going into storm drains…
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The Highland Plains Shooting Range proposed by Supervisor Patrick Jones in the eastern Millville Plains passed on a 3 to 1 vote on October 24 following a packed five-hour contentious meeting. The supervisors approved a zoning change to Commercial Recreation (C-R), the same zoning change proposed for the Hawes Ranch amusement center. The gun range…
Last spring Shasta Environmental Alliance (SEA) got word that a company called US Waste to Energy (USWTE) was in escrow with the City of Redding to purchase a property in the Stillwater Business Park. USWTE advertises itself as using “green technology” to convert plastic and tires to jet fuel. It sounds “too good to be…
Photos by Doug Mandel Two successful Saturdays in October with work by many volunteers, putting in a lot of time and energy led to many shade trees being planted in the front yards of Redding residents. This was nearly a year in the making and with a grant from The Bower Charitable Foundation, SEA and…
There is currently a trail in the late planning stage that would roughly follow Jenny Creek in the Sunset Terrace neighborhood running from TR Woods Park on Royal Oaks, traversing through the City of Redding-owned open space between the homes on Royal Oaks Drive on the northwest and Sunset Drive, Pioneer and Overhill Drives to…
The proposed re-zoning of agricultural land at the Hawes Ranch amusement park project was temporarily set back due to a lack of a quorum at the Board of Supervisors meeting on October 3rd. Supervisors Rickert, Crye, and Jones recused themselves from voting due to conflicts of interest. This left only Supervisors Kelstrom and Garman to…
By David Ledger All photos by Doug Mandel For the Kum Bay field trip, SEA and CNPS teamed up with the Wintu Audubon Society for an unofficial joint field trip. George Horn led the birding part of the field trip while David Ledger focused on native and non-native plants. We had 14 people on this…
Shasta Environmental Alliance (SEA) will again be hosting the Redding Earth Day Festival in 2024 and we hope you will join us! We will be celebrating on Saturday, April 20th at Caldwell Park, with various exhibitors from local, state, and federal agencies, non-profit organizations, community groups, and environmentally-oriented games and activities for children! We will…
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