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Redwood Chapter Virtual Forum on Eel River Dam Removal 5PM Tuesday August 22
June 17, 2023
At a time when positive environmental news has been hard to come by, PG&E’s decision to decommission the Potter Valley Project, the antiquated hydroelectric facility that operates Scott and Cape Horn Dams on the main stem of the Eel River, has...
Toll Lanes for Highway 37?
June 1, 2023
by Steve Birdlebough, Redwood Chapter Transportation Chair
Highway 37, where it crosses the marshlands between Vallejo and Novato, is overcrowded during rush hours and threatened by rising sea levels. During the decades to come, the road is...
Napa Group Takes Part in Watershed Explorers
June 1, 2023
by Chris Benz
Watershed Explorers learning about wastewater treatment
The American Canyon Wetlands are a marvelous place to be on a May morning: open, expansive views over the marshes, the tang of saltwater from the incoming tide, and a...
Eel River Update
May 19, 2023
PG&E’s decision to decommission the Potter Valley Project, the antiquated hydroelectric facility that operates Scott and Cape Horn Dams on the main stem of the Eel River, has created an enormous opportunity to restore a great wild salmonid river...
It's Time to End Power Line Fires
May 19, 2023
Pacific Gas and Electric’s antiquated, poorly maintained power lines have caused major wildfires throughout its territory, including the 2018 Camp Fire, the most destructive in California’s history. Subsequently they declared war on trees by...
Forest Committee Members Visit Property to Assess Forest Management Needs
February 27, 2023
By Jeanne Wetzel Chinn & Deb Sally
Sonoma Group
In February, seven members of the Redwood Chapter’s Northern California Forest Committee, led by committee member and registered professional forester (RFP), John Henshaw, was hosted...
Sonoma Development Center proposal draws lawsuit and other updates
January 29, 2023
By Dan Mayhew
Sonoma Group
As covered previously in multiple issues of this newsletter, the highly contentious and environmentally disastrous Sonoma Development Center project approval process has been progressing but remains far short...
American Canyon Residents Vote To Save 157 Acres of Watershed from Industrial Development
December 30, 2022
By Yvonne Baginski
Napa County
It was close, but American residents voted against Measure J in the Nov. 8, 2022 election, ensuring that 157 acres of privately owned agricultural land abutting the San Francisco estuary on...
Sonoma Group delivers letter on Sonoma Developmental Center to supervisors
December 15, 2022
The Sonoma Group Executive Committee delivered a letter to the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors in advance of the BOS' Dec. 16 meeting to consider a proposed development of the Sonoma Developmental Center near Glen Ellen.
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Redwood Chapter Position on Highway 37 Restructuring
December 15, 2022
Sierra Club Redwood position statement on restructuring of State Highway 37
The environmental community and Caltrans have been working to restructure State Route 37 between Vallejo and Marin County for nearly a decade. The scarcity of...