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…
Little Medicine Lake photo by Michael McCullough Creative Commons There is currently an effort underway, led primarily by the Pit River Tribe to make up to 200,000 acres of the Medicine Lake Highlands a national monument. This requires petitioning President Biden and the Department of the Interior which many groups are now doing to show…
At the February 27th Redding Planning Commission meeting on the Redding Final EIR and draft General Plan 2045 did not get a majority vote and on a 3 to 3 tie it passed it on to the City Council without a majority approval. Commissioner Partin had to abstain from the final vote due to a…
We, the undersigned live, work or shop in Redding and advocate for the revision and strengthening of the Tree Management Ordinance. Originally enacted in 2006, the ordinance is in need of changing to better address the following pressing concerns: Therefore, we urge the Redding City Council to prioritize the strengthening or adoption of a new…
Planning Commission to Consider General Plan in FebruaryFour SEA Volunteers Get Chainsaw Certificates for Trail and Restoration WorkDeluge of Emails Hits the Planning Commission on TreesHawes Ranch UpdateCultivating Conservation: Ghost Pine Native Plant Nursery’s MissionTrip Report: Chamise Peak Field Trip
Photo by David Ledger of Penstemon (blurry but beautiful still!) This field trip near Shasta Lake and above the Sacramento River provides a gentle climb of 700 feet in a vegetative habitat of mixed conifer, oak woodland, and chaparral over a 2.3-mile upward climb to the top and a 4.6-mile total hike. The field trip…
All photos by GPNPN founder, Doug Mandel In the heart of far northern California, a nonprofit organization called Ghost Pine Native Plant Nursery (GPNPN) is taking root, aiming to educate, motivate, and cultivate a deeper understanding of the importance of native plants. This nursery, an aspect of the nonprofit corporation, is committed to not only…
Congratulations to many of you who sent in comment emails on the discussion of a new tree ordinance for Redding by the Planning Commission, taking up where the Redding Tree Committee left off. We had almost 100 emailed comments that went to the Planning Commission and most were cc’d to the City Council and this…
Redding’s Draft General Plan will be coming back to the Planning Commission in February, according to a statement by Development Services Director Jeremy Pagan. The original plan was horrific, consisting of a series of weak platitudes such as “strive to,” “seek,” “consider,” and “encourage.” Due to considerable criticism of the weak, meaningless wording, the language…
2024 Earth Day FestivalNOAA Approves Sierra Pacific Industries Plan Without Proper Public/Tribe InputEvent: The Bark Beetles’ ImpactTrip Report: New Year’s Day Hike to the “Top of the World”Trip Report: Sacramento River Bend AreaInvasive Species: Stinkwort
by David Ledger Stinkwort is a fairly new invasive plant in California in the sunflower family that grows up to three feet tall with tiny heads of yellow flowers that bloom in the fall and when in seed, form a tufted head somewhat like a miniature dandelion. The stems and leaves are sticky and have…
For this mid-morning field trip, we walked upstream next to Paynes Creek and an adjacent water ditch which was being converted into storm drain-sized pipes. The walk was between two habitats: the rich soil of the Paynes Creek floodplain on one side, a hillside of dry grasslands, and a few scattered shrubs and blue oaks…