Newsletter – October 2024
Report: Redding City Council Candidates ForumSáttítla (Medicine Lake Highlands) CampaignTrip Report: BioBlitz at Nur PonTrip Report: Clear Creek CleanupReport: Bonnie Raitt ConcertReport: Redding Storm Drain Utility
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Redding Storm Drain Utility: Protecting our streams and the Sacramento River (Oct 2024)
Striving to meet new California standards for storm drains The Redding Storm Drain Utility, part of the Public Works Department, gave an informative talk to SEA and the public at a meeting on October 1. Mieke Sheffield, Storm Water Management Program Coordinator, reviewed new California standards for cities with populations over 10,000. By 2030, all…
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Trip Report: BioBlitz at Nur Pon (Sept 2024)
Photo by Doug Mandel This joint SEA/CNPS field trip had ten people join walk leaders Juliet Malik and Sarah Risher for the Bioblitz Nature Walk at Nur Pon Open Space on September 8th. There were both new and familiar faces, all contributing to the identification and discussion of the various plants, birds, and insects present….
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Trip Report: Clear Creek Cleanup (Sept 2024)
Photo of Steve Clinton and Melissa Harbert with BLM T-shirt – by David Ledger Saturday, September 28th was National Lands Day and, working with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), SEA led a cleanup crew of 14 or more volunteers on the Clear Creek Trail from the Gorge Parking lot upstream to Horsetown with a…
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Support Medicine Lake Highlands (Sattitla) National Monument Status (Oct 2024)
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…
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Redding City Council Candidates Forum
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…
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Newsletter – September 2024
A Gaping Hole in California’s Climate Action Framework: Big TimberRedding City Council Candidates ForumSattitla (Medicine Lake Highlands) Support Passes Assembly 74 to 0SEA Invited to Table at Bonnie Raitt ConcertEvent: Tree Selection & Care in the Sun-Drenched Central ValleyVolunteer: Revitalizing Salmon Habitat on Battle CreekReady, Set, Free Shade Trees!North State Intercity Bus to Rail Plan…
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Sattitla (Medicine Lake Highlands) Support Passes Assembly 74 to 0
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…
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A Gaping Hole in California’s Climate Action Framework: Big Timber
A new report by the Center for Sustainable Economy focuses on two California Counties to expose a critical gap in California’s climate strategy: the unregulated greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from the state’s logging industry. Despite California’s reputation as a climate leader, California does not monitor GHG emissions from the logging and wood products sector and…
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Newsletter – August 2024
Protecting the Medicine Lake HighlandsWhiskeytown Bald Eaglet Rescued, Rehabilitated, and Released!Climate Change at Whiskeytown and the Effect of Heat on EaglesFriends of Jenny Creek UpdateProject 2025: A Threat to Our EnvironmentWhiskeytown UpdatesTrip Report: Cold Boiling Lake HikeTrip Report: Echo Lake Hike
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Friends of Jenny Creek Update (August 2024)
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…
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Trip Report: Echo Lake Hike (August 2024)
Photo by Brigitte Robertson For this adventure to Lassen Volcanic National Park, SEA led a joint group of 13 hikers from SEA, CNPS, and Dog (re)Tired on a day it was 115 in Redding. When we got to the parking lot at Summit Lake it was a warm 84 degrees. This is a fairly easy…
