Is Napa County Experiencing Strategic Drift? by Sam Chapman
January 30, 2024
Sam Chapman, a Napa resident, was a Napa County Supervisor for two terms, from 1975 to 1983, following which he served as Congresswoman and then U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer's chief-of-staff for 22 years. With his permission, we publish this piece,...
Napa Sierra Club Supports Recent Decision by BOS Regarding Preservation of the County’s Environmental Well-Being, by Sam Chapman
September 27, 2023
The following article was written by SC member Sam Chapman, as an LTE in the Napa Register. It was unanimously supported by the Executive Committee.
Win, Win, Win! The Battle for Walt Ranch Seems to Be Over, by Nancy Tamarisk
February 16, 2023
Napa’s lovers of wildlands were ecstatic this January to learn that the 2300-acre Walt Ranch on Atlas Peak is on track to be purchased by Land Trust of Napa County. The deal is not quite sealed, a lot more money needs to be raised (Napa Sierra Club...
The City of Napa Is Updating Its Urban Master Plan, by Rainer Hoenicke
February 14, 2023
Given the frequent conflicts between street trees and built infrastructure, such as traffic safety, interference with above-ground power supply lines, below-ground sewage and storm-water drainage, and safe pedestrian and bicycle paths, meeting the...
Reasons Why We Oppose Measure J. Our Letter to the American Canyon City Council
September 27, 2022
We hold that the highest and best use of all land in Napa County is that it be maintained as it is currently; farmlands should remain farmland, wildlands should remain wild. A corollary is that cities should not rezone agricultural areas of the...
Reasons to Keep the Ghisletta Property Area as Greenbelt Land. Our Letter to the Napa City Council
September 27, 2022
We hold that the highest and best use of all land in unincorporated Napa County is that it be maintained as it is currently; farmlands should remain farmland, wildlands should remain wild. A corollary is that cities should not expand into...
Strike Skyline Wilderness Park Off the Napa County Housing List, Our Letter to Governor Newsom
September 22, 2022
The Sierra Club has objected to the designation of Skyline Wilderness Park as a prospective location for affordable housing. It is not for the kinds of reasons that people typically object to affordable housing in their neighborhoods. We object...
Napa Sierra Club's Response to the County Ag Commissioner's Report on Baited Poison Rat Traps, by Nick Cheranich
September 11, 2022
Our response to the Napa County Agricultural Commissioner's investigation report concerning harm done to animals from the baited rat poison traps in and around the Corporate Park area near the Napa Airport.
Sierra Club Napa Group Comments on County Plan to Convert Skyline Park Acreage to Housing, by Roland Dumas, PhD
July 22, 2022
On July 11, 2022 we submitted our response to the Draft Housing Element Update, the county’s plan to address requirements for low-income housing in Napa County. We vehemently oppose the plan to put 100 units in a part of the park that hosts large...
Red Flag Warning: Save Skyline Wilderness Park from Development, by Roland Dumas, PhD
May 24, 2022
The integrity of Skyline Wilderness Park is at risk. The county and the state need to know that taking this parkland for housing development of any kind is unthinkable, and it is not available to even be considered for development.