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Photo of Alicia Herrera – by David Ledger Redding residents were treated to an in-depth report on monitoring soil, plant, and wildlife habitat on California Rangelands by Alicia Herrera, an ecologist with Point Blue Conservation Science. After her talk, Jonathon Freeman of the Native Roots Network gave us an update on the Medicine Lake (Sattitla)…
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…
Full Recording Now Available on our YouTube Channel SEA had a great turnout at our Redding City Council Candidate Forum with about 120 people eager to learn the candidates’ positions on issues of importance to us. We had a range of people in attendance, from many SEA board members to former Redding City Council Members…
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…
Article and photo by Friends of Jenny Creek Friends of Jenny Creek (FJC) has been very busy in the past few months in our effort to stop the City of Redding with its plans to build a paved 12’ wide trail/road, lighted, with some 8’ wide sections, along the creek, and through the greenbelt. The…
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…
Photo: View of some of the cut oaks on the lot By David Ledger Zinco LLC is proposing to subdivide a 4.6-acre parcel in northwest Redding to create 16 residential lots. The property is on Jordan Lane, just off Lake Boulevard near Keswick Dam Road. The project is under review by the Planning Department and,…
Photo: Winnemem Wintu Tribe table at the Earth Day Festival After months of careful planning and organization by several dedicated volunteers from the SEA Earth Day Committee, and with help from over a dozen volunteers day-of, the 2024 Earth Day Festival was a resounding success. Held on April 20th, the festival drew a larger crowd than…
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….
We celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Wilderness Act in the United States in 2024! This groundbreaking piece of legislation represented the first instance where a nation used legal mandates to designate specific areas for preservation, allowing nature’s processes to unfold without human interference. Signed by President Lydon B. Johnson on September 3, 1964, the…
By Friends of Jenny Creek Photo: many of these trees could be cut down if a paved trail is approved Founding member, Marcía McGetrick-West, President and Coordinator, represented the group Friends of Jenny Creek on Tuesday, March 26th at the Redding City Council meeting. Since canvassing in October/November 2023, the group now consists of more…
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…