Photo: Map showing the 100 mile radius that the Lassen County plant will collect wood from Golden State Natural Resources (GSNR) is seeking approval for the largest wood pellet production project in the country, from Golden State Finance Authority (GSFA), whose affiliate is the Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC). SEA is working with a…
Support SEA for This North State Giving TuesdayReport: Rancho Breisgau Riparian Restoration VolunteeringTrip Report: Sloppy Joe Trail HikeRedding Riverfront Project Update Presentation to City CouncilNew Local Educational Nonprofit Advocates for Native Plants and Their HabitatsTrip Report: Quartz Hill Road Development WalkNew Water Pumping Station Next to River TrailTrees Dying in Mt. Shasta Mall Parking LotsDoes…
Presentation to City Council The project team will be presenting a major update on the Redding Riverfront Specific Plan to the City Council on December 3, 2024. This presentation is a key milestone for our community, and all residents are encouraged to attend or tune in! What’s on the Agenda? The team will be covering…
Photo: One of three local slash piles waiting to be burned in the Shingletown area. Following a logging operation, timber companies are left with decisions of what to do with huge piles of slash left over: either burn it on site, haul it to a plant such as Wheelabrator to burn for electricity, or chip…
As you enter Redding, the last of the oak groves will soon be cut down to make way for yet another gas station at the I-5 Churn Creek/Rancho Road. There are currently three gas stations at that intersection, plus a Shell Station and the huge 16-station, 32-pump Costco gas station on the west side of…
The City of Redding will install a new water pumping plant in the Sacramento River just upstream of the old pumping house near the trail restrooms starting sometime in 2025. This project will have some beneficial and detrimental effects on the environment and the Draft Environmental Impact Report which is now under revision before the…
Photo: Wetland area of Quartz Hill Project; by David Ledger SEA recently led a small field trip of nine people on 110 acres of land that the City of Redding is developing in part with funding help from the Department of Housing and Development. This property sits just west of the River Ridge Subdivision and…
By David Ledger Several months ago Robert Sid posted on his Facebook page that trees are dying in the Mt. Shasta Mall parking lot. I drove over to the Mall to check it out and found out he was right. Trees are dead, dying, and highly stressed. There are 14 completely dead trees, 18 almost…
Photos by Doug Mandel Article by Juliet Malik On Sunday, November 17th, new SEA board member Juliet Malik led a group of 13 SEA and CNPS people out for a cool, fall morning hike along sections of the Sloppy Joe, Canyon Hollow, and T-Party trail complex in West Redding. This naturalist-focused hike started along Canyon…
Reminder: Urging Sáttítla (Medicine Lake Highlands) Monument StatusMeet SEA’s Newest Board Member: Juliet MalikPilgrim Fall Festival a Success
Photo (above) by Brooke Thompson Article By Kathy Grissom On October 11th and 12th, there was a large turnout for the Rancho Breisgau Riparian Restoration project, with volunteers planting about 2,500 during these two days! The Bureau of Land Management and River Partners, with support from the Western Shasta Resource Conservation District, joined in a…
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)…